Government has pushed fitness efforts even as childhood obesity has climbed - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - First lady Michelle Obama isn't the first national leader to try to get America's kids off the couch. President Dwight D. Eisenhower tried more than 50 years ago, and it's been a losing battle since. Childhood obesity has been on the rise in recent decades, with 17 percent of children ...
White House Mocks Sarah Palin From Podium - ABC News
Even the White House's top spokesman is getting in on the act of mocking former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for looking to talking points written on her palm during a speech to "tea party" activists. Robert Gibbs showed the words "hope" and "change" on his hand as he started his ...
Vote on NLRB nominee first test of GOP's new power - GOPUSA
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republicans' first test of their new Senate clout could come in a vote to block President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board. Senate Democrats need 60 votes, one more than they control since Scott Brown of Massachusetts ...
Obama pushes for a deal on health - Philadelphia Inquirer
WASHINGTON - Signaling he would meet critics part way on health care, President Obama said yesterday that he was willing to sign a bill even if it did not deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort. The Democrats' health-overhaul legislation is stalled in Congress by ...
Alabama senator releases holds on Obama nominees - Seattle Times
WASHINGTON — Unhappy with Senate Republicans for blocking his nominations, President Obama warned Tuesday that he would use a procedural tactic to bypass lawmakers unless the Senate moved to confirm government appointees more swiftly. The president, in a surprise appearance in the White House ...
NY governor says he'll step aside only 'in a box' - Montana Standard
New York Gov. David Paterson arrives to a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paterson says Tuesday he believes an anticipated story by The New York Times about his personal conduct won't include much-rumored talk of wild behavior. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) New York ...
Dad of Palin grandson bares all for Playgirl cover - San Francisco Chronicle
The teen father of Sarah Palin's grandson is featured on the cover of the upcoming print version of Playgirl magazine — sporting nothing but a sultry gaze. The photos of Levi Johnston — the 19-year-old former fiance of Palin's daughter — were a huge hit last fall on the magazine's Web site ...
Obama Won't Drop Potential Use Of Reconciliation On Health Care - Huffingtonpost.com
President Obama wants to keep the option of using reconciliation to pass health care reform despite calls from Republican lawmakers that he agree to drop the parliamentary maneuver as a "good faith" gesture" before their bipartisan health care summit. White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs said on ...
Clinton asked to intervene in Haiti kidnapping case - Deseret News
WASHINGTON — The U.S.-based lawyer for one of 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping in Haiti appealed Tuesday for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to personally intervene in the case. Attorneys for detainee Jim Allen said in a letter to Clinton that they are concerned their ...
Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote - North County Times
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday. Tymoshenko has canceled two planned appearances since the polls closed Sunday night. Her allies say she ...
