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Obama Names Medal of Freedom Winners: Kennedy, Poitier, Hawking, 13 Others
President Obama on Thursday named the 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. America’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom is...
Defying Slump, 13 States Insure More Children
Despite budgets ravaged by the recession, at least 13 states have invested millions of dollars this year to cover 250,000 more children with...
Obama Unveils Education Initiative: 2-year Colleges to Get $12 Billion Boost
The White House proposed a massive effort to retrain workers on Tuesday by strengthening our nation’s community colleges and creating five million additional college...
Rare Original Declaration Of Independence Copy Found In British Archives
A rare print of America's Declaration of Independence has been found in England among files at The National Archives outside London. Printed on...
Harvest Time in Michelle Obama’s Garden (Video)
The First Lady hosted a harvest party in the White House garden today with the students from Bancroft Elementary to celebrate their hard work....
Clean Energy Economy Yields Significant Job Growth at all Skill Levels
The number of jobs in America’s emerging clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than overall jobs between 1998 and...
Obama Speech in Cairo Outlines New Beginning for Muslims and America (Video)
President Obama today delivered an unprecedented speech calling for a new beginning in relations between the United States and Muslim communities around the...
Sturgeon Return to Spawn in Detroit River Thanks to Artificial Reef
For the first time in almost 40 years lake sturgeon have spawned in the Detroit River, thanks to an international reef construction effort completed...
Election Results in India Should be Celebrated
India's election results Saturday deserve to be celebrated on more than one count. The country has pulled back from the trend of recent...
Humanity’s Earliest Written Works Go Online in World Digital Library (Video)
National libraries and the U.N. put some of humanity's earliest written works and illustrations on the Web this week at WDL.org. ...
Special Report: The Best News for Planet Earth in Decades
I asked one question to leading environmentalists who are usually keen to point out what is wrong with the environment: What is...
President Obama Signs Landmark National Service Legislation
To kick off National Service Week, president Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill Tuesday that triples the size of the...
100-year-old Woman Still Bowls Competitively (Video)
A 100-year-old woman from New Jersey still loves to bowl. Emma Hendrickson said she would return to the National Bowling Stadium...
Obama Unveils Steps to Help Small Business
President Barack Obama moved to boost U.S. job creation on Monday by making it easier for small business owners to borrow money and...
Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House Wins Gershwin Prize on PBS Tonight
“Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize” will showcase an evening of celebration with President and Mrs....
Supreme Court Upholds Gun Ban for Domestic Abusers
In a 7-2 decision yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal law that bans convicted domestic violence abusers from owning guns. “Firearms...
Websites Offer Citizens a Way to Track Money in Obama Stimulus Package
The Obama Administration launched an accountablility website to be accessed by the American people and used to track where and how the...
Bible Used by Obama, Rare Lincoln Artifacts Go On Tour as Abe Turns 200
The small, red Bible used to swear in Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama will go on rare public display with other artifacts to...
Obama Signs Equal-Pay Bill into Law
"Well, this is a wonderful day," said President Obama, before signing his first major piece of legislation, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay...
Obama Campaign Contacts Millions to Organize MLK Day of Service
Weeks ago, the Obama Inaugural campaign began using the extensive email and telephone list that propelled a candidate to the White House, to push...