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48 min ago | CBS News

Video: Michelle Obama: "Thoughts and prayers" are with Oklahoma

In the wake of tornadoes that devastated parts of Oklahoma and killed dozens, first lady Michelle Obama said "our thoughts and prayers are with all the people in Oklahoma," adding that President Obama has directed the "full resources" of the federal government to help Oklahomans recover and rebuild.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Stephen Lynch, Democrat

48 min ago | The Hill

Michelle Obama tops Hillary Clinton in powerful women list

Michelle Obama beat Hillary Clinton in Forbes's ranking of the world's 100 Most Powerful Women.

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Related Topix: Angela Merkel, US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

4 hrs ago | The Daily Caller

Michelle Obama may have dated IRS inspector general in law school

In between working for Republican Sen. Bob Dole and President George H.W. Bush, George attended Harvard, according to a profile published in National Journal on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Tom Davis, US News, Conservative Political News

6 hrs ago | USA Today

Obama's day: IRS and music

President Obama and aides will be spending time Wednesday paying attention to Capitol Hill.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, Tea Party, Immigration Reform

11 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

Obama to visit Cape as part of SA tour

Only the third US president to visit South Africa is due to visit Cape Town - more than 15 years since Bill Clinton touched down in the Mother City.

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Related Topix: World News, South Africa, Africa, Bill Clinton, History in the News, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

14 hrs ago | Daily Kos

Woman finds her dog in the rubble during live TV interview

You might want to get a tissue ready for this video. A woman finds her dog under the rubble during a live TV interview: A tag is a way to search for this diary.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Tue May 21, 2013

Hollywood Reporter

Sara Bareilles, Jason Collins to Headline LGBT Democratic Fundraiser with Michelle Obama

Tickets to the 5 p.m. event, which is being hosted by the LGBT Leadership Council, are scaled from $32,400 to $1,250 apiece.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Business News

Vibe

Barack Obama And 10 Other Awesome (And Hilarious) Commencement Speeches

President Obama delivered a powerful commencement address at Morehouse this weekend urging students to "be sensitive to the wrongs, the sufferings, and the injustices of society" and to be "willing to accept responsibility for correcting ills." First Lady, Michelle Obama and Kerry Washington also gave some notable commencent speeches at Virginia ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, George Washington University, American University

Post-gazette.com

Obamas stress blacks' need for education

On Friday, first lady Michelle Obama reached back 150 years for a metaphor that conveys what was once the centrality of education in the black community.

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Related Topix: Bowie State University, Opinion

Mon May 20, 2013

US News & World Report

Obama's Meeting With IRS Union Leader Not a Smoking Gun

The conservative blogosphere is up in arms over what appears to be a smoking gun in the Internal Revenue Service scandal.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

The Daily Caller

Bill O'Reilly chalks Obama media scandals up to daddy issues

On Monday, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said that recent revelations that the Obama administration used its investigatory powers to look into the members of the media may be due to President Barack Obama's lack of a strong father figure when growing up.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Conservative Political News

WKXW-FM Trenton

Obama to Visit South Africa

The White House says the president and first lady Michelle Obama will leave on June 26, stopping in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania.

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CBS Local

First Lady: 'I Could Take Up A Whole Afternoon Talking About' Obama's Failures

First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

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Related Topix: Tennessee State University

Talking Points Memo

Former 'Hero' Cop Who Met Michelle Obama Charged With Raping Two Women At Gunpoint

A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.

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Philly.com

DeCoatsworth: From worthy to worthless?

Today on PhillyDailyNews.com: View an interactive timeline looking back at the troubled career of former Police Officer Richard DeCoatsworth.

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Related Topix: Prison, State Prisons, 9

Sun May 19, 2013

Patch.com

Top Maryland Headlines: House of Cards in MD, First Lady Inspires

By Patch Staff It was a big week for Maryland, with a visit by the first lady and a heads up for a sixth casino in the state.

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Related Topix: Maryland, Bowie, MD, Guns, Harford County, MD, US Governors, Martin O'Malley

Free Republic

Hero cop, who sat next to the first lady, charged with rape

A former "top cop," who had the honor of sitting next to first lady Michelle Obama during a televised presidential speech four years ago, is facing rape allegations.

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USA Today

Obama: There's no longer room for excuses for black men

President Obama got big laughs at Morehouse College's rainy commencement ceremony in Atlanta.

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Related Topix: African-American, Atlanta, GA, Morehouse College, Martin Luther King, Jr., Spelman College

The Somerville News

Student directories reveal Michelle Obama's Cambridge addresses

Ask current Harvard Law School students where Class of '91 alumnus Barack Obama, lived during his three-year stint there, and most will blurt out "Somerville" without skipping a beat.

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Related Topix: Cambridge, MA, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Somerville, MA, Harvard University

NWAonline

Getting it straight

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