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Michelle Obama stories: 317 news summaries

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 Michelle Pushes 
 Healthy Meals 
 —on Iron Chef 

First lady will guest on Food Network competition's season opener

Nov 4, 09 11:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Michelle Obama’s campaign to wean kids off junk food is taking a slightly unorthodox turn: The first lady will guest on Iron Chef America’s Jan. 3 episode. In addition to discussing her crusade for healthy school lunches and more, Obama will reveal the secret ingredient for the show's... More »

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entertainment • Michelle Obama • cooking • Mario Batali • Emeril Lagasse • Bobby Flay • Jay-ZTV • Iron Chef

WHITE HOUSE HALLOWEEN

 Trick-or-Treat ... 
 Mr President 

Obamas open White House doors to 2000+ area schoolkids

Nov 1, 09 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The leader of the free world may have been masquerading as a frumpy suburban dad and handing out dried fruit, but it was still a pretty cool treat for a couple thousand DC-area kids who went trick-or-treating at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave last night. With the first lady dressed as a... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • Halloween • costume • M&Ms • President Obama • women's issues • trick-or-treaters

 Barack and Michelle: 
 The First Romantics 

Pair redefine president-first lady relationship

Oct 29, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Like no other couple before them, Barack and Michelle Obama have made their romance a central feature of his presidency—even his inauguration night seemed like a wedding, the new first lady dressed in white, the couple dancing to a love song. Their marriage is the subject of a 7,... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • marriage • first families • couples • married couples • Obama family

 Michelle: Beware 'Cute' Men 

First lady talks mentoring, and dating, in 'Women of the Year' issue

Oct 28, 09 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The cover of Glamour’s Women of the Year issue honors Michelle Obama for her push to expand mentoring opportunities for young women. New columnist Katie Couric also gets some advice on behalf of readers, including on the dangers of "cute" guys:
  • On mentors: “I was blessed—
... More »

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 Meet Michelle's 
 'Body Woman' 

Kristen Jarvis came up in Obama's Senate office, and has proven stellar

Oct 27, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kristen Jarvis has had tough jobs. She joined Barack Obama’s office in 2004, when he was a newly minted senator. But that was nothing compared to last year’s presidential campaign, when she was given a different charge: Michelle Obama. As her "body woman," Jarvis did everything... More »

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Iraq • presidential campaign • Michelle Obama • White House • aide • first lady • Election 2008 • Reggie Love • Obama administration • President Obama

First Lady's 10 @ Ten

 Michelle Wants Prez 
 to Lose (to Her, at Tennis) 

But won't spill girls' Halloween costumes to Jay Leno

Oct 24, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(AP) - What's President Barack Obama's most annoying habit? Practicing his speeches for hours in front of the bathroom mirror? Talking too much foreign policy at the dinner table? No—First Lady Michelle Obama said last night it's his tennis game. When they play, the president usually wins. "He beats me... More »

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Michelle Obama • tennis • Jay Leno • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Bo Obama • women's issues • The Jay Leno Show • Bo

secret weapon

 Michelle Pushes 
 for Health Reform 

First lady makes case for overhaul in  personal terms

Oct 23, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama rejoined the push for health care reform today, making the administration's case in an event at the White House and an online video message. Speaking with Jill Biden at a gathering for breast cancer survivors, Obama decried the fact that patients can’t get insurance because cancer in... More »

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health care • breast cancer • Michelle Obama • health care reform • women's issues • health insurance industry • pre-existing condition

WATCH The Copycats




 Michelle Sparks 
 Hula Hoop Craze 

Newscasters can't resist getting in on the hip action

Oct 23, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama has started a trend…at least among America's female newscasters. After the First Lady managed an impressive 142 rotations in a hula-hooping video that went viral, a score of “awkward female news anchors” just had to try it, notes Azaria Jagger on Gawker. Watch videos at left... More »

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entertainment • Michelle Obama • Kathie Lee Gifford • hula hoop • women's issues • Michelle Obama hula hoop

 Leibovitz Shoots First Family 

Sasha, Malia throw arms around parents in White House portrait

Oct 23, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - New screen saver, anyone? The White House released a new Obama family portrait taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. The First Family sat in the White House’s Green Room for the picture, at left. More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • photography • Annie Leibovitz • first families • portrait • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • women's issues • Obama family portrait

 Obama Owns Up: Michelle 
 Made More Sacrifices 

Many men 'still a little obtuse' about imbalance in household dynamics

Oct 22, 09 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The men in many families need to be "knocked across the head every once in a while" to realize how much more work their partners are putting into child-raising, President Obama says, and the Obamas are no exception. "There's no doubt that our family, like a lot of... More »

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Barack Obama • motherhood • fatherhood • Michelle Obama • working mothers • President Obama • women's issues

 Michelle Hits 142 at Hula Hoops 

But the über-fit first lady just can't do double dutch

Oct 22, 09 2:00 AM CDT
(AP) - The president isn't the only Obama with impressive hoops prowess: Michelle managed 142 swivels of a hula hoop yesterday during a "healthy kids fair" on the White House lawn. Jumping rope double dutch? Not so much. The first lady also gave a pep talk about eating right to about... More »

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childhood obesity • Michelle Obama • White House • exercise • healthy eating • french fries • hula hoop • first lady • women's issues • Michelle Obama hula hoop

 Michelle Drops By Leno Friday 

First lady will reunite with Jay for 10 quick questions

Oct 20, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - After this Friday, Michelle Obama will have something in common with John McCain—and Miley Cyrus, for that matter—she will have survived the Jay Leno hotseat. The first lady will appear on the Jay Leno Show's "Ten @ Ten" segment, answering 10 rapid-fire questions from the talk... More »

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entertainment • Michelle Obama • Jay Leno • late night talk show • first lady • women's issues • The Jay Leno Show

 School Day Includes 
 Obamas-Teacher Conference 

President makes surprise visit to Malia's, Sasha's classrooms

Oct 19, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Third- and sixth-grade teachers at the private Sidwell Friends School knew Michelle Obama planned to attend today's scheduled parent-teacher conferences, but they weren't warned to expect her companion: President Obama. The first couple's trip to Sasha's Bethesda, Md., school and Malia's Washington classroom was low-key, for a presidential motorcade—... More »

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Michelle Obama • school • Bethesda, MD • first lady • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama • Sidwell Friends School • Diary of a Wimpy Kid

WATCH IT

 Obama's Sexy 
 Salsa Irks Michelle 

After salsa dancing at the Fiesta Latina, Barack seems to spark wife's ire

Oct 14, 09 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama may have gotten on his wife’s bad side last night after salsa dancing with Mexican pop singer Thalia at the White House’s Fiesta Latina. TMZ points to a YouTube video (watch it at left) showing Michelle appearing to give Barack the cold shoulder after he returns... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • Michelle Obama • White House • Obama dancing

White House Doesn't Diss New Michelle Doll

Action figure seeks to capitalize on first lady's popularity

Oct 13, 09 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House—which strongly objected to Malia and Sasha Obama dolls released earlier this year—declined to comment yesterday on an upcoming Michelle Obama doll. The 6-inch action figure seeks to capture the first lady's "muted, subdued, classy" style, says its maker Jailbreak Toys, which has been selling... More »

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Michelle Obama • White House • toys • first lady • doll

 Six People Irked by 
 Obama's Nobel Prize 

What do Sarkozy, Clinton and the Taliban have in common?

Oct 9, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize has clearly made some people unhappy, writes Katie Connolly for Newsweek. Here are six of the most peeved:
  1. Nicolas Sarkozy: The French president was also up for the honor but was passed over for someone he’s described as
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Barack Obama • Taliban • Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Michelle Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • Bill Clinton • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • George W. Bush • Brangelina • President Obama

 First Lady's 
 Roots Linked 
 to Slave Girl 

Genealogist fills in gaps of her lineage

Oct 7, 09 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama can trace her lineage to a female slave sold as a young girl from a South Carolina plantation and sent to Georgia. As a teenager, Melvinia Shields became impregnated by a white man, possibly her master, and those two are the great-great-great grandparents of Michelle. A genealogist working... More »

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African Americans • Michelle Obama • segregation • slavery • ancestry

Obamas' Art Collection: Modern, Aggressive

White House borrows 47 works of art from Washington museums

Oct 7, 09 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama, working with curators at the White House and DC museums, have borrowed 47 artworks for their walls, and their selections are far more modern and discerning than their predecessors', writes Blake Gopnik. The Washington Post critic is impressed by the "surprisingly sober, even dour" choices... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • art • modern art • Mark Rothko • Jasper Johns • Smithsonian Insitution • Hirshhorn Museum

OPINION

 Obamas Have Dinner, 
 Racists Erupt 

Response shows ugly nature of American mood: Silva

Oct 5, 09 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - This weekend Chicago Tribune reporter Mark Silva wrote up a pool report about Barack and Michelle Obama's quiet anniversary dinner—and quickly found it flooded, on a Sunday, with hundreds of angry comments. Many focused on the first couple's use of a motorcade, which every president has used, but several... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • racism • anniversary • right wingers • first families

 Obamas Celebrate 
 17th Anniversary 

First couple has low-key dinner out in DC for first anniversary in White House

Oct 4, 09 8:54 AM CDT
(AP) - There was no trip to New York and no fancy outing as the Obamas celebrated their first wedding anniversary since they moved to the White House. Instead they kept it simple, with a dinner out last night at an elegant, American-fare restaurant near Georgetown. President Obama stayed in all... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • anniversary

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