After months of speculation, it's official: the first dog will be a Portuguese Water Dog.
First Lady Michelle Obama told People magazine that the family was on the lookout for a rescued Portuguese Water Dog who is "old ...
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President Obama gave his first speech to Congress this evening to talk up the bailout and his administration's policies on everything from foreign policy to manufacturing.
The short version of the speech goes like this. Bailout, money, banks, ...
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Shepard Fairey, the "street artist" who shot to fame last year after creating the iconic Obama Hope posters, has been arrested in Boston on graffiti charges.
Police allege that he "tagged" locations in the Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury ...
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President Barack Obama’s Dreams for my Father was a New York Times best seller. I've never read it, but it apparently includes some interesting language.
Written words though are quite different to spoken words, and it turns ...
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery on Thursday for pancreatic cancer, sparking talks that President Obama may have his first shot at appointing a new Justice.
75 year old Ginsburg was operated on for "apparently ...
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Economy in recession, stimulus package at risk, and Fox News' Chris Matthews gets to the important points, like why President Obama doesn't like them.
Here's the Chris Matthews, Obama clip. Credit to the President, he handles the question ...
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President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that companies receiving Government assistance under the $700 billion bailout will be restricted to a $500,000 salary cap for top executives.
“We all need to take responsibility" said the President, and that people ...
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Barack Obama's $819 billion stimulus package passed the House of Representatives Wednesday.
The stimulus plan includes $550 billion in direct investment for infrastructure, broadband, and health care delivery systems. Additional funding is being offered to State and ...
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A rumor that seems to have started with Perez Hilton claims that the first lady, Michelle Obama is pregnant.
There's absolutely nothing backing the idea, other than the appearance of a possible baby bump in a number of ...
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It always amazes me how anyone can have the patience to build some of the incredible things they do with Lego blocks. Well apparently the folks at Legoland California felt the recent inauguration of President Obama needed ...
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Enterprising malware and trojan distributors have targeted the campaign website of Barack Obama.
The system, commonly seen on social networking sites involves setting up a blog/ profile and including what appears to be a YouTube embed. When users ...
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A baker in Greenwich Village, New York decided that he didn't much like the inauguration of President Barack Obama, and celebrated the day with Drunken Negro Face Cookies.
But it gets better: if customers ask about the cookies, ...
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This demotivational doing the rounds sums up the John Robert, Obama Presidential Oath of Office siutation quite nicely.
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US President Barack Obama has retaken the oath of office after Chief Justice John Roberts fumbled the word order of the oath Inauguration Day.
Conspiracy theorists, and Fox News had gone as far as suggesting that given Obama ...
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Residents of the Japanese town of Obama have celebrated the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States the best way they know how: with a traditional dance of the power ranger.
The following ...
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama joined for the first post inauguration dance at the Neighborhood Ball at the Washington Convention Center this evening. The tune: The Etta James classic At Last, sung by Beyonce.
Here's ...
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[Watch video of the inaugural address]
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush ...
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Today, the son of a black Kenyan man and a white Hawaiian will be sworn in as President of the most powerful empire in the history of the world.
Some celebrate the ideal behind a "black" man becoming ...
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Meet Ilham Anas, an Indonesian man with a particularly interesting trait: he's has a striking resemblance to Barack Obama.
"When Obama won, my colleagues played a practical joke on me -- they made me wear a suit, a ...
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Legoland California is celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama the only way they know how: with a Lego recreation of the Obama Inauguration.
The Lego Inauguration includes everything from the crowd, motorcade, and the swearing in ceremony, all ...
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War in the Gaza Strip, millions losing their jobs...and one of the big stories today is Barack Obama's choice of puppy for his daughters.
George Stephanopoulos asked about the dog on ABC's This Week, saying he was passing ...
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Here’s an interesting rumour that has started floating around the political scene. Apparently Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN fame has been offered the job of Surgeon General in the new Obama administration. while he has decline to ...
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