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Lawmakers attack plan to limit food ads to kids

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday attacked an Obama administration proposal for limiting food advertising to children even as the team behind the plan offered concessions to food and beverage makers.
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Hollywood stars tape PSAs for military families

Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey have lent their collective star power to First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden to create public service announcements on behalf of the nation's military families.
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Obama chides banks, taps anger over Wall St

President Barack Obama launched a broad onslaught against banks on Thursday, tapping into public anger over rising fees to garner populist support ahead of his 2012 re-election campaign.
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ESPN Pulls Hank Jr. Theme from Football Show

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s theme song from its Monday Night Football broadcast in a rebuke to the country music star for comments earlier in the day comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler.
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Obama Reelection Campaign Underway

Obama's reelection campaign is well underway. The President is firing on all cylinders in an attempt to win the bid for the White House again in 2012.
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Michelle Obama Shops at Target, What did She buy?

The first lady could not shop at Target without creating a buzz and a company of Secret Service. Thursday afternoon, Michelle Obama made a trip to Target store at Potomac Yard Shopping Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
Opponents of the proposed U.S. health care bill are pictured during a rally outside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington

Obama's Healthcare Law Appealed to Supreme Court

The Obama administration on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to back the centerpiece of Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul -- the requirement that all Americans have health insurance.
President Obama participates in an election campaign rally at the House of Blues in Los Angeles

Obama's West Coast Swing Shows Fundraising Strength

President Barack Obama topped up his re-election war chest with a string of successful West Coast fundraisers that ended Monday and showed soft poll numbers had not dented his ability to raise big money.
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Wal-Mart aims to train and do more work with women

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will double the money it spends with women-owned businesses, train women around the world and push major suppliers to use more women and minorities on work they do for the retailer, its latest steps to promote a brighter corporate image.
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Wal-Mart aims to do more work with women

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will double the money it spends with women-owned businesses, train women around the world and push major suppliers to use more women and minorities on work they do for the retailer as it keeps trying to shed a poor corporate image.
A man eats lunch at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, where hundreds of people receive food and supplies everyday, in Detroit, Michigan

Number of Poor Hit Record 46 Million in 2010

The number of Americans living below the poverty line rose to a record 46 million last year, the government said on Tuesday, underscoring the challenges facing President Barack Obama and Congress as they try to tackle high unemployment and a moribund economy.
U.S. President Barack Obama embraces victims' family members as first lady Michelle Obama stands by at the 9/11 Memorial during the tenth anniversary ceremonies at the World Trade Center site in New York

Obama, Bush See Raw Emotions at 9/11 Events

President Barack Obama picked up where his predecessor George W. Bush left off in the war against Islamic militants after the September 11 attacks, and on Sunday both saw the raw emotions that linger 10 years later.
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With Funereal Grief, America Marks September 11

Children yearned for lost parents and grown men and women sobbed in raw grief on the hard stone bearing the names of nearly 3,000 dead as America commemorated the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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U.S. Marks 10th Anniversary of Day Nation, World Changed

The United States marked the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on New York, Washington, and Shanksville, Pa. Sunday with memorial services at the World Trade Center (WTC), the Pentagon, and at a field in Pennsylvania -- all three of which are hallowed ground.

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