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Speed Read! Obama Hands Out National Medal of Arts
- 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?
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.
Speed Read! Obama Talks Health Care, Economy, and DADT
- 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
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.
Best of 2009: PopSugar Rush's 10 Biggest Stories of the Decade
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
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.
A Lesson From Obama: Give the Gift of Health
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.
Speed Read! Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
- 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.
Biggest Headline of 2009: Obamas in the Food World Spotlight
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.
Oh Snap! Obama Never Agreed to Be on a Tabloid
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.
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