As the presidential campaign ramped up earlier this year, Michelle Obama presented poet Maya Angelou with an award and a hug at the BET Honors award show. Two days later, she danced on an episode of iCarly , a tweens sitcom. Read full article > >

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Michelle Obama’s campaign strategy: Steering clear of the hot issues

Ann and Michelle more liked than their husbands.

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Hillary Clinton Is More Popular Than Ever

The Oscars are over, but the fashion analysis has just begun. Some actresses — like Gwenyth Paltrow, Michelle Williams and Viola Davis — have landed firmly on the best-dressed list. For others, like Jessica Chastain and Angelina Jolie , the jury’s still out. Read full article > >

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Merit pay for teachers, an idea kicked around for decades, is suddenly gaining traction. Fervently promoted by Michelle A. Rhee when she was chancellor of the District’s public schools, the concept is picking up steam from a growing cadre of politicians who think one way to improve the country’s troubled schools is to give fat bonuses to good teachers. Read full article > >

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Merit pay for teachers, an idea kicked around for decades, is suddenly gaining traction. Fervently promoted by Michelle A. Rhee when she was chancellor of the District’s public schools, the concept is picking up steam from a growing cadre of politicians who think one way to improve the country’s troubled schools is to give fat bonuses to good teachers. Read full article > >

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As teacher merit pay spreads, one noted voice cries, ‘It doesn’t work’

First lady Michelle Obama got into the Christmas spirit Saturday by helping field phone calls from excited children eagerly tracking Santa and his sleigh full of toys across the world.

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Introduces Michelle Obama with ‘Baby Got Back.’

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After nearly three years of limiting her time in the public sphere, Michelle Obama is suddenly ubiquitous as motivator in chief.

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Michelle Obama’s Mission: Energizing the Campaign

When Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” have an announcement to make, it usually means one thing. “I’m almost a little afraid to ask,” Ann Curry told the Duggar matriarch, who then announced she was pregnant with her 20th child on the “Today” show. The next Duggar is due in April. Read full article > >

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WASHINGTON — Turns out, the White House did not get egged. Trick-or-treaters marched up the White House driveway on a wet, snowy Saturday, past the spider web-like gauze, the pumpkins and the costumed actors to the mansion’s north portico where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama handed out treats, an annual tradition. Read full article > >

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Things get seasonal at the White House; Obamas hand out Halloween treats

HAMPTON, Va. — Heralding a splash of good news on jobs, President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised a series of companies that have promised to hire 25,000 veterans or military spouses within two years, calling it a sign of patriotism and business savvy. He pushed his economic agenda anew to a military audience, this time with first lady Michelle Obama at his side. Read full article > >

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On final day of bus tour, Obama, first lady tout jobs measures for unemployed veterans

First lady Michelle Obama has been to many federal agencies to show her support for federal workers, but her noontime visit to one of them on Wednesday was special. Obama went to the Secret Service headquarters to thank employees there for protecting her family. Read full article > >

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann got her Elvis Presley dates all shook up during a campaign stop in South Carolina. The congresswoman from Minnesota played the Elvis tune “Promised Land” on Tuesday at a restaurant in Spartanburg, and told the crowd of 300 that she wanted to say happy birthday to the King of Rock and Roll. But Aug. 16 is the anniversary of Elvis’ death, in 1977, and someone in the crowd shouted back, “He died today!” Read full article > >

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US First Lady Michelle Obama has paid tribute to apartheid victims on a visit to South Africa’s township of Soweto.

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US First Lady Michelle Obama pays tribute to apartheid victims on a visit to the South African township of Soweto.

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