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NEWS ABOUT: hope

hope stories: 6 news summaries
JOE POSNANSKI

Yankees' Bank Finally Defeats the System

We're all tired of talking about NY payroll, but it stifles baseball hope

Nov 5, 09 10:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Yes, writing about the New York Yankees’ ginormous payroll is “like writing about the heat in Phoenix. We all know it’s there, and we don’t really want to talk about it anymore,” Joe Ponanski says in what he admits is a “screed.” And though... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Johnny Damon • Mark Teixeira • payrolls • AJ Burnett • baseball playoffs • baseball • hope • CC Sabathia • 2009 World Series • Joe Posnanski

 Obama Poster Artist Arrested

Shepard Fairey was on his way to DJ at his exhibition's opening

Feb 7, 09 10:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Shepard Fairey, the hot graphic designer and street artist behind the Obama "Hope" poster, was arrested yesterday on two outstanding warrants as he arrived at the opening for his new exhibition at a Boston museum, the Boston Globe reports. He's accused of tagging two Boston locations with graffiti, the... More »

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Obama 2008 • arrest • artist • campaign • hope • Shepard Fairey

 Thank Portrait for 
 Obama's Success: 
 Hope Artist 

LA graphic designer says image boosted power of art

Jan 18, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The iconic Hope image of Barack Obama helped get the Illinois senator elected president, says the graphic designer who created the image. “It has exceeded my expectations almost from the get-go,” Shepard Fairey told Smithsonian magazine, adding that Obama’s “unique” look was an inspiration for him... More »

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Barack Obama • politics • presidential campaign • art • Election 2008 • posters • hope • Shepard Fairey

 Patient US 
 Has Faith in 
 Obama: Poll 

Troubled nation prepared to wait for solutions

Jan 18, 09 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans are vastly unhappy about the current state of the union—but have widespread faith in Barack Obama to nurse the nation back to health, according to the latest polls. Of those surveyed, 79% of Americans are optimistic about Obama's tenure, a higher figure than findings for the past five... More »

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poll • optimism • George W. Bush • President Obama • hope

OPINION

 Noonan: 
 Don't Panic, 
 We're Still America 

From Madoff to Detroit, people feel it's all collapsing, and they're wrong

Dec 19, 08 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - From Bernard Madoff to Rod Blagojevich, Americans have lost faith in the people running things. “It’s the age of the empty suit,” one of Peggy Noonan’s friends mused recently. Our institutions have proven impotent and absent, and now “people feel all trends lead downward from... More »

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America • Peggy Noonan • patriotism • hope • Bernard Madoff

(Newser) - People the world over are investing their hopes in Barack Obama's warm, intelligent persona, but the president-elect is destined to disappoint, Matthew Parris writes in the London Times. Like any pop star or religious icon, he represents more myth than reality. The turning point will come when "Yes... More »

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Barack Obama • United States • Election 2008 • internationalist • President Obama • Matthew Parris • world opinion • hope

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