Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, becoming the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's re...
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's re...
Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, becoming the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's resounding victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) repudiates an unpopular incumbent and an ongoing war, shifts national leadership to a new generation and provides dramatic proof to the world of the American ideal of opportunity for all.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush.
In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was supposed to Jack Ryan. However, Ryan withdrew from the race amid sexual allegations by his ex-wife. Alan Keyes replaced Ryan on the ballot, and in the general election, Obama won easily, grabbing 70 percent of the vote.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's resounding victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) repudiates an unpopular incumbent and an ongoing war, shifts national leadership to a new generation and provides dramatic proof to the world of the American ideal of opportunity for all.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush.
In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was supposed to Jack Ryan. However, Ryan withdrew from the race amid sexual allegations by his ex-wife. Alan Keyes replaced Ryan on the ballot, and in the general election, Obama won easily, grabbing 70 percent of the vote.
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A little bit Cherokee? Warren not alone in ancestry claim
Kevin Costner, James Garner, Johnny Depp, James Earl Jones, Chuck Norris, Cameron Diaz. You guessed it (no, you probably did not). This is a partial roster of the people included in Wikipedia’s “List of People of Self-Identified Cherokee...Tags: Harvard University, Chuck Norris, Scott P. Brown, Elizabeth Warren, Elections
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U.S. steps up deportation efforts for criminal immigrants
WASHINGTON — In an aggressive effort to boost deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun to increase by nearly 25% the number of agents tasked with finding and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records, pulling 150...
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Michigan open for fireworks; hundreds get permits
SOUTHGATE (AP) — A new law is sparking fireworks sales -- and the Michigan economy. Roughly 500 certificates so far have been granted to businesses seeking to sell fireworks that had been prohibited for years, the state Bureau of Fire Services...
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Obama: 'Memorial Day is more than a three-day weekend'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama opened the Memorial Day holiday with a weekly address that reflected on the meaning of the holiday. “Memorial Day is more than a three-day weekend,” Obama said in the address, which is posted online every...
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Analysis: Donald Trump enlivens a sleepy campaign season
Every presidential campaign has its sideshows, diversions that fill the dead time between primaries, conventions and other meaningful events. Like nature, the political press corps abhors a vacuum. Rick Santorum’s kinda, sorta endorsement of Mitt...
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Journalists need to find the truth of Romney's record at Bain
I agree with The Sun's recent position on the relevance of Governor Romney's experience at Bain Capital to the presidential race that's already underway ("The Bain of Romney's campaign," May 22), but the methodology is curious. Asking Mr. Romney to give...Tags: Elections, Timonium, Companies and Corporations, Executive Branch, Bain Capital, LLC
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President Obama reaches out to military veterans
WGN NewsAt the start of Memorial Day weekend, President Barack Obama launched a new outreach campaign, "Veterans and Military Families for Obama." In the 2008 elections, Senator John McCain won the majority of the veteran vote. In 2012, President Obama aims...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Afghanistan, Memorial Day, David Petraeus, John McCain
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Saturday letters to the editor
Turning on red We all know you must stop before you turn right on red, and there are some corners where it is illegal, but we all tend to just hesitate, look both ways and turn. We think we stopped, but the new cameras that are at numerous corners can...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Fort Lauderdale, Punishment, Orlando, Osama bin Laden
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Olympics deal revives talk about Chicago games
The conversation about Chicago hosting a Summer Olympics is being revived after one of the biggest hurdles to a U.S.-based games was overcome this week.
The International and U.S. Olympic committees agreed Thursday to a revised deal for sharing...Tags: Sports, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago, Summer Olympics, Chicago Mayor
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Dragon's flight heralds new era for space, Fla.
It doesn't rank up there with other spaceflight milestones — first man in orbit, landing on the moon — but Friday's midday linkup between the SpaceX Dragon capsule and the International Space Station was huge — a historic achievement...Tags: Science and Technology, Vladimir Putin, Human Interest, Cape Canaveral, SpaceX
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The Bible is used to oppose gay marriage today, like it was used to deny women the right to vote and to justify slavery and segregation in previous human-rights battles. Now that prosperity preacher Joel Osteen has declared Mitt Romney is a Christian,...Tags: Christianity, Sports, National Basketball Association, Doc Rivers, Baseball
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IOC, USOC deal stokes talk of new Chicago Olympics bid
Tribune reportersThe conversation about Chicago hosting a summer Olympics is rising from the ashes after one of the biggest hurdles to another U.S.-based games was overcome this week. The International Olympic Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee agreed on Thursday...Tags: Sports, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor, Sports Organizations, White House
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