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            <title><![CDATA[The History of Michelle's Arms]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's arms may be the talk of the town, but she actually owes the look to Jackie, Dolley and-as if her husband needed another Lincoln tie, Mary Todd. By Sandra McElwaine.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bed Head Gallery]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The first lady has sported deliberately messy locks on numerous occasions-and more than one state dinner: She did it at the dinner honoring Mexican President Felipe Calderon last year, and at the White House Correspondents' dinner in April. Her...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's European Adventure]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama serve food to a member of the military during a barbecue in the garden of 10 Downing Street on May 25, 2011 in London.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Royal Wedding Guests]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ David Beckham and Prince William-who is president of the English Football Association-met at last year's World Cup in South Africa, and the two reportedly "got on like a house on fire, both personally and professionally." The prince and the football...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[April 23: The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Many a prediction has been made about the royal wedding, but none have been quite as groovy as this T-Mobile commercial. Watch Prince William and Kate Middleton look-alikes make a memorable entrance.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obamas Visit Brazil]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha, right, tour the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, March 20, 2011. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The First Ladies of State Dinners]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[First lady Michelle Obama stunned in an architectural red gown at Wednesday night's state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao. Despite rumors that her dress would be designed by Vera Wang, who was among the attendees for the evening, Obama opted for...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Best & Worst Dressed of 2010]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Blake Lively occupies a rare niche in the fashion world: She's a star on Gossip Girl by day and on the arm of Karl Lagerfeld by night. Her rise to fashion prominence this year is due in large part to an inspired sense of personal style that it at once...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jill Biden Fashion]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At the State Dinner to honor Chinese President Hu Jintao at the White House on January 19th, Dr. Jill Biden wore a dark blue gown by Reem Acra, accented with jewel straps. She paired the look with diamond earrings and a blue bangle bracelet.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[November 13: The Week in Viral Video]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chew on this! For its annual "Treehouse of Horror" episode Sunday, The Simpsons parodied Twilight, with a little help from Daniel Radcliffe, who played Lisa's befanged beau.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle vs. Jackie ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama toured through Humayun's Tomb in New Delhi on Sunday. She looked radiant in a blue custom dress by Peter Som.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama in India ]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama tour Humayun's Tomb in New Dehli on November 7, 2010. President Obama urged India and Pakistan to talk to resolve their differences as he stressed the need for peace between the neighbors, who are...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Lady Heels]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[While Obama raised eyebrows for $520 Lanvin sneakers, she has been the modern pioneer of the kitten heel. She's amassed a big collection of Jimmy Choo heels in one- to two-inch heights. At an event to honor recipients of the National Arts and...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oprah Feuds]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ 
Though she wasn't the first to speculate that Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are more than best friends, out lesbian Rosie O'Donnell told Howard Stern that the Winfrey and her longtime friend are "the emotional equivalent" of a gay couple, even if she...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carla Bruni]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Before Nicolas Sarkozy, Mick Jagger was Bruni's most famous conquest. In the new book she explains how discreet they were: "My secret encounter with Mick Jagger lasted eight years. We passed through all of the capitals on earth and no photographer ever...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fashion Week's First Days]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Hipsters lined up for over an hour in Chelsea for Band of Outsider's Spring/Summer 2011 presentation. But once inside, they were transported to a 1930s camp ground, complete with bleachers, beach umbrellas, and bunk beds. Amidst the tomboy atmosphere,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sasha Obama's Style]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sasha Obama met with King Juan Carlos of Spain and other members of the royal family on her trip to Marbella with her mom last week. She paired a J.Crew yellow tutu with a peachy linen tank top, and accessorized the look with fake pearls, a floral...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[13 Women Who Rule the Web]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Caterina Fake was one of the early entrepreneurs to glom on to the power of Web 2.0. While working on an online gaming product for a Vancouver-based company, Fake and her then-husband started Flickr as a side project. It launched in February 2004...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[CFDA]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Will the award go to Alexander Wang, the 26-year-old whippersnapper with a penchant for dominatrix themes, whose most recent collection was praised for deconstructing power suits and using lingerie as outerwear? Or to the frequently-copied Marc Jacobs,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michael Kors]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[1959
Michael Kors is born on August 9, 1959.
(Black and white photo of Joan Kors and MK)
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Designers]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA["It's fantastic. I'm really excited and honored," says Peter Soronen of the First Lady's choice to wear his dress to a state dinner with the Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala.  "I could have done a shade of blue or yellow,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Calderon State Dinner]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Obamas posed with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife Margarita Zavala. Both women wore jewel-toned dresses, with Zavala in a fuchsia shade dress from Macario Jiminez and the first lady in a shimmery cobalt single shoulder gown designed...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[December 12: The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Hey, remember when Tiger Woods crashed his car into a tree and a bunch of alleged mistresses came tumbling out like so many coconuts? Well, that story was still dominating the headlines this week, and no one was happier than the late-night comics who...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Pictorial Ode to Michelle Obama]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House State Dinner]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are seen before they welcome India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur to the State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Week in Red Carpet]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year Awards, Rihanna stopped the show in architectural Stephane Rolland, Catherine Zeta-Jones stayed sleek in navy Gustavo Cadile, and Iman looked flirty in feathered Jason Wu. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sesame Street Turns 40: 25 Classic Moments]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[While "Mahna Mahna" is best known as the opening sketch for the first-ever episode of The Muppet Show, it first charmed young viewers when it aired during Sesame Street's inaugural 1969 season. The song was originally written by composer Piero Umiliani...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Obamas' More Perfect Union]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama and his bride, Michelle Robinson, on their wedding day in October 1992 in Chicago.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Week in Culture]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Kenny Ortega's This Is It, a filmed version of Michael Jackson's would-be new tour from rehearsal footage, opened on Tuesday at midnight and made $2.2 million in its first day-a strong showing for a concert film, but no Titanic (as a comparison, the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Donatella Versace]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Week in Culture]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This weekend, one of the year's most talked about indie films hits theaters. An Education, written by Nick Hornby and adapted from a memoir by British journalist Lynn Barber, stars the charming and talented Carey Mulligan as a Hepburn-esque 16-year-old...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:28:04 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama to Cameo on iCarly]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama to Host German Chancellor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama Inks Book Deal]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Male, Openly Gay Social Secretary]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[President Obama Delivers Holiday Message]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Lady Answers Kids' Calls]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Some children received a pleasant surprise Christmas Eve when they called into a government "Santa hotline": an unexpected chat with the first lady herself, according to the White House. Yes, while President Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia soaked...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Some children received a pleasant surprise Christmas Eve when they called into a government "Santa hotline": an unexpected chat with the first lady herself, according to the White House. Yes, while President Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia soaked...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin Mocks Michelle's Health Campaign]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Don't mess with a Mama Grizzly's s'mores. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took a jab at first lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity campaign in the latest episode of Sarah Palin's Alaska. Palin rooted around for s'mores ingredients and then said that...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Fashion First]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's another first for the first lady: Michelle Obama attended the "Christmas in Washington" concert in a vintage black dress from the 1950s, marking the first time a first lady has attended a high-profile public event in a secondhand dress. The gown,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Attends Starry Christmas Concert]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama helped ring in the Christmas season in Washington tonight at a celebrity-filled concert hosted by Ellen DeGeneres at the National Building Museum. In between being serenaded by pop stars like Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox, and Maxwell,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[J. Crew Sold]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama Sees Fela!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance on Broadway Friday night: The first lady and a group of six girlfriends showed up to see the musical Fela!, about Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat musician and Nigerian political activist. "When the audience realized...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama Rallies Dems]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Is Michelle Obama the Dems' secret weapon? We'll know soon, as the first lady has just been unleashed on the campaign trail, hoping to bring new energy to flagging Democratic campaigns before the midterm elections. On Wednesday, she spoke in Milwaukee...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Outranks Hillary]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[32 First Ladies Promote Healthy Eating]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Lady Could Raise $20M]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's all hands on deck for the Democrats this fall. Michelle Obama will make her long-awaited arrival on the campaign trail next month, stumping for candidates facing close races in blue states. The White House estimates that the first lady could...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Beck Slams First Lady's Health Effort]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Victoria Beckham Wants to "Celebrate Curves"]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pop star-turned-fashion-designer Victoria Beckham may be known for her high heels and thin frame, but she says she wants her latest collection to "celebrate a woman's curves." The former Spice Girl told the ladies of The View on Friday that she knows...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama, Bruni Deny 'Hell' Comment]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nothing "hellish" to see here: First Lady Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni are both denying a new book's claim that Michelle Obama said life as the first lady is "hell." "The First Lady never said that," Michelle Obama's press secretary, Katie McCormick...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Being First Lady Is 'Hell']]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Ladies Honor Flight 93]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama and former first lady Laura Bush spoke in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at a memorial service for the men and women aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who rushed the cockpit and prevented a fourth attack on September 11, 2001. "On this day,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Pleads for Unity]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Obama called for unity on 9/11, saying in his weekly radio address, "If there is a lesson to be drawn on this anniversary, it is this: We are one nation-one people-bound not only by grief, but by a set of common ideals." The president urged...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Strategic Stumping]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama's decision to reenter the fray and stump for Democratic congressional candidates this fall came after months of careful planning. Obama is emphasizing quality over quantity in her campaign appearances-she wants to make sure...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama, Laura Bush Team Up]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new development in first ladies being uncontroversial: Michelle Obama and Laura Bush will appear together on the ninth anniversary of September 11 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United flight 93 crashed. According to the National Park Service,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Minority Kids' Crippling TV Addiction]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Black and Hispanic kids spend way too much time on electronic diversions. Michael Medved on why TV addiction could cripple their future, and how it can be reduced.
Educators who worry about the persistent achievement gap between white and minority...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[At the state dinner Tuesday night, the first lady styled her hair into deliberately messy curls to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel. From Blake Lively to Robert Pattinson, The Daily Beast rates which stars pulled off the tousled look-and who...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After a long day of work, Obama gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Medal of Freedom. View photos of the elaborate outdoor White House state dinner.
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Rebel]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Secret mall trips. Dining out incognito. Michelle Obama has constructed a life inside the bubble-and has her own sense of her 2012 role, Lois Romano reports in this week's Newsweek.
The most recognizable woman in the world routinely ducks reporters to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lois Romano]]></author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Awkward Obama Family Photos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[An uncomfortable shot of the first couple with Dominique Strauss-Kahn surfaced this week. From Michelle's run-in with Tony Blair to Barack's clumsy chest bump, more awkward pictures.
Gallery: Awkward Obama Family Photos

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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 May 2011 22:41:11 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn: The Picture Worth a Thousand Words]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief now accused of rape, first met Barack and Michelle Obama at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. The resulting photo, uncovered by New York magazine, says it all.

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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 May 2011 18:18:52 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's European Adventure Photo Album]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In an address to the British Parliament, the president called for a "new era of cooperation" after he and David Cameron vowed new pressure against Libya. Plus, photos of his European adventure.
In an address to both houses of the British Parliament in...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 14:42:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oprah's 20 Biggest Feuds]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In her 25 years on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the daytime talk-show billionaire has had rumored conflicts with everyone from the first lady to Oscar winners to a legendary battle with David Letterman. See the best of the worst.
Gallery: Oprah...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 May 2011 23:42:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Moneygall Visit Reveals His Inner Irishman]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president's hearty Irish swig of Guinness, on a visit to his ancestral village of Moneygall, cemented his status as a native son-though it may have set the country's image back 20 years. Tom Sykes reports from Ireland.
Despite howling gales that...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Tom Sykes]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 May 2011 19:43:59 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The GOP's Hypocrisy Over Rapper Common's White House Invite]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin, Karl Rove and other Republicans have attacked Michelle Obama's decision to invite milquetoast rapper Common to perform at the White House, but have forgotten when President George H.W. Bush hosted FBI-censured hip-hop star Eazy-E in 1991,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Chris Lee]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 May 2011 22:49:11 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[9 Best Moments From the White House Correspondents' Dinner]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From Obama and Seth Meyer's slams of Donald Trump to the president's official birth video and teleprompter trailer, watch the funniest moments of Beltway's prom night. Plus, Lloyd Grove on Obama's roast of Trump.
Obama Slams The Donald
Ladies and...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Royal Wedding Guests: Who's In, Who's Out?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The royal wedding invitation list is out, and now the scrutiny intensifies. Why did David Beckham get the nod over Gordon Brown? And why no Obamas? From Margaret Thatcher to Fergie, see whom Prince William and Kate Middleton chose-or snubbed.
Gallery:...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:04:32 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[April 23: The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From an uncanny royal wedding parody to Gwyneth Paltrow's Glee hater blues and Lady Gaga's concert fall, watch the buzziest viral videos of the week.
Watch: The Week in Viral Videos

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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:44:38 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[14 Best Political TV Cameos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on Nickelodeon's hit TV show iCarly. From Condi on 30 Rock stint to Nixon's comic turn on Laugh-In, see more political figures test their acting chops.
Gallery: Political TV Cameos

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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:19:53 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Uncensored Fashion Choices]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama just rolled out Joining Forces, an initiative to help military families. But it's only a matter of time before we start talking about her clothes again-because they offer the most human, nonpolitical glimpse of the first lady, says Robin...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:39:54 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign Is Helping Bullies]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first lady would be horrified by the idea that her Let's Move campaign, which is dedicated to creating an America without any fat kids, is a particularly invidious form of bullying. But that's exactly what it is, says Paul Campos.
Michelle Obama...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Paul Campos]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:13:13 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Chicago Is Now America's Hottest City]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Now is a good time to be coming home for Rahm Emanuel, Raymond Sokolov writes in this week's Newsweek. The city has always been great-with world-class urban architecture, food, music and shopping-but now it's finally hip.
In the final days of the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Raymond Sokolov]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:16:22 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Today's King's Speech Guru]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Like Geoffrey Rush in Oscar favorite The King's Speech, Michael Sheehan is the go-to communications guy for Democrats (Obamas, Clintons) and CEOs (Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Schmidt). He tells Sandra McElwaine how he helps his VIP clients, who his favorites...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Sandra McElwaine]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:51:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Huckabee: 'I'm Not a Megalomaniac']]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Fox News pundit's desire to make a good living, praise for the first lady, and candid answers about Afghanistan and granting clemency to a convict are not signs of a man bent on a 2012 campaign. "I don't think I'm the only person who can save...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:51:01 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rahm Emanuel, the New King of Chicago]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[By crushing the competition, Rahm Emanuel is not just mayor-he may be mayor for life. Jonathan Alter reports from the victory party, from the jokes about Rahm's residency flap to the challenges he faces. Plus, Howard Kurtz on the rise of...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jonathan Alter]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:05:30 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Royal Wedding Fever at London Fashion Week]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The catwalks are abuzz with rumors about which designer will dress Kate Middleton, while an Alexander McQueen retrospective is reviving London's reputation as a cauldron of creativity, writes Robin Givhan. Plus, all the details on the royal wedding.
A...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:17:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Breast Pumps Became a Political Issue]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama has officially endorsed breastfeeding, and her Tea Party critics are slamming her for it. But even as they score political points, are they helping her cause? 
For decades, breastfeeding has been an inflammatory topic among moms, the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Danielle Friedman]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:41:09 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Diane von Furstenberg Honors Women at New York Fashion Week]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At a breakfast Friday morning, the fashion designer opened up about empowering women, the future of the fashion industry-and the controversy over Michelle Obama's state dinner dress.
New York Fashion Week is officially over. Lincoln Center is quiet,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Isabel Wilkinson]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:17:44 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NY Fashion Week: Time for Fashion to Get Hip]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A week of catwalk presentations yielded little creative brilliance and showed that designers need to determine what customers want and whether they can provide it, writes Robin Givhan.
After more than a week of catwalk shows and showroom...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:46:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Newsweek Cheat Sheet: What's in This Week's Issue]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Niall Ferguson blasts the Obama administration for its foreign-policy debacle in Egypt. Mike Giglio finds the Facebook freedom fighter who helped bring down 30 years of the country's iron rule. Christopher Dickey unearths the family tragedy at the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:39:19 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Famous Couples First Met]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In honor of Valentine's Day, from Seal's revealing bike shorts luring in Heidi Klum to John Lennon's introduction to Yoko Ono as a performance artist, find out how Hollywood golden couples first met... and stayed together.
Gallery: How Famous Couples...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:27:10 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who's Dressing Michelle Now?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first lady's Alexander McQueen dress sparked rumors that she's ditched her long-time fashion adviser. But Robin Givhan says the mystery of Michelle's evolving wardrobe is more complicated.
Pity the first lady. Every time she pulls a frock from her...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:46:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[7 Best Moments From Obama's State of the Union]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From calling for unity, to urging innovation, to supporting the DADT repeal, President Obama outlined steps for America to "win the future" in his address. WATCH VIDEO of his best lines from the 2011 State of the Union.
Plus, watch the full speech,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:03:51 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Watch: Obama's State of the Union Address]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Watch Obama's State of the Union speech live here. Plus, read the transcript and join The Daily Beast's live State of the Union chat.
Obama's State of the Union address has been a call to new to a new level of greatness. Sporting a purple tie,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:34:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama in Alexander McQueen: Lady in Red]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama didn't choose a Chinese designer for the White House state dinner with President Hu Jintao, but her Alexander McQueen gown paid direct homage to China with its red color. Above all, The Daily Beast's Robin Givhan says, the first lady's...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:50:13 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Minority Kids' Crippling TV Addiction]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Black and Hispanic kids spend way too much time on electronic diversions. Michael Medved on why TV addiction could cripple their future, and how it can be reduced.
Educators who worry about the persistent achievement gap between white and minority...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Michael Medved]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:34:20 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[At the state dinner Tuesday night, the first lady styled her hair into deliberately messy curls to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel. From Blake Lively to Robert Pattinson, The Daily Beast rates which stars pulled off the tousled look-and who...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:15:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[After a long day of work, Obama gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel the Medal of Freedom. View photos of the elaborate outdoor White House state dinner.
Surrounded by eminent German Americans, President Obama gave a toast to German Chancellor Angela...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:57:07 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White House Rebel]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Secret mall trips. Dining out incognito. Michelle Obama has constructed a life inside the bubble-and has her own sense of her 2012 role, Lois Romano reports in this week's Newsweek.
The most recognizable woman in the world routinely ducks reporters to...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Lois Romano]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:34:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Awkward Obama Family Photos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[An uncomfortable shot of the first couple with Dominique Strauss-Kahn surfaced this week. From Michelle's run-in with Tony Blair to Barack's clumsy chest bump, more awkward pictures.
Gallery: Awkward Obama Family Photos

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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 May 2011 22:41:11 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn: The Picture Worth a Thousand Words]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief now accused of rape, first met Barack and Michelle Obama at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. The resulting photo, uncovered by New York magazine, says it all.

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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 May 2011 18:18:52 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's European Adventure Photo Album]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In an address to the British Parliament, the president called for a "new era of cooperation" after he and David Cameron vowed new pressure against Libya. Plus, photos of his European adventure.
In an address to both houses of the British Parliament in...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 May 2011 14:42:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oprah's 20 Biggest Feuds]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In her 25 years on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the daytime talk-show billionaire has had rumored conflicts with everyone from the first lady to Oscar winners to a legendary battle with David Letterman. See the best of the worst.
Gallery: Oprah...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 May 2011 23:42:29 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama Moneygall Visit Reveals His Inner Irishman]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president's hearty Irish swig of Guinness, on a visit to his ancestral village of Moneygall, cemented his status as a native son-though it may have set the country's image back 20 years. Tom Sykes reports from Ireland.
Despite howling gales that...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Tom Sykes]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 May 2011 19:43:59 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The GOP's Hypocrisy Over Rapper Common's White House Invite]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin, Karl Rove and other Republicans have attacked Michelle Obama's decision to invite milquetoast rapper Common to perform at the White House, but have forgotten when President George H.W. Bush hosted FBI-censured hip-hop star Eazy-E in 1991,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Chris Lee]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 May 2011 22:49:11 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[9 Best Moments From the White House Correspondents' Dinner]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From Obama and Seth Meyer's slams of Donald Trump to the president's official birth video and teleprompter trailer, watch the funniest moments of Beltway's prom night. Plus, Lloyd Grove on Obama's roast of Trump.
Obama Slams The Donald
Ladies and...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 01 May 2011 07:45:45 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Royal Wedding Guests: Who's In, Who's Out?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The royal wedding invitation list is out, and now the scrutiny intensifies. Why did David Beckham get the nod over Gordon Brown? And why no Obamas? From Margaret Thatcher to Fergie, see whom Prince William and Kate Middleton chose-or snubbed.
Gallery:...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:04:32 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[April 23: The Week in Viral Videos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From an uncanny royal wedding parody to Gwyneth Paltrow's Glee hater blues and Lady Gaga's concert fall, watch the buzziest viral videos of the week.
Watch: The Week in Viral Videos

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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:44:38 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[14 Best Political TV Cameos]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama will appear on Nickelodeon's hit TV show iCarly. From Condi on 30 Rock stint to Nixon's comic turn on Laugh-In, see more political figures test their acting chops.
Gallery: Political TV Cameos

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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:19:53 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Uncensored Fashion Choices]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama just rolled out Joining Forces, an initiative to help military families. But it's only a matter of time before we start talking about her clothes again-because they offer the most human, nonpolitical glimpse of the first lady, says Robin...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:39:54 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign Is Helping Bullies]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first lady would be horrified by the idea that her Let's Move campaign, which is dedicated to creating an America without any fat kids, is a particularly invidious form of bullying. But that's exactly what it is, says Paul Campos.
Michelle Obama...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Paul Campos]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:13:13 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Chicago Is Now America's Hottest City]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Now is a good time to be coming home for Rahm Emanuel, Raymond Sokolov writes in this week's Newsweek. The city has always been great-with world-class urban architecture, food, music and shopping-but now it's finally hip.
In the final days of the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Raymond Sokolov]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:16:22 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Today's King's Speech Guru]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Like Geoffrey Rush in Oscar favorite The King's Speech, Michael Sheehan is the go-to communications guy for Democrats (Obamas, Clintons) and CEOs (Mark Zuckerberg, Eric Schmidt). He tells Sandra McElwaine how he helps his VIP clients, who his favorites...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Sandra McElwaine]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:51:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Huckabee: 'I'm Not a Megalomaniac']]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-23/five-reasons-mike-huckabee-isnt-running-for-president/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Fox News pundit's desire to make a good living, praise for the first lady, and candid answers about Afghanistan and granting clemency to a convict are not signs of a man bent on a 2012 campaign. "I don't think I'm the only person who can save...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Howard Kurtz]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:51:01 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rahm Emanuel, the New King of Chicago]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[By crushing the competition, Rahm Emanuel is not just mayor-he may be mayor for life. Jonathan Alter reports from the victory party, from the jokes about Rahm's residency flap to the challenges he faces. Plus, Howard Kurtz on the rise of...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Jonathan Alter]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:05:30 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Royal Wedding Fever at London Fashion Week]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The catwalks are abuzz with rumors about which designer will dress Kate Middleton, while an Alexander McQueen retrospective is reviving London's reputation as a cauldron of creativity, writes Robin Givhan. Plus, all the details on the royal wedding.
A...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:17:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Breast Pumps Became a Political Issue]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama has officially endorsed breastfeeding, and her Tea Party critics are slamming her for it. But even as they score political points, are they helping her cause? 
For decades, breastfeeding has been an inflammatory topic among moms, the...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Danielle Friedman]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:41:09 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Diane von Furstenberg Honors Women at New York Fashion Week]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At a breakfast Friday morning, the fashion designer opened up about empowering women, the future of the fashion industry-and the controversy over Michelle Obama's state dinner dress.
New York Fashion Week is officially over. Lincoln Center is quiet,...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Isabel Wilkinson]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:17:44 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NY Fashion Week: Time for Fashion to Get Hip]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A week of catwalk presentations yielded little creative brilliance and showed that designers need to determine what customers want and whether they can provide it, writes Robin Givhan.
After more than a week of catwalk shows and showroom...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:46:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Newsweek Cheat Sheet: What's in This Week's Issue]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-13/newsweek-cheat-sheet-whats-in-this-weeks-issue/]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Niall Ferguson blasts the Obama administration for its foreign-policy debacle in Egypt. Mike Giglio finds the Facebook freedom fighter who helped bring down 30 years of the country's iron rule. Christopher Dickey unearths the family tragedy at the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:39:19 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Famous Couples First Met]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In honor of Valentine's Day, from Seal's revealing bike shorts luring in Heidi Klum to John Lennon's introduction to Yoko Ono as a performance artist, find out how Hollywood golden couples first met... and stayed together.
Gallery: How Famous Couples...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:27:10 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who's Dressing Michelle Now?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first lady's Alexander McQueen dress sparked rumors that she's ditched her long-time fashion adviser. But Robin Givhan says the mystery of Michelle's evolving wardrobe is more complicated.
Pity the first lady. Every time she pulls a frock from her...]]></description>
            <author><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></author>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:46:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[7 Best Moments From Obama's State of the Union]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From calling for unity, to urging innovation, to supporting the DADT repeal, President Obama outlined steps for America to "win the future" in his address. WATCH VIDEO of his best lines from the 2011 State of the Union.
Plus, watch the full speech,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:03:51 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Watch: Obama's State of the Union Address]]></title>
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Obama's State of the Union address has been a call to new to a new level of greatness. Sporting a purple tie,...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama didn't choose a Chinese designer for the White House state dinner with President Hu Jintao, but her Alexander McQueen gown paid direct homage to China with its red color. Above all, The Daily Beast's Robin Givhan says, the first lady's...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle and Jill Visit 'Sesame Street']]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this PSA for military families, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden have some fun with Elmo and Rosita. We wonder what pushed Big Bird to snub the first lady. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[It's a royal sleepover - minus the sleeping bag. The president and first lady were greeted at Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth II, who will be hosting the Obamas during their official state visit to Britain. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don't Touch FLOTUS' Tamales]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nothing comes between the Obamas and their Mexican food: The president took a break after visiting Ground Zero Thursday to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. We just want to know who took the most tequila shots. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Lady's Dance Moves]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Michelle Obama did the "Dougie" and the "Running Man." We imagine this was what her reaction to the Osama bin Laden news looked like.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Did Limbaugh Call FLOTUS Fat?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Guess who's the health expert now: In case you missed the acerbic host's musings on nutrition, Limbaugh criticized Michelle Obama's eating habits after she was spotted eating ribs with her daughters in Vail.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Guess Who Won't Be at the Royal Wedding]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama has yet to receive an invite to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, but she's not worried-she already has her "plus one" figured out if the invitation arrives last minute.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Does Obama Dye His Hair?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In her first live interview on a morning news show, Michelle Obama was grilled by Today on everything from her husband smoking to his vanity. So, is the president sneaking into the Lincoln Bedroom for a smoke?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Lady: Tucson Memorial 'Who We Are']]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The support of families affected by the Tucson shooting is what gives Michelle Obama hope and keeps her going, she explained in an interview with Good Morning America. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[FLOTUS: Embrace Military Families]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first lady appeared on Oprah Thursday to bring attention to soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, urging viewers not to forget the plight of families dealing with their "fourth, and fifth, and sixth deployment."]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stars Salute Oprah]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Kennedy Center Honors aired Tuesday, and Oprah Winfrey was among the 2010 honorees. Watch as Julia Roberts, Sidney Poitier, and Chris Rock praise her with jokes about bras, Facebook, and Barack Obama.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palin Shakes S'mores at First Lady]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Hidden within this clip of Willow and her "friend" flirting and a treatise on the pitfalls of being a Palin in the media spotlight, Sarah Palin takes a bite at Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign. Don't mess with a mama grizzly's dessert!]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[What does the president think of Sarah Palin's chances in 2012? Not much: President Barack Obama tells Barbara Walters on Friday's 20/20 special that he doesn't really think about the mama grizzly at all. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Bollywood Dance]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, watch as Michelle Obama gets jiggy with it-Bollywood style. Diplomacy never looked so fun!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Michelle: Focus on the Positive]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first lady opened up to Ellen DeGeneres Thursday about how she feels when the president is attacked, and why bullying has become a prevalent problem.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin took a break from her TLC show's "flippin' fun" to give a speech at a Liberty & Freedom Foundation Forum, where she took a shot at the First Lady's comments from the 2008 presidential campaign about being proud of America. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Lady: Hire Military Vets, Spouses]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At the closing plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative, President Obama ceded the spotlight to First Lady Michelle Obama, who called upon non-profit leaders in the audience to hire military veterans and spouses.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[While President Obama's appearance at CGI was brief Thursday, our comedian-in-chief did make time to joke about Bill Clinton's marriage.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The president is one proud papa. Obama exclaimed, "Did you guys see that one?" to reporters after Sasha sunk a hole-in-one during a family miniature golf outing. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Second Grader Asks First Lady About Deportation]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this heartbreaking video, a cute second grader tells Michelle Obama what mommy told her: Barack Obama's "taking everybody away" who doesn't have papers. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Across the country this weekend, graduates listened to commencement speeches. Some were even interesting. Michelle Obama spoke at GW University, which was tasked with earning her appearance. ABC]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Lady Flies Solo in Haiti]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this exclusive White House footage, Michelle Obama gets a bird's-eye view of Haiti three months after the devastating earthquake that rocked the country. The shaky-cam video chronicles the first lady's first solo international trip to a country that...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a candid discussion with Today, Michelle Obama opens up about the importance of diversity on the Supreme Court, the power of being first lady--and her influence over the president. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Did Obama's Mother Fail Him?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Among the provocative subjects in David Remnick's new book, The Bridge, the New Yorker editor compares the mother President Obama portrayed in his memoirs to the woman she actually was. Click here to watch more of his interview with Tina Brown.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Speaking during the "Rape as a Weapon of War" panel at the Women in the World conference, activist Leymah Gbowee presented a novel idea for addressing the problem of rape in the Congo and elsewhere: Michelle Obama should call a meeting of African first...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Whoops! Michelle Obama had some trouble introducing her husband's former primary opponent on Wednesday. The first lady elicited laughter by calling the Secretary of State "Senator Clinton"-but got a cheer from the crowd when she confessed she almost...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[In what she joked is a rare occasion, Michelle Obama spoke before her husband at a White House event celebrating International Women's Day on Monday. When the first couple wasn't exchanging faux marital jibes, they were honoring the achievements of...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Does Michelle Obama watch Fox News? The First Lady gave a very diplomatic answer to this question in a recent interview with Mike Huckabee, saying the she and the president would rather play "Sorry" than deal with the talking heads on TV. Fox News ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[You don't usually see Democrats pining for the good old days-but that's what Michelle Obama was doing Saturday while speaking about her new anti-childhood obesity initiative. "This is a relatively new phenomenon," she said. "We have to begin by...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Beck Slams Obesity Campaign]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Glenn Beck has made it pretty clear that he isn't big fan of Barack Obama, but on Friday he took aim at a new target: Michelle Obama and her campaign to fight childhood obesity. Maybe Beck is just upset that someone might take away his M&Ms? Fox News]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Just what does the most famous lady in Washington think of the most famous lady trying to claw her way into Washington? She, uh, isn't sure-but, with characteristic tact, the first lady noted that "it's wonderful to have strong female voices out...]]></description>
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