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'Obama Effect' Gives Black Models a Boost

Models see shift away from whites-only runways

(Newser) - The figurative—and sometimes real—"Whites Only" signs in the fashion world are starting to come down in the wake of Barack Obama's election win, male models tell the New York Times. Fashion shows in the US and Europe are starting to more closely resemble the real world's diversity,...

Stimulus in the Bag, Obama Rethinks Strategy
Stimulus in the Bag, Obama Rethinks Strategy
analysis
Feb 13, 2009 11:15 AM CST

Stimulus in the Bag, Obama Rethinks Strategy

President will push hard for the agenda he wants

(Newser) - President Obama got his way, more or less, on the stimulus, but the process demonstrated Congress' abiding disinterest in bipartisanship. For future big-ticket items—and there are a lot of them—the president will take a tougher approach, Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin write for Politico. Chief of staff Rahm...

Lincoln Made My Story Possible: Obama

Library of Congress mark bicentennial with special exhibit

(Newser) - President Obama and Congress marked the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth today, with Obama reflecting on how Lincoln's vision led to his own success, CNN reports. "I can say that I feel a special gratitude to this singular figure who in so many ways made my own story...

Homeless Woman's Plea Brings Offers of Help

Homeless woman helped after asking Obama at rally

(Newser) - A homeless woman who raised her hand during President Obama’s visit to Fort Myers did so because she needed help. But Henrietta Hughes probably didn’t expect to become the “face of the economic crisis,” as one brand-new website dedicated to the 61-year-old’s plight declared, CNN ...

Obama Is Acting Like an Amateur—or a Candidate

Lack of experience might matter after all

(Newser) - The stuttering start of Barack Obama’s presidency has been a regular amateur hour, writes Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post. He’s failed to assert his authority on the stimulus, apologized for other people’s tax mistakes, and even held bizarre campaign-like events in Indiana and Florida. “Absent...

It's Been 3 Weeks, Not 4 Years
It's Been
3 Weeks,
Not 4 Years
OPINION
Feb 11, 2009 9:38 AM CST

It's Been 3 Weeks, Not 4 Years

A rocky stretch this early won't define Obama's presidency

(Newser) - Stop worrying. “Sure, President Obama had a lousy week. A week is not a presidency.” In fact, writes Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post, despite Tom Daschle's withdrawal and the bumpy rollout of the stimulus, Obama is outperforming any reasonable standard. He’s signed major laws on pay...

US Halts Bush Plan for Offshore Drilling

(Newser) - Interior chief Ken Salazar isn't quite ready to drill, baby, drill. Salazar said today that a last-minute Bush initiative opening up millions of offshore acres to oil drilling would be shelved pending a 6-month review, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The policy affects much of the East and West coasts....

Senate Passes Stimulus Bill
 Senate Passes Stimulus Bill 
Feb 10, 2009 12:02 PM CST

Senate Passes Stimulus Bill

(Newser) - The Senate passed its version of the $838 billion stimulus bill today, in a 61-37 vote, the Wall Street Journal reports. Three moderate Republicans—Susan Collins, Arlen Specter, and Olympia Snowe—jumped across the aisle to prevent a filibuster. Now the House and Senate must reconcile the differences between their...

Take My VP&mdash;Please!
Take My VP—Please! 
Feb 10, 2009 11:19 AM CST

Take My VP—Please!

Just 3 weeks in, jokes signal tensions may lurk beneath Obama's public praise of Biden

(Newser) - Only a few weeks in, and Joe Biden and Barack Obama are already sniping at each other half-seriously? That’s how it sometimes looks, the Los Angeles Times reports. After the VP  recently talked up the stimulus package’s chances of failing. Obama responded, “You know, I don’t...

Obama Visit Shines Light on Florida's Gloomy Outlook

Prez follows long tradition of bemoaning Florida's unsustainability

(Newser) - When President Obama chose Fort Myers, Fla., to plug his stimulus plan, he magnified an already intense media glare on the state’s disastrous real estate market, reports the Miami Herald. The scrutiny continues in a long article in the current New Yorker—titled “Ponzi State”—and a...

Why the Israeli Election Doesn't Matter
Why the
Israeli Election
Doesn't Matter
OPINION
Feb 10, 2009 9:48 AM CST

Why the Israeli Election Doesn't Matter

Only Obama, not today's winner, can save country: Rachman

(Newser) - Whoever prevails in Israel's surprisingly tight election today, one thing is sure, writes Gideon Rachman: The country is moving to the right. That means that Benjamin Netanyahu or Tzipi Livni will lead a coalition that will "opt for the status quo" of occupying the West Bank, expanding settlements, and...

Once-Genial Obama Comes Out Swinging
Once-Genial Obama Comes Out Swinging
ANALYSIS
Feb 10, 2009 6:50 AM CST

Once-Genial Obama Comes Out Swinging

At first presser, president paints critics as behind the times

(Newser) - Barack Obama began his presidency with major overtures to Republicans, inviting three into his Cabinet and knocking back beer with House and Senate minority leaders at the White House. But yesterday he was in fighting mode, blasting opponents of the stimulus package as discredited and out of touch. Three weeks...

Poster Artist Sues AP in Copyright Fight

Fairey says use of agency's photo constitutes fair use

(Newser) - Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic Obama "Hope" poster, filed a lawsuit against the AP yesterday as a preemptive strike in their copyright dispute. The artist has asked a federal judge to rule that his work constitutes fair use of a copyrighted image. Fairey's suit comes after...

President Slams A-Roid
 President 
 Slams 
 A-Roid 
Feb 10, 2009 4:44 AM CST

President Slams A-Roid

News of drug use 'tarnishes era'

(Newser) - President Obama has weighed in on the latest chapter of baseball's burgeoning steroid scandal, condemning Yankees star Alex Rodriguez for his use of performance-enhancing drugs and setting a bad example for children, reports CBS News. In his first prime-time news conference, Obama called confirmation of A-Rod's steroid use "depressing,...

Americans in 'Winter of Our Hardship'

Obama presses stimulus in first news conference as prez

(Newser) - Barack Obama said today the crisis gripping the US is the "winter of our hardship" as he pounded home the need for Congress to set aside petty differences and pass an $800-plus billion stimulus fund to fight an economic collapse not seen in 80 years. In opening remarks at...

Obama: We Can't Afford to Wait
 Obama: We Can't Afford to Wait 
UPDATED
Feb 9, 2009 11:24 AM CST

Obama: We Can't Afford to Wait

(Newser) - Barack Obama flew to the Heartland today to make his latest pitch for the stimulus package in perhaps the hardest-hit city in the country. Speaking in Elkhart, Ind., which boasts the nation’s highest unemployment rate at 15.3%, Obama said he intended to keep his campaign promise to put...

Black DC Vies for First Couple's Attention

(Newser) - From churches to hair salons, Washington’s black institutions are gunning for the Obamas’ patronage, the Washington Post reports. Many in the largely black city feel a sense of camaraderie with the first couple—and know that making a connection with the town's hottest celebrities would be “a tremendous...

Wary Obama Dances With the Press
 Wary Obama Dances 
 With the Press 
ANALYSIS
Feb 9, 2009 8:34 AM CST

Wary Obama Dances With the Press

Tech-savvy president doesn't bypass traditional outlets

(Newser) - Barack Obama has made unprecedented strides using the Internet as a means of direct communication with constituents—but the president still relies on the old-school strategy of buttering up the White House press corps. Since taking office Obama has spoken to reporters nearly every weekday, and had sit-down interviews with...

Blame Obama for Botched Stimulus
Blame Obama for Botched Stimulus
OPINION
Feb 9, 2009 7:27 AM CST

Blame Obama for Botched Stimulus

President's hunger for bipartisan support led to disaster: Krugman

(Newser) - Even if the Obama stimulus package had been enacted in its original $800 billion form, writes Paul Krugman, it wouldn't have plugged the hole in the American economy. Yet the "centrists" who cut it down have taken out some of its best provisions, like aid for state governments,...

Jittery Investors Seek Direction From Feng Shui Gurus

In Asia, when a feng shui master talks, people listen

(Newser) - Hong Kong investors are invoking feng shui—the ancient Chinese art associated in the Western mind with interior decorating—to guide their depleted portfolios, the Wall Street Journal reports. Two inauspicious lunar eclipses have already predicted a grim year, and masters are warning investors to beware of the land of...

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