Obama watches Oregon State beat George Washington (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Oregon State gave the first fan something to cheer about. Seth Tarver scored 18 points and the Beavers beat George Washington 64-57 on Saturday, with President Barack Obama and his family watching from courtside in the half-full Smith Center. Brother-in-law Craig Robinson is the Oregon State coach, and the president brought along first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha, and…
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Obama at hoops game to see brother-in-law’s team (AP via Yahoo! News)
It was a family affair for President Barack Obama at the Oregon State-George Washington University basketball game Saturday.
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Big challenge for Obama: retain Hispanic support (AP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush’s inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way.
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Obama challenge: keep Hispanic support (AP via Yahoo! News)
Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush’s inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way.
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Gatecrashers met Obama, Secret Service ‘embarrassed’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The two aspiring reality TV stars who gatecrashed a state dinner this week met President Barack Obama at the event, a White House photograph showed.
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White House: State dinner crashers met Obama (AP via Yahoo! News)
The Virginia couple who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a “deeply concerned and embarrassed” Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the couple was on the guest list.
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White House says uninvited dinner couple met Obama (AP via Yahoo! News)
A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line.
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Obama administration closely monitoring Dubai debt outlook (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON_ The Obama administration said Friday that it’s carefully watching developments in a looming debt default by the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, whose efforts to fend off creditors sent stocks skidding in the United States and around the globe amid fears of new bank losses.
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Aerial-gunning foes ask Obama to ban practice (AP via Yahoo! News)
A wildlife advocacy group Friday asked President Barack Obama to end aerial gunning of coyotes and other predators, citing an Idaho incident where a shotgun-wielding parachutist illegally fired on a wolf.
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Obama to host Australian leader for White House talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US President Barack Obama will host Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday, a day before announcing his revamped Afghanistan war strategy, the White House said.
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