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    President Obama Warns Daughters “Family Tattoo”

    by  • May 3, 2013 • Barak Obama, Bay Area, Berkeley, Marin County News, Michelle Obama, News Articles, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles

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    President Barack Obama has warned his daughters that if they get tattoos, he and his wife will get matching ones on the same place on their bodies. In an interview on NBC’s Today show, the president said he hoped the “family tattoo” threat would discourage teen rebellion. Obama said he had warned Malia, 14,...

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    USA Today – Obama praises Calif. AG’s looks

    by  • April 4, 2013 • African American, African American History, Barak Obama, Beauty, Business, Daily Posts, Education, Energy, Entertainment, Environment, Feature 2, Featured, Information, Michelle Obama, Open Government, Politics and Government

    Obama praises Calif. AG’s looks Rich Pedroncelli, AP In this this May 10, 2012 file photo, California Attorney General Kamala Harris appears before an Assembly committee at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. by David Jackson, USA TODAY Published: 04/04/2013 05:40pm We can’t help but wonder what the first lady is going to think of...

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    President Obama Appoints First Female Secret Service Director

    by  • March 31, 2013 • Barak Obama, Feature 2, Featured Highlighted Slides, Government, Headine Display, Internatioal Relations, Michelle Obama, Politics and Government

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    By Evette Dionne President Obama heard the “stop picking white men” criticism and is heeding the advice of diversity advocates. He’s appointed the first female Secret Service director. Julia Pierson, 53, replaces former director Mark Sullivan, who’s facing criticism for “allowing a testosterone-fueled culture to erode discipline at the Secret Service,” according to the...

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    Man Wanted for Spreading HIV to Hundreds of Men and Women

    by  • March 15, 2013 • Bay Area, Berkeley, Black Church Information, Entertainment, Marin County News, Michelle Obama, News Articles, Obituaries, Post News Feature Story, Richmond News, San Francisco, SECTIONS, site test

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    Authorities are offering a reward up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of 31-year-old Isaac Don Burks, who has been accused of intentionally infecting hundreds of men and women in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania with HIV. Police say his potential victims could date back as far as 2003. He has...

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    Oakland’s Youth Radio Recognized by Michelle Obama

    by  • November 23, 2012 • Barak Obama, First Ladies in the Faith Based Community, Michelle Obama, News Articles

    Youth Radio’s Nishat Kurwa and Shyra Gums join Michelle Obama at the awards ceremony.

    Oakland’s Youth Radio, a youth-driven journalism and media production program, received a special honor on Monday from Michelle Obama. The First Lady presented the organization with the 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, noting Youth Radio’s effectiveness in developing learning and life skills in young people by engaging them in the arts....

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    Michelle Obama And Bo Visit Wounded Veterans At The Fisher House In Bethesda, Maryland For Easter Celebrations

    by  • April 10, 2012 • Berkeley, Headine Display, Michelle Obama, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Vallejo News

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    To kick off the Month of Military Child, first lady Michelle Obama took part in a pre-Easter celebration yesterday with wounded veterans and their families at the Fisher House on Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., USA Today reports. Fisher Houses are “comfort homes” built by the Fisher House Foundation on...

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    First Lady Commissions Coast Guard Cutter In Alameda

    by  • April 8, 2012 • Berkeley, Marin County News, Michelle Obama, Oakland News Articles, Richmond News, San Francisco, South County, Special Interests Articles, Vallejo News

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    First Lady Michelle Obama (center) with Copngresswoman Barbara Lee (left) and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. First lady Michelle Obama was at Coast Guard Island in Alameda Saturday morning at what was a wet and windy ceremony to formally commission the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton into active duty. Along with Coast Guard officials, the...

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    Mochas at The White House

    by  • March 17, 2012 • Michelle Obama

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    By Kuae Kelch Mattox It’s not often that I’m blown away by an invite, but when 150 leaders from my non-profit organization were invited to the White House for a private event last week, I had to pinch myself a few times just to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. In honor of National African-American...

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    Michelle Obama To Appear On Letterman Show

    by  • March 17, 2012 • Michelle Obama

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    WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama is returning to the late-night stage. The first lady will appear on the “Late Show with David Letterman” on March 19. Mrs. Obama will discuss her Joining Forces initiative, which supports military families, and her plans for the program’s one-year anniversary. CBS, which airs Letterman’s show, says this will be...

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    First Lady Leads US Team to London Olympics

    by  • March 16, 2012 • General Articles, Michelle Obama, Oakland News Articles, Politics and Government, Special Interests Articles

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    First Lady Michelle Obama will lead the Presidential Del- egation to the Opening Cer- emonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. She made the announce- ment at an event with. Sa- mantha Cameron celebrating the Olympic Games and Mrs. Obama’s Let’s Move! initia- tive. “In the months ahead, I’ll be talking to...

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