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First Lady Michelle Obama said she remains focused on the message and stays away from the 'chatter and noise' during the campaign.



While promoting her new book, 'American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America,' Michelle Obama gave a tour of the White House garden.



In an interview with The Associated Press, First lady Michelle Obama said there's no 'one-size-fits-all' solution for the country's health challenges.

White House Hosts Easter Egg Roll

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle kicked off a sun-splashed Easter Egg Roll at the White House, with thousands of kids and their parents thronging the South Lawn Monday.

Million Man March:16 Years Later

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By: Michael H.Cottman

“I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.” --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, on the 16th anniversary of the historic Million Man March, thousands of African Americans will stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the banks of the Potomac River to commemorate the official dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, which features a towering 30-foot sculpture of the civil rights icon.

The memorial, which opened to the public Aug. 22, is located between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials. It is not far from the Washington Monument and the memorial to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The King memorial has been 26 years in the making and King is the first person of color and the first person who was not a U.S. president to be memorialized on the National Mall.

The White House announced that President Barack Obama will speak during the King dedication ceremony, a fitting opportunity for America’s first black president to honor King’s legacy while also underscoring the significance of the Million Man March -- the largest gathering of African American men in U.S. history that challenged black men to renew their faith, uplift their communities, become more involved in the lives of their families and honor black women. CONTINUE....

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Oprah's 25 Best Black Moments

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Whether it's talking to Barack Obama about life in the White House or Whitney Houston about her drugs of choice, Oprah Winfrey knows how to get her guests talking. Remember these interviews? CONTINUE....

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Obama Re-election Launches With Email, Website

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By: Liz Sidoti, AP National Political Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama formally launched his re-election campaign Monday, urging grass-roots supporters central to his first White House run to mobilize again to protect the change he's brought over the past two years.

The official start of his second White House bid, in the midst of three wars, a budget fight with Congress, and sluggish economic recovery, comes 20 months before the November 2012 election. CONTINUE....

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Picking a fight: White House vs Fox News

By DAVID BAUDER (AP)

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's communications director says it was Fox News Channel, not the White House, that picked a fight.

Yet it was Anita Dunn's words during a CNN interview last week, saying Fox is like "a wing of the Republican Party," that ignited one of the most unusual verbal volleys between a presidential administration and journalists since Vice President Spiro Agnew complained during the Nixon years about the "nattering nabobs of negativism."

Dunn's stance cheered many of the president's supporters who seethe over anti-Obama stories on Fox opinion shows, but has caused a backlash among some who say it exposed the administration as thin-skinned.

White House unhappiness had been building. The president himself said there is "one television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration." Fox's coverage of health care demonstrations over the summer, former administration official Van Jones and the community activists ACORN clearly knocked the administration off stride.

The White House blog attacked Fox commentator Glenn Beck for "lies."

Picking a fight: White House vs Fox News....

Buckwheat Tries To Get Arrested

Jack White is back at the Home for Retired Racial Stereotypes in the wake of the Gates arrest and the Obama beer summit.

By: Jack White

When I arrived at the Home for Retired Racial Stereotypes, Buckwheat was on the front porch, using a crowbar to jimmy open the door.

“Forget your key?” I inquired.

“No, White,” the famous Our Gang character replied. “I’m working on my invitation to have a beer at the White House with President Obama. Call the cops, will you, and tell them someone is breaking into the place!”

“You’ve gotta be kidding,” I gasped.

Buckwheat Tries To Get Arrested....

'An Accident of Time and Place'

By: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

I would like to applaud President Obama for bringing Sergeant Crowley, me and our families together. I would also like to thank the President for welcoming my father, Henry Louis Gates, Sr., who for most of his life has been a Republican! My dad turned 96 this past June, and the fact that he worked two jobs every day is the reason that my brother, Dr. Paul Gates, and I were able to receive such splendid educations. I am honored that he chose to join me at the White House, along with my fiancée, my daughters, and my brother.

'An Accident of Time and Place'....