First Lady Michelle Robinson Obama was born in Chicago in 1964. After finishing high school, she graduated from Princeton in 1985 with a B.A. in sociology. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 1988, and began her law career at Sidley and Austin, a Chicago firm where she met her husband Barack Obama. Michelle Obama served as associate dean of students at the University of Chicago starting in 1996. In 2002, she took the position of executive director for community affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She was named Vice President for Community and External Affairs in 2005. Michelle Obama is the mother of two children, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.
First Lady Michelle Robinson Obama was born in Chicago in 1964. After finishing high school, she graduated from Princeton in 1985 with a B.A. in sociology. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 1988, and began her law career at Sidley and Austin, a Chicago firm where she met her husband Barack Obama. Michelle Obama served as associate dean of students at the University of Chicago starting in 1996. In 2002, she took the position of executive director for community affairs at the University of Chicago Hospitals. She was named Vice President for Community and External Affairs in 2005. Michelle Obama is the mother of two children, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7.
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Michelle Obama sleeveless at 1600 Penn
The Swampby Mark Silva There comes a time when all the fashion and popular magazines' obsessions with the arms of the first lady become, well, secondary to the White House's own portrayal of the sleeveless new occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.......Tags: Photography, Barack Obama, The White House, Government, National Government
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Farrakhan: Followers must continue 'Obama energy'
Associated Press WriterNation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan says President Barack Obama has ignited an unprecedented energy among people, and he's urging followers to not let it die. Farrakhan says members of the Nation must accept responsibility to build communities....Tags: Barack Obama, Louis Farrakhan, Democratic National Conventions
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Farrakhan says Nation of Islam followers must accept responsibility, continue 'Obama energy'
Associated Press WriterROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan says President Barack Obama has ignited an unprecedented energy among people, and he's urging followers to not let it die. Farrakhan says Nation of Islam members must accept...Tags: Barack Obama, Louis Farrakhan, Diseases, Islam, Democratic National Conventions
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Will the Obamas' interest in the arts create an inflation of appreciation?
Tribune NewspapersBarack and Michelle Obama and their daughters spent the evening of Feb. 6 in the presidential box at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, applauding the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Evidently it was the first family's idea of a...Tags: Classical Music, United States, Barack Obama, Dance, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Bali and Costa Rica captivate hairstylist for Michelle Obama
Special to Tribune NewspapersMichael Flowers, better known as Rahni, the name he was given while working at Vidal Sassoon, has been styling Michelle Obama's hair since the first lady was a senior in high school. One of the premier stylists to Chicago's African-American women, Rahni,...Tags: Barack Obama, National or Ethnic Minorities, Dining and Drinking, Clubs and Associations, Books and Magazines
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Obamas Portuguese water dog-hunting
The Swampby Mark Silva Stop the presses - or at least spread out the papers. The first family is zeroing in on its first puppy: Portuguese water dog. Though it may not be a puppy. It may be a mature, rescue......Tags: Barack Obama, Edward M. Kennedy
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Stevie Wonder: 'Soundtrack of my youth'
The Swampby Mark Silva Will Wonder never cease? "Love was in the air at the White House,'' the faithful pool reporter reports from last night's appearance of Stevie Wonder in performance in the East Room of the White House. And here......Tags: The White House, Barack Obama, Government, National Government, Valerie Jarrett
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White House tosses water on dog tale
The Swampby Rebecca Cole Labradoodle lovers, take heart. After months of speculation, it appeared that the selection of a first dog was at hand. People magazine, with a fetching report on its Website today, revealed that First Lady Michelle Obama has......Tags: The White House, Barack Obama, Dining and Drinking, Government, National Government
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Michelle Obama's box mates tonight
The Swampby Frank James The White House earlier today released the names of those who will be in the First Lady's Box during President Barack Obama's speech tonight before a joint session of Congress, his first. Among the guests: a banker,......Tags: United States, Law Enforcement, Government Health Care, Barack Obama, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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Barbie turns 50, but dolls forever young in eyes of U.S. girls
Tribune correspondentATLANTA — Young girls peer into the glossy eyes of their plastic dolls and see reflections of themselves. In turn, those dolls offer a window into American culture—whether it's Tiny Tears or Bratz or the most iconic doll of all, Barbie....Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Culture, Eyes and Vision, Pilsen, Paris Hilton
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Illinois Enterprise Digest for Feb. 28 through March 2 and thereafter
EDITORS: Illinois AP enterprise stories for editions Feb. 28 through March 2 and thereafter. Please call Melanie Coffee at 800-572-2585 with any questions. --CHANGES ETHICS-OPPORTUNITY & OBSTACLES, for use Sunday, March 1 and thereafter. --ADDS...Tags: United States, Medicine, Barack Obama, Western Medicines, The White House
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