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Barack Obama's Chicago home now empty, but a full plate awaits him in Washington
Washington BureauWASHINGTON—An emotional President-elect Barack Obama left his Chicago home and took up temporary residence in a grand Washington hotel on Sunday, his administration-in-waiting already burdened by scandal, war and congressional controversy. On his...Tags: Heads of State, Republican Party, Government, Michelle Obama, Education
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Obama gets to keep his beloved BlackBerry as the first family settles into a new life
The Associated PressThe first family settled into their new lives in the White House on Thursday as President Barack Obama won an important personal victory: He gets to keep his BlackBerry. Obama will be the first sitting president to use e-mail, and he has been reluctant...Tags: Bill Clinton, Washington (U.S. state), Politics, Family, Michelle Obama
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William Zantzinger, convicted of killing Hattie Carroll and denounced in Bob Dylan song, dies at 69
On Feb. 8, 1963, a young, socially prominent tobacco farmer from southern Maryland named William Devereux Zantzinger was drunk at a charity ball at Baltimore's old Emerson Hotel. Carrying a cheap toy cane and dressed in a top hat at the Spinsters Ball, he...Tags: Bob Dylan, Crime, Law and Justice, Charity, Obituaries, Crimes
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Obama to Washington: Toughen up
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama and his two young daughters have a message for Washington, based on years of wintry experience in Chicago: Toughen up. Just a few inches of snow, followed by melting and then overnight......Tags: National Government, Malia Obama, Chicago Public Schools, Government, Education
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Obama's daughters: School's in
The Swampby Mark Silva There's got to be a morning after. And this morning -- the day after President Barack Obama publicly made fun of Washington, D.C., for closing its schools, including his daughters' school, in the face of an ice......Tags: National Government, University of Chicago, Government, Barack Obama, White House
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Schools close in ice or snow. So what else is new?
Maryland WeatherSo how tired are we of hearing this from people who move here from snow country? 'Schools are closed? Because of some ice?'I know. I moved here from Massachusetts. I said it myself. But after living here for 29 years,......Tags: National Government, Government, Massachusetts, Education, Barack Obama
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White House to the rescue? No, breeder
The Swampby Rebecca Cole In Washington, everything is political -- even the choice of a family dog. As President Barack Obama and his family officially introduced the new first puppy, Bo, a six-month-old Portuguese water dog, to the world at the......Tags: Animals, National Government, Government, Michelle Obama, Pennsylvania
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Obamas' signed covers: Auction fodder
The Swampby Mark Silva Remember that cover photo of Barack Obama on Rolling Stone, the magazine that, uh, endorsed his candidacy for president? And remember that cover photo of Michelle Obama on Vogue, the magazine that has endorsed the First Lady's......Tags: National Government, Chelsea Clinton, Government, Michelle Obama, Auction Service
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