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What the Right (and Left)
Get Wrong in the Obesity War

OPINION

Dec 13, 2010 1:34 PM CST

What the Right (and Left) Get Wrong in the Obesity War

Choice is great—but we're making the wrong ones, writes Cathy Young

(Newser) - As Michelle Obama and Congress champion efforts to fight childhood obesity, the right, led by Sarah Palin and Fox News, is angrily firing back. While some of their concerns are fair—that healthy-eating messaging can escalate into “propaganda,” for example—others suggest “a reality check is in...

Child Nutrition Bill Passes House, Goes to Obama

Dec 2, 2010 5:12 PM CST

Child Nutrition Bill Passes House, Goes to Obama

Democrats sidestep GOP's blocking tactic

(Newser) - Congressional Democrats sidestepped a Republican block and passed a childhood nutrition bill today, the AP reports. The $4.5 billion bill will increase the number of free lunches and dinners provided by schools, and impose nutritional requirements on the food provided in cafeterias and sold in vending machines. Michelle Obama,...

GOP Blocks Child Nutrition Bill

Dec 2, 2010 7:57 AM CST

GOP Blocks Child Nutrition Bill

Michelle Obama-backed bill stalls in House

(Newser) - House Republicans have blocked a bill to give school meals to more needy children and to make those meals healthier. The $4.5 billion child nutrition bill—which Michelle Obama has lobbied for as part of her campaign against childhood obesity—was stalled by a procedural move that Democrats said...

Michelle Obama: I'll 'Never Get Sick of Talk About My Arms'

WALTERS INTERVIEW

Nov 28, 2010 9:14 AM CST

Michelle Obama: I'll 'Never Get Sick of Talk About My Arms'

First lady loves the compliments

(Newser) - Remember the hullabaloo over Michelle Obama's gunboats? That was great, the first lady tells Barbara Walters in a lighter moment of the first couple's interview. Walters notes that Obama is wearing sleeves, reports the Huffington Post, and asks if she's sick of the chatter. Responds Obama: "I will never...

Sarah Palin On Barbara Bush: Americans Don't Want to Put Up with 'Bluebloods'

Palin Swings Back
at Barbara Bush

Nov 26, 2010 4:31 AM CST

Palin Swings Back at Barbara Bush

And she says to Michelle: Get off fat kids' backs

(Newser) - Sarah Palin managed to slight not one, but two First Ladies in an interview with conservative radio host Laura Ingraham. Asked if Barbara Bush's recent comment that she hopes Palin stays in Alaska shows that the GOP elite wants to "kneecap" her, Palin replied, "I don't think the...

Michelle Obama Is Allowed to Be Disappointed in America

richard cohen

Nov 23, 2010 11:47 AM CST

Michelle Obama Is Allowed to Be Disappointed in America

It's wrong to insist blacks 'go blank' on their own history

(Newser) - Of all the leaks from Sarah Palin's new book, one caught Richard Cohen's attention: the one where Palin supposedly chides Michelle Obama for a rather infamous remark she made during the 2008 campaign: "For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it...

Sarah Palin Rips Michelle Over 'Rants Against Whites'

Palin Rips Michelle Obama Over 'Rants Against Whites'

Nov 19, 2010 4:05 AM CST

Palin Rips Michelle Obama Over 'Rants Against Whites'

But she loves Simon Cowell

(Newser) - The presidential election is two years away, but Sarah Palin is already taking off the white gloves. She slams First Lady Michelle Obama in her new book for attending controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church for years and "listening to his rants against America and white people." Barack and...

Vogue's 10 Best Dressed

Nov 17, 2010 10:05 AM CST

Vogue's 10 Best Dressed

Actresses, models, even the first lady makes the list

(Newser) - Vogue honors 10 ladies who are "rewriting the rules" of fashion in its 2010 Best Dressed list. The honorees:

Blake Lively
Marion Cotillard
Michelle Obama
Jessica Biel

Oh No! Michelle
Touched Muslim
Indonesian Minister

Nov 9, 2010 1:26 PM CST

Oh No! Michelle Touched Muslim Indonesian Minister

He seems happy about it in video, but not on Twitter

(Newser) - Last year, Michelle Obama caused an uproar by touching the queen ; this year, she’s making headlines for shaking hands with the Indonesian information minister. Tifatul Sembiring, a conservative Muslim who makes it a point to avoid touching women not related to him, appears to reach out for the first...

First Lady
Busts a Move
in India

Nov 6, 2010 4:58 PM CDT

First Lady Busts a Move in India

Michelle Obama visits a charity and joins the fun

(Newser) - Her husband had to sit in stuffy trade meetings , but first lady Michelle Obama got to kick off her shoes and join kids in India in a spirited dance, reports AFP . She visited the University of Mumbai today to visit a charity that helps underprivileged kids and spoke to them...

Debate Rages
Over Obama
Hip-Hop Parody

Oct 27, 2010 10:15 AM CDT

Debate Rages Over Obama Hip-Hop Parody

Epithet-hurling Baracka Flacka Flames gets down in the 'hood

(Newser) - An epithet-laced hip-hop parody of President Obama has triggered furious debate: Is the hit YouTube video an "antidote" for Obama's popularity troubles among youth or an "anti-valentine" from those voters whose support the president craves, asks the Christian Science Monitor. The slick "Head of the State" video...

Did Chatty
Michelle Break
Voting Laws?

Oct 15, 2010 9:11 AM CDT

Did Chatty Michelle Break Voting Laws?

Conservative watchdog slams first lady's 'technical violation'

(Newser) - Michelle Obama may have violated Illinois election laws by seeking support for her husband’s agenda at a Chicago polling station, holds the Daily Caller . The first lady was talking with voters, and reportedly urged them to support said agenda—but state laws ban political discussion near polling places, the...

Michelle Obama:
World's Most
Powerful
Woman

no. 9: beyonce?!

Oct 7, 2010 7:40 AM CDT

Michelle Obama: World's Most Powerful Woman

The first lady beats Hillary Clinton ... and Lady Gaga and Beyonce

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is pretty powerful, but she’s still no Oprah Winfrey. The secretary of state does, however, wield more heft than Lady Gaga on Forbes ’ annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. This year's list still took wealth into account, but gave more weight to...

Michelle to Carla:
Being First Lady Is 'Hell'

rumor mill

Sep 16, 2010 1:26 PM CDT

Michelle to Carla: Being First Lady Is 'Hell'

Two new books will likely embarrass both first ladies

(Newser) - Just in time for election season, a story Michelle Obama can't possibly be happy to see: In a new book, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy claims Obama told her that being first lady is "hell. I can't stand it!" (The White House and the French Embassy in Washington deny that Obama...

Laura, Michelle to Attend
9/11 Event Together

First Lady Team-Up

Aug 23, 2010 11:54 AM CDT

Laura, Michelle to Attend 9/11 Event Together

First ladies to honor United Flight 93 Victims

(Newser) - Michelle Obama will join former first lady Laura Bush in ceremonies marking the ninth anniversary of the United Flight 93 crash in Pennsylvania during the Sept. 11 attacks. Bush had previously confirmed her participation, saying we "must never forget the brave sacrifice of these extraordinary men and women."

Obama, the Christian,
Prefers to Pray Privately

Aug 20, 2010 9:11 AM CDT

Obama, the Christian, Prefers to Pray Privately

White House goes on the offensive

(Newser) - Unlike his predecessors, President Obama prefers to keep his expressions of religious faith private, Michael D. Shear writes in the Washington Post , recounting the president's unpublicized decision to have a prayer session with three Christian pastors on his 49th birthday. He often consults spiritual advisers but hasn't joined a church...

Obamas Head to
Martha's Vineyard

cue vacation outrage

Aug 19, 2010 8:15 AM CDT

Obamas Head to Martha's Vineyard

First family heading to Mass. for 10 days of R&R

(Newser) - President Obama, following in the footsteps of Bill Clinton and Ulysses Grant, has headed to Martha's Vineyard for a vacation. The president is taking 10 days to "recharge his batteries" and spend some quality time with his family, a spokesman says, adding that the president will still be receiving...

Who Cares Where
Obama Vacations?

OPINION

Aug 17, 2010 10:46 AM CDT

Who Cares Where Obama Vacations?

What's more elitist, a Martha's Vineyard rental or a Texas ranch?

(Newser) - So President Obama likes to vacation in "exotic" places like the state he happened to grow up in, and Michelle Obama recently jetted off to Spain. Why does America care so much, asks Anne Applebaum, who blames the Kennedys' idyllic days in Hyannisport for starting it all. Ironically, it's...

Sasha Obama: Style Icon

OPINION

Aug 12, 2010 9:40 AM CDT

Sasha Obama: Style Icon

At 9, she's already inspiring girls everywhere

(Newser) - As Michelle Obama was getting criticized for taking a lavish trip to Spain—while wearing designer clothes—her 9-year-old daughter was emerging as an icon of reasonably priced style. From her $25 rainbow bathing suit to the $75 outfit she wore to meet the Spanish royal family, Sasha "was...

Michelle Obama Is
No Marie Antoinette

OPINION

Aug 10, 2010 12:10 PM CDT

Michelle Obama Is No Marie Antoinette

America's just upset that she looks so good

(Newser) - Michelle Obama has taken some heat for hitting the beach and sporting a Gaultier dress in Spain over the weekend. One columnist even called her a “modern-day Marie Antoinette.” But they’re missing the point, according to Daily Beast fashion writer Kate Betts. “The real issue is...