Top News
First Lady Michelle Obama was captured on video rolling her eyes in response to something House Speaker John Boehner said to her husband President Obama at the Inaugural luncheon yesterday morning. No word on what the conversation was about but people are loving the fact that First Lady Michelle Obama stands by her husband! Do […]
We’ve watched the Obamas grow and evolve over the past four years into a great example of family. Here are a few of our favorite family moments caught during the president’s second inauguration. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama wave to the crowd during the Inaugural Parade. (Photo: AP) Sasha and Malia Obama take photos […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring “our journey is not complete,” President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term before a crowd of hundreds of thousands Monday, urging the nation to set an unwavering course toward prosperity and freedom for all its citizens and protect the social safety net that has sheltered the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama‘s second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute by active duty members of the military. For these Tuskegee Airmen, members of the famed all-black unit of World War II and several years beyond, the tables surely turned. From the terrace of the Capitol, […]
President Barack Obama is set to be sworn-in to his second term today on the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is being celebrated nationwide for his contributions to society. While many believe President Obama is the culmination of what Dr. King fought for, controversial commentator Tavis Smiley thinks otherwise. In a story issued by […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was indicted Friday on 21 corruption charges including wire fraud, bribery and money laundering. The charges come from a City Hall corruption investigation that already has resulted in guilty pleas by two former city officials and two businessmen. The counts against Nagin include wire fraud, […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been arrested on charges he grabbed a woman by the feet and threw her onto the tracks at a Philadelphia subway station, police said. The woman managed to get off the tracks on her own and suffered only minor injuries. Police announced the arrest Thursday, more than two days […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree has voluntarily met with police in their investigation into an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team’s playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers last weekend, his attorney said Saturday. “Michael fully cooperated with the inspectors and will continue to do so […]
Critics of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong are looking askance at his admission of using performance enhancing drugs after years of lying about it, suggesting that Armstrong has calculated the risk, has developed a strategic plan to mitigate legal action against him and try to revive a career in competitive sports, specifically triathlons. Whether anyone believes […]
DETROIT (AP) – Jurors at Kwame Kilpatrick‘s federal corruption trial have seen a video of the ex-Detroit mayor’s father taking a case of Cristal champagne from a businessman needing a favor. Kwame and Bernard Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson are accused of extortion and bribery. James Rosendall testified Thursday that he repeatedly paid cash to Bernard […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Judges decided Thursday that the custody fight over the infant daughter of former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, who fatally shot his girlfriend before killing himself, will be handled in Missouri, not Texas. The dispute is between the paternal and maternal grandparents of 4-month-old Zoey Belcher. In addition to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s something a little different these days about Michelle Obama: bangs in her hair. The first lady’s office posted a picture of Mrs. Obama’s new do on her new Twitter feed Thursday. It shows her meeting at the White House with one of eight citizens named co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s inauguration. […]
