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Speed Read! Obama Hands Out National Medal of Arts

TresSugar — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:30:15 -0800

At the National Medal of Arts ceremony, President Obama acknowledged artists including Bob Dylan, Clint Eastwood, and Sarah Jessica Parker - LA Times
NY Gov. Paterson will not seek reelection following a report that he pressured a woman who accused a top aide of domestic abuse - NY Daily News
Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig found dead in Vancouver - PopEater
Lily Allen to leave music for fashion - The Cut
New evidence that Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" is not about a former lover - Spinner
Brittany Murphy didn't suffer drug or alcohol abuse - PopSugar
Law enforcement tracking Americans' cell phones in real time - Newsweek

Obama Offers American Babies a Better Start Via Text?

LilSugar — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:24 -0800

President Obama held on to his personal BlackBerry for as long as it was possible and it seems he's also a fan of texting. Today, the White House announced its new mobile health service for expectant and new mommies. It said:

Here’s how it works: women who sign up for the service by texting BABY to 511411 (or BEBE for Spanish) receive three free SMS text messages each week timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth. Text4baby messages also connect women to local clinics and support services for prenatal and infant care.

What do you think about the service?

Speed Read! Obama Talks Health Care, Economy, and DADT

TresSugar — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:30:52 -0800

10 notable lines from last night's State of the Union - Huffington Post
Hillary Clinton says she'll retire before end of Obama's presidency - Telegraph
Gay dating site tries to air its ad during Super Bowl - Gawker
The name iPad could hurt Apple's bottom line - Washington Post
Poltergeist's Zelda Rubinstein died yesterday at the age of 76 - The Awl
The earthquake may have killed Haiti's feminist movement - Double X

Hope! Obama Musical to Debut in Germany

TresSugar — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:00:45 -0800

It's springtime for Obama as a telling the story of his ascent to power in song and dance debuts in Germany. Hope! will feature roles including Barack and Michelle, a much-younger Hillary Clinton and John McCain, and of course Sarah Palin, whose solo includes scantily clad backup singers. The lyrics, mostly in English, are taken heavily from political speeches and statements.

Written by American composer Randall Hutchins, Hope! begs one question: why Germany? My guess is it would not do well in the US - even among Obama lovers, the honeymoon is over. But Germany is far enough removed to idealize Obama, or at least his election.

Would you see it?

Best of 2009: PopSugar Rush's 10 Biggest Stories of the Decade

PopSugarTV — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:01:00 -0800

Some of the decade's biggest pop culture stories were extremely memorable moments in time, like Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch, while others, like the Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie love triangle, spanned all 10 years. Relive the headlines that will go down in history as we count down the 10 biggest stories of the decade!

Super-Cute Video: Bo Obama Rings in the Season with Bells On

PetSugar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:00:07 -0800

Bo showed off his holiday spirit with a jingling collar and tons of tricks for Oprah at the weekend's Christmas at the White House special. A high five? Pretty impressive, lil pup. If nothing else, I'm pleased to see I'm not the only one using happy puppy voice to speak to my pet! Watch the video to see the first dog in action - he's rushing in for his camera time with bells on!

A Lesson From Obama: Give the Gift of Health

FitSugar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:00:29 -0800

It's often pointed out how fit and healthy President Barack Obama is - he plays basketball with a passion, goes to the gym six days a week, and when on vacation chooses to bodysurf over lounging on the beach. It was even reported that during his presidential campaign he hit the gym for 48 days in a row. In light of his struggle to kick a nicotine habit - something he says he is 95 percent cured of - Obama lives a pretty fitness-focused lifestyle.

Last night the first couple was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey for the holiday special, Christmas at the White House, which gave viewers a peek into how the first family spends their holidays together. While watching, I was struck by a few things that the president said on Christmases past and thought to myself that particular gifts he received as a child helped shape him into the health conscious man that he is today.

To find out what the president's favorite childhood gifts were, read more.

When asked what his favorite gifts as a child were, the president fondly remembered receiving a basketball from his father the first time he met him.

"You know, I do remember the one time I met my father he was visiting during Christmas and he gave me a basketball and - the degree to which I came to love basketball - it wasn't until much later in life that I realized, ‘Actually, he gave me that basketball.'"

The president also reminisced on receiving his first "big kid 10 speed bike" as a Christmas gift and how special it was. It's clear that the Obamas believe that many of life's lessons start at home, and I couldn't help but think that these two gifts were motivating factors for the president to be active even as a little one. If you have a special youngster in your life, consider giving them a gift that encourages them to get up and get moving. The smallest gifts we give may leave lasting impressions later, as is illustrated in the president's life - decades later, the basketball he received as a child is still the main focus of his fit lifestyle.

Speed Read! Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize

TresSugar — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:45:08 -0800

President Obama acknowledged the controversy when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize today in Oslo, Norway. - CNN
India's high maternal death rate can be cured. - Women's eNews
Books that should never be made into movies. - BuzzSugar
Sarah Palin supporters talk feminism. - The Sexist
Pictures from vintage travel books. - T Magazine
The Sex and the City 2 poster is sort of a letdown. - PopSugar
New book turns the world's greatest literary works into tweets. - Flavorwire
Frosty the inappropriate snowman gets CBS in trouble. - Lemondrop

Biggest Headline of 2009: Obamas in the Food World Spotlight

YumSugar — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:50:04 -0800

We knew it'd be a big year for President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. But there's no way we would have predicted the extent to which they would become involved in America's growing culinary culture and increasing food politics. Not only did the first couple set an extraordinary example of how the nation should eat healthy and local, but every single bite, it seems - from a cheeseburger lunch in Arlington, VA, to barbecued chicken in the White House on Father's Day - seemed to be deemed worthy of national news and attention. Regardless of how you feel about the Obamas' year in the food spotlight, they certainly garnered plenty of attention.

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Oh Snap! Obama Never Agreed to Be on a Tabloid

TresSugar — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:30:44 -0800

Now that Tiger Woods's previously perfect media image has taken a hit, I'm sure Barack Obama is not so thrilled about the January cover of Golf Digest. In the issue, Tiger offers the president 10 tips. Here's one that could apply to golf and life: cheaters never prosper.