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Lucky Brooklynites will be in crowd witnessing Barack Obama’s … - New York Daily News
Nkoli Ntukogu, 26, a multimedia designer from Bedford-Stuyvesant, won a ticket to the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama. Adams for News Harry Williams-Woodford, President of the PS 81 Parent Teacher Association, recently won tickets for …

Dallas businessmen hope to clean up with Obama soap venture - Dallas Morning News
Peddlers are pushing Barack Obama everything, from now ubiquitous T-shirts and campaign Buttons, to the slightly more risqué Obama-themed cigars and “Yes, We Can!” thong underwear. Proving that the power of political kitsch transcends even the …

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Fierce Israel-Hamas firefights in Gaza capital - New African
Israeli troops and Hamas militants fought their first major battles in Gaza City on Monday after tanks and helicopters launched a night-time offensive, with three Israelis killed by “friendly” fire. Explosions and heavy machine-gun fire rocked the …

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New Hillary Clinton ‘Scandal’ Looks Weak - AOL
The New York Times is reporting the appearance of a perception of a hunch that there might have allegedly been a quid pro quo between Hillary Clinton and a donor to the Clinton Foundation. According to the Times report, Robert Congel donated $100,000 …

Georgia family determined to see Obama’s inauguration - KSDK
NBC — A Georgia family is planning a trip to Washington, DC to see Barack Obama’s historic inauguration in two weeks. The family is renting a bus, and they don’t know if they’ll even have tickets but there’s nowhere else they want to be on January …

Barak Obama’s commerce nomination withdraws over probe - The Australian
NEW Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination as president-elect Barack Obama’s commerce secretary, citing a federal grand-jury investigation into a “pay to play” scheme in his home state, Obama transition officials said. US …

Obama: $300 billion in tax cuts - CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — President-elect Barack Obama was set Monday to begin the push for a massive package of tax cuts and spending proposals aimed at reviving an economy mired in recession. Obama is meeting with top legislators from both parties …

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Barak Obama’s commerce nomination withdraws over probe - The Australian
NEW Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination as president-elect Barack Obama’s commerce secretary, citing a federal grand-jury investigation into a “pay to play” scheme in his home state, Obama transition officials said. US …

For Stimulus, Is Obama Mulling Creating a New Conservation Corps? - US News and World Report
Seventy-five years ago, faced with a terrible economy, rising unemployment rates, and new environmental concerns, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created what would become one of the hallmark programs of the New Deal era: the Civilian …

Obama Watch: Memphis admirers gear up for his inauguration - Memphis Commercial Appeal
President-Elect Barack Obama made only one visit to Memphis in 2008 — a quick stop en route to the presidential debate at the University of Mississippi. He did not deliver a single campaign speech in the nation’s 18th-largest city during his …

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IsrAel incursion into GAzA replAys well-worn blueprint - GuArdiAn Unlimited
IsrAel hAs been here before, And the fAilure of its strAtegy in the pAst is why its soldiers Are bAck in GAzA. As tAnks And troops once AgAin cArve up the GAzA Strip, IsrAel is tAlking of “Applying pressure” to force HAmAs to Agree to Another, more …

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Raul Castro offers direct talks with Obama - Times of Oman
HAVANA: Communist Cuba’s President Raul Castro has offered to talk directly “without intermediaries” and on equal terms with incoming US president Barack Obama, who has said he would consider direct dialogue. “A gesture for a gesture. We are ready to …

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On Campus, Obama and Memories - Times Daily
HONOLULU — Less Than Three weeks before he becomes The naTion’s firsT black presidenT, Barack Obama reTurned This week To whaT was long known here as “The whiTes’ school.” IT was his school and, by his Telling, one of The mosT formaTive …

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Smoking Ban Prevented Heart Attacks; Does Each Obama Speech Do the … - US News and World Report
“Every time Obama comes on television now, the collective blood pressure in the United States goes down 10 points.” That quote, attributed to Rep. Neil Abercrombie, a Democrat from Hawaii, appeared today in a Washington Post article on Obama’s calm …

Illinois Gov.’s Pick To Face Friction In Senate - KDKA
Democratic leaders plan to grant few if any privileges next week to Roland Burris, the man picked by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate, even if he arrives on Capitol Hill with the right credentials. Senate officials …

Hopes too high for Obama - Castro - News.com.au
Barack Obama appears to be an honest and sincere man, but his election has awakened “excessive hopes” that the US will change, Cuban President Raul Castro says. Mr Castro repeated previous assertions that he is open to talks at any time with Mr Obama …

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Entertainment ‘to go’ and cautious consumers to drive trends in 2009 - Pantagraph
The “Cuspers” are Boomers Born between 1955 and 1964, said Salzman. She predicts the Cuspers, sometimes called Generation Jones, will continue to rise to power. She ticks off a list that includes President-elect Barack Obama; Susan Rice, the U.S …

George Bush and Barack Obama off to Washington for handover - The Australian
IT was “aloha” for Barack Obama in Hawaii and “so long” in Texas for George W. Bush as the president-elect and the man he is replacing yesterday made their way back to Washington for the final transfer of power. The Obama family are set to move into …

Tampa Bay Area Residents Travel To D.C. To Witness Historic … - Tampa Bay Online
Jan. 20 marks the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. And the first time in U.S. history a black president will be sworn into office. With Inauguration Day only weeks away, Tampa residents are preparing for the …

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Israel Discusses Cease-Fire Amid New Attacks on Hamas - Wall Street Journal
Israel escalated its assault on the Gaza Strip on New Year’s Day, killing a senior Hamas leader and hitting the territory’s parliament building, but in meetings with the U.S. it appeared to open the door to a possible cease-fire. Israel is discussing …

Brasch Words - American Reporter
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — During the final Debate last week, Barack Obama called John McCain on the negative ads, saying that 100 percent of his radio and television ads were negative. Not true, replied McCain. True, according to the Advertising Project at …

Iran looms huge for Obama amidst tension with Berlin - Top News India
Washington  - US election euphoria, the financial crisis and the Middle East crisis have upstaged the issue of Iran’s nuclear activities which are viewed as a growing threat in 2009 to world security. Concern about the threat prompted a coalition of …

A Possible cause for Concern? - Tothecenter.com
More and more Democrats are beginning to worry about the economic recession and a recovery plan. According to the “United States Politics” section of the Wall Street Journal, contributor Naftali Bendavid reports that “Democratic leaders are …

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