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Obama, Democrats work to shore up soft support among women for health overhaul

WASHINGTON — The White House and top Democrats, intensifying their push to build support for their party’s health overhaul proposals, are increasingly targeting women, a politically crucial group with strong opinions on health care that polls suggest has yet to be sold on the changes.

Obama talks to Democratic governors group, heads for Denmark to pitch for Chicago Olympics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama addresses a Democratic fundraiser on Thursday before traveling to Copenhagen to make an Olympic-sized pitch.

Berlusconi deja vu: calls Obama ‘tanned’ again, this time says First Lady is ‘tanned’ too

ROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is poking fun at President Barack Obama again.

Obama’s presence expected to give Chicago a boost ahead of vote for 2016 Olympics

COPENHAGEN — President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail again.

Obama’s Olympic pitch draws GOP complaint about lack of priorities

NEW YORK — President Obama’s decision to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago’s chances of winning the 2016 Olympics has drawn criticism from some Republicans, who call it a boondoggle for Obama’s hometown allies and evidence the president has blurred his priorities.

When Michelle Obama met Silvio Berlusconi…at arm’s length

LONDON - Michelle Obama appeared to be keeping her distance from controversy-hit Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the opening reception for the G20 summit in Pittsburgh.

Mrs. Obama leads G-20 spouses on tour of Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School

PITTSBURGH — Comparing the arts to a form of diplomacy, first lady Michelle Obama on Friday promoted arts education while treating her counterparts to tours of two of this city’s leading cultural institutions.

Michelle Obama shares passion for fresh, local food with G-20 summit spouses at dinner on farm

PITTSBURGH — First lady Michelle Obama shared her passion for eating fresh, healthy and locally grown food with the spouses of world leaders at a dinner Thursday on a working farm.

SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: At G-20, it’s little sleep, hard floors, long security lines

PITTSBURGH — If it’s Thursday, it must be Pittsburgh.

Meet Michelle Obama, the First Lady of Hugging

LONDON - US First Lady Michelle Obama loves to hug everyone she meets as it makes others feel relaxed.

Pausing to remember: President, first lady will honor 9/11 victims on anniversary of attacks

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will lead the country in pausing to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Fire boss sees improved outlook for vast fire near Los Angeles threatening thousands of homes

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters set backfires and removed brush with bulldozers across a huge swath of Southern California forest on Tuesday to try to contain a 190-square-mile wildfire that has destroyed 53 homes and threatened thousands more in foothill suburbs.

Michelle Obama Shorts: criticized

Michelle Obama’s tight ‘burger watch’ during eatery visit with daughters

NEW YORK - Fellow customers at former ‘Top Chef’ contestant Spike Mendelsohn’s Good Stuff Eatery in DC had their cellphones temporarily confiscated when U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters visited there.

Michelle Obama cuts ribbon on Va. community health center aided by federal stimulus funds

BOWLING GREEN, Va. — First lady Michelle Obama promoted the work of community health centers on Monday, saying they have a critical place in her husband’s effort to overhaul how the nation delivers health care.

Michelle Obama honours US designers

WASHINGTON - US First Lady Michelle Obama honoured the country’s top designers at an annual luncheon at the White House.

G8 Summit 2009 Day-I Roundup

ROME — President Barack Obama joined fellow world leaders Wednesday for three days of intense talks on threats to global security and stability at a G-8 summit where climate change, the continuing global economy crisis and world hunger got top billing.

Obama confers with world leaders on economy, climate, trade, more in Italy

ROME — President Barack Obama is embarking on three days of multinational talks about climate change, the global economy and world hunger in the second and most policy-laden stop of his three-nation, weeklong trip.

Obama signs anti-smoking bill, citing his own difficulty in breaking the cigarette habit

WASHINGTON — Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he’s spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation’s toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked.

Michelle Obama calls on Americans to join in a summer of service, refurbishes Calif playground

SAN FRANCISCO — First lady Michelle Obama wants Americans to make this a summer of community service.

Obama, Sarkozy stand united on Iran, Mideast peace, set to commemorate D-Day invasion

CAEN, France — President Barack Obama and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, stood united Saturday in efforts to thwart Iran’s disputed nuclear ambitions and bring about a Mideast peace that provides for separate Israeli and Palestinian states.

First lady, daughters Malia and Sasha to meet president in Paris for a family weekend

WASHINGTON — It’s a family weekend in Paris for the Obamas.

Obamas fly to New York for dinner

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama flew via Air Force One to New York Saturday evening for a “date” to take in dinner and a play.

Barack Obama to enjoy date night on Broadway with Michelle in NYC

NEW YORK - US President Barack Obama, who makes his first trip to the Big Apple as the commander in chief today, will enjoy a date night on Broadway with First Lady Michelle Obama.