Associated Press Nov 26, 08 7:03 PM CST
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Barack and Michelle Obama say their young daughters will still have to do chores in the White House and won't get out of doing homework just because they're the president's children. In an interview with Barbara Walters airing tonight, the Obamas said Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, will have lives as normal as possible. That means helping out around the house.
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Despite Walters' entreaties, president-elect wants 'big rambunctious' canine
Politico Nov 26, 08 1:45 PM CST
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Barack Obama doesn't want a “girly dog” that just “sits in your lap and things,” he tells Barbara Walters in an interview set to air tonight, dismissing her unabashed lobbying for a White House pup similar to her sweet Havanese, Cha Cha Cha. “We're going to have a big rambunctious dog,” he said, as an unimpressed Michelle reminded him that “we have a houseful of girls,” reports Politico.
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Women debate high-powered exec's switch to 'mom-in-chief'
New York Times Nov 24, 08 6:33 AM CST
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What will Michelle Obama’s stint as first lady mean for her own high-powered career? Political wives, policy experts, and pundits are all weighing in, reports the New York Times . Cherie Blair tells Michelle to get used to the back seat, while more optimistic observers insist that Obama’s tour at the White House is “almost an investment” in her professional life after Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Tuition at Quaker Sidwell Friends runs nearly $30K
Washington Post Nov 21, 08 4:27 PM CST
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Malia and Sasha Obama will enroll at Sidwell Friends School, the Quaker institution that educated Chelsea Clinton, Michelle Obama's spokeswoman said today. The girls visited both Sidwell and Georgetown Day School this week, and Malia expressed a preference for Sidwell because she's friendly with one of Joe Biden's grandchildren, who's already a student there, the Washington Post reports.
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GLOSSIES
If predecessors are any sign, Malia and Sasha are in for 'a helluva good time'
New Yorker Nov 19, 08 11:53 AM CST
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If Malia Obama sneaks a boy into the White House, it won’t be an action without precedent. The generations of girls who occupied what Margaret Truman billed “the Great White Jail” form a sort of underground society, Lauren Collins writes in the New Yorker . The Johnson sisters, for example, planted notes to welcome the Nixon ladies to the home where they surreptitiously entertained dates.
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OPINION
Obama's 'statuesque' figure celebrates a long 'vilified' feature
Salon Nov 18, 08 4:55 PM CST
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Among the top qualities Michelle Obama brings to the White House is a “class-A boo-tay,” Erin Aubry Kaplan writes in Salon, hailing an era in which black women (like herself) no longer have to cover up their, er, assets. Too occupied with her words during the campaign, Kaplan “hardly looked south” to notice Michelle’s curves: “Talk about a power base.”
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Private schools likely for first daughters
Associated Press Nov 18, 08 1:31 PM CST
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Sasha and Malia Obama visited their mother's shortlist of Washington schools today, the AP reports. Reporters scoured the Beltway for signs of their motorcade, making a possible sighting outside the diverse Georgetown Day School. Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, Sidwell Friends, is also expected to be an option, as are DC's public schools.
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Michelle visits private schools competing for first kids
New York Times Nov 15, 08 2:12 PM CST
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The politicos are debating Barack Obama's cabinet, but Washington’s parents are intent on another Presidential speculation: Where will the Obama girls go to school? Michelle Obama toured two of DC’s top private schools last week, and a third top academy is also thought to be on the shortlist. With tremendous prestige at stake for the chosen school, parents and school administrators are calling the Obamas with advice, the New York Times reports.
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President-elect must adapt to being country's most protected man
New York Times Nov 14, 08 7:52 AM CST
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Barack Obama is learning to live with the fact that his life has changed forever, the New York Times reports. The first president since Nixon to be elected while living in an urban neighborhood is spending some quality time at home while managing the transition, but his Hyde Park neighborhood has been turned into something of an armed fortress. The streets around his home have been closed to traffic, and residents and pre-cleared visitors must show picture ID at checkpoints.
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President-elect and future first lady will be on the show Sunday
Variety Nov 13, 08 5:34 PM CST
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Barack Obama will give his first post-election interview to 60 Minutes , reports Variety . The show's Steve Kroft will interview the president-elect and the future first lady in Chicago this week, and the show will air Sunday night. Obama seems to have a soft spot for the CBS institution—he also granted it his first joint interview with Joe Biden after the VP pick.
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It's the dander, not the hair, that usually causes problems; steps recommended
Associated Press Nov 13, 08 12:56 PM CST
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Barack Obama plans to acquire a hypoallergenic dog because of daughter Malia’s allergies, but doctors have bad news, the AP reports. No canine is “truly ‘hypoallergenic,’” an allergists group says. “It is falsely believed that a dog that sheds less will not cause a reaction,” the group continued. In fact, allergens reside in dogs’ skin, urine, and saliva, and cannot be escaped.
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Michelle's mom to help provide stability for her uprooted grandkids
Washington Post Nov 12, 08 6:26 AM CST
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Michelle Obama's mother has agreed to make the move from Chicago to the capital to help America's next first family look after the kids, the Washington Post reports. No word yet on whether Marian Robinson will live in the White House, but it will be the first time in living memory three generations of a presidential family have moved to the capital.
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