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NEWS ABOUT: Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama stories: 325 news summaries

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 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
... More »

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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

(Newser) - It's a big disappointment for Chicago, but how big a hit was yesterday's Olympic Committee put-down of the US's 2016 bid for the president, who stuck his neck out to go to bat for it? Of course Rush Limbaugh said it was huge, the "worst day" of Obama's presidency,... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Richard Daley • Rush Limbaugh • Copenhagen • 2016 Olympics

2016 OLYMPICS

 Obamas: Pick Chicago, 
 'Most American' City 

President, first lady stump for their hometown ahead of Olympic vote

Oct 2, 09 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama made an impassioned call today to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago, which the president called the "most American of American cities." In his pitch to the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen, the president told of how he became "a proud Chicagoan" after... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Copenhagen • 2016 Olympics • Chicago Olympics • International Olympic Committee • Olympics • IOC

OLYMPICS SLIDESHOW

 Michelle, Oprah Hit Copenhagen 


Sep 30, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Copenhagen's star power got a big boost today with the arrival of Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, in town to push Chicago's bid for the Games. Oprah was greeted with "bad weather for hair" and a throng of fans crying "Oprah! Oprah!" as she walked the streets,... More »

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Michelle Obama • Oprah Winfrey • Copenhagen • 2016 Olympics

 First Lady 
 to Garden 
 on Sesame 
 Street 

Michelle Obama will educate the residents on the value of healthy eating

Sep 30, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - What do Michelle Obama, Cameron Diaz, Eva Longoria Parker, Ricky Gervais, and Kobe Bryant have in common? All of them will appear on this season of Sesame Street, its 40th anniversary. The first lady will flex her green thumb and talk about gardening and eating healthy on the show’... More »

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entertainment • nutrition • Michelle Obama • vegetables • gardening • first lady • Sesame Street • locavore

Steele: Let Michelle Make Olympics Pitch

RNC chair blasts Obama's trip as 'unnecessary'

Sep 29, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama shouldn’t bother going to Denmark to argue for Chicago's Olympic bid, Michael Steele says; that’s what Michelle’s for. “The first lady would have been and should have been the lead there,” the RNC chair said today. “Let her go and sell Chicago.... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Democratic National Committee • Denmark • Copenhagen • 2016 Olympics • International Olympic Committee • President Obama • Michael Steele • Republican National Committee

 Berlusconi 
 Adds Michelle 
 to His 'Tan 
 Obama' Dig 

'Even his wife is suntanned,' Italian leader chuckles

Sep 29, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Daffy Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi thought his first joke about President Obama being "tan" was so funny he repeated it —and this time included Michelle in the fun.  "I bring greetings from a man, what's his name? Some tanned guy—Barack Obama," Berlusconi said... More »

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Barack Obama • race • politics • Michelle Obama • Italy • race relations • Silvio Berlusconi

interview

 Michelle Obama 
 Walks the Walk 
 on Fitness, Health  

First lady joins administration's push for more positive habits

Sep 28, 09 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration's push for better fitness and nutrition starts at the top, with the gym-rat president and garden-planting first lady setting the bar high for a nation of couch potatoes. It's all about moderation, Michelle Obama tells Prevention magazine. "My message to women: Do what makes you feel... More »

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Barack Obama • nutrition • Michelle Obama • obesity epidemic • fitness • french fries • Obama administration • physical fitness • President Obama • pie • hamburger • White House garden

 Obama to Pitch Chicago's 
 Olympic Bid in Denmark  

First visit by a president to lobby for Olympics

Sep 28, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen on Thursday to back Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said today. The president will be joined by Michelle Obama and his education and transportation secretaries. Chicago is bidding against Tokyo, Rio de Janiero, and Madrid, but none of... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Copenhagen • 2016 Olympics • Chicago Olympics • Arne Duncan • Ray LaHood

NEW POLL

Most Americans Favor 'Soak
the Rich' Tax

Populism is in, and half think Wal-Mart best symbolizes America

Sep 28, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if tea parties weren't screamingly pointing to its existence, there lurks a deep vein of populism in recessionary America, and a wide-ranging Vanity Fair/60 Minutes poll ran into it. Some 48% of respondents chose Wal-Mart, though the mag notes an element of cynicism, as the firm that 'best symbolizes... More »

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health care • Michelle Obama • Vanity Fair • poll • recession • 60 Minutes • George Clooney • Wal-Mart

Michelle, First Ladies to
Swing By Pa. Farm, Museum

G20 spouses will have dinner on Teresa Heinz Kerry's Pennsylvania farm

Sep 24, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(AP) - In her first outing as an international hostess, Michelle Obama is welcoming the spouses of world leaders to Pittsburgh today with a program covering some of her own interests: art and architecture, arts education, sustainable farming, and locally grown food. The first lady and her guests will have dinner tonight... More »

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Michelle Obama • Andy Warhol • Pittsburgh • Teresa Heinz Kerry • first lady • G20 • spouse

BOOK EXCERPT

 Barack Flirts Earned 
 Wrath of Michelle 

Obama didn't like women—like Vera Baker—throwing themselves at her husband

Sep 22, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest tidbit from Christopher Andersen’s Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage, out today, reveals the punishment Michelle Obama meted out for women who “pushed their bodies up against his, slipped phone numbers into his pockets,” and grabbed his butt, the New York ... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential campaign • Michelle Obama • book • political campaign • Vera Baker

Michelle Pushes Reform, Recalls Sasha's Illness

First lady turns attention to health care and its impact on women

Sep 18, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama joined her husband's push for health care reform today with a personal pitch aimed at women, reports Politico. She recalled her father's fight with multiple sclerosis as well as an illness daughter Sasha suffered as an infant. "I think about what on earth would we have done... More »

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health care • Michelle Obama • health care reform • first lady • Obama administration • Sasha Obama

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