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Hey, America, Your Time Is Now: Bono

Obama's Nobel is world's way of saying it's ready to swoon

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 18, 2009 1:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – Conservatives sneered at European naivete and even liberals shrugged when Barack Obama won the Nobel, but for U2's Bono, "the virtual Obama is the real Obama, and the man might deserve the hype." The humanitarian rock star lays out the difficult tasks Obama... Read full story »

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