Savoring win, Obama celebrates `major milestone'
Days after Madge and Guy ironed out their mega-million-dollar divorce, the two were spotted together again! Are they back together?! That's false. The exes took separate cars to meet up at a London Kabbalah center this weekend, where Madonna, Guy, and children Lourdes, Rocco and David were spotted. The two reportedly called a truce for Christmas, spending the holidays together in Britain for the sake of their kids. After the service, the Material Girl took daughter Lourdes in her car, while the two

Obama plans concert for Stevie Wonder
The White House is planning a concert this month to honor Stevie Wonder, whose music provided part of President Barack Obama's campaign soundtrack. The White House says the president and first lady Michelle Obama will present Wonder a Library of Congress award on Feb. 25. The concert will be broadcast the next day on PBS as part of its "Performance at the White House" series. The award-winning and chart-topping Wonder performed at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on the night...

Qureshi says US will change drone attacks strategy
Lahore, Feb. 14 (ANI): Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that US President Barack Obama will soon announce Americas revised strategy on drone attacks. Qureshi told a British radio station that Pakistan had asked the US to immediately stop the drone attacks in its Tribal Areas. He also said Pakistan had fully cooperated [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Qureshi says US will change drone attacks strategy", url:...

Obama's Suit Maker Hartmarx Catches Break In Bankruptcy Court
President Obama's suit maker scored some breathing room as a federal bankruptcy judge allowed Hart Schaffner Marx to continue making payments to employees and creditors seem willing to work with the clothier as it works toward solvency. An attorney for the Chicago-based company requested U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Bruce Black allow the clothier to exceed the cap on employee compensation for a small number of workers ... Read the whole story here. Related stories from Top sites:GM Considering...

On long weekend break in Chicago, Obama visits gym
CHICAGO – President Barack Obama began his long weekend in Chicago with a familiar trip to the gym. Obama visited the gym in a friend's apartment building on Saturday morning. It was his first trip out of his Hyde Park home since arriving Friday for his first significant break since taking office on Jan. 20. Obama and his family are spending the President's Day weekend in their hometown. Aides say they have no public events, and the first couple plans to go out for a Valentine's Day dinner...

Public still sky-high on Obama 'brand'
With Barack Obama’s victory in passing a massive stimulus package marred by days of bad press—as not a single House Republican backed the bill, his Health Czar went down in flames and his second pick for Commerce Secretary walked away—the administration has been cut down to size, and lost some of its bipartisan sheen. Such, at least, has been the beltway chatter, but so far the numbers don’t back it up. Obama’s approval rating remains well above 60% in...

Economic stimulus money will reach nearly all
Reporting from Washington -- With the House of Representatives and Senate giving final approval to the massive stimulus bill Friday, and President Obama prepared to sign it early next week, the question now is: Just how soon might Americans begin to feel its benefits, and when will they know whether it's working? The scale of the legislation is so huge and its provisions so diverse that its effects could potentially be felt in almost every corner of American society -- from small businesses and...

Obama NBA All-Star Game Halftime Message About Community Service
WASHINGTON — It's another call for public service from President Barack Obama. He says all Americans should help out in their communities. That could mean reading to children or repairing basketball courts. The basketball-playing president taped a message for Sunday night's NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix. The White House released excerpts ahead of the broadcast. Obama's taped message will air at halftime. Related stories from Top sites:Rahm Emanuel Keeping His $1.76M Political War...

Wall Street: Devil is in the details
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A lack of clear communication between the government and Wall Street last week left investors scratching their heads and dumping their stocks. The week ahead brings a chance for a rapprochement. President Obama is expected to sign into law Monday the much debated $787 billion economic stimulus package. Obama and his team are also expected to outline specifically why the plan will help soften the blow of the recession when other government efforts over the last year...

President and Michelle Obama to Honor Stevie Wonder
President Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama

MICHELLE OBAMA VOGUE MARCH ISSUE COVER GIRL VIDEO
Our beautiful First Lady Michelle Obama is now a Vogue cover girl! Congrats to Michelle Obama who was interviewed by Andre Leon Tally in the March issue. It's official: Michelle...

Have You Ever Seen a One-Legged Man Trying to Dance His Way Free?
Just when you thought Obama inspired music couldn’t stoop any lower than Ashford and Simpson reworking their classic to go Solid as Barack , Bruce Springsteen , voice of a the working class writes the worst song of his career, the overtly sappy Working on a Dream in honor of the man who would be president. Here is a guy that once sang, “Wherever somebody's strugglin’ to be free, look in their eyes Mom you'll see me,” and now he palling around with the machine instead of...

White House accolade for Wonder
The White House is planning a concert next week to honour Stevie Wonder, whose music provided part of President Barack Obama's campaign soundtrack. The White House said the president and first lady Michelle Obama will present Wonder a Library of Congress award on Wednesday. The concert will be broadcast the next day on PBS as part of its Performance at the White House series.

White House plans Wonder tribute
Motown legend Stevie Wonder is to be honoured with a concert at the White House later this month. A spokesperson for US President Barack Obama said the singer will also be presented with a Library of Congress Award on 25 February. The concert will go out on the PBS network the next day as part of its Performance at the White House series. Wonder's Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours was a theme song during the Obama presidential campaign. The now President Obama also used...

Stevie Wonder tribute at White House to become PBS special
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama plan to celebrate Stevie Wonder with a White House concert. And the event will become a PBS special.The first couple also will give Wonder, an ardent Obama supporter during the campaign, a...

Playboy Honors Aubrey O'Day Nude Photos
Men around the nation weren't the only ones celebrating Aubrey O'Day nude photos in this month's Playboy . The magazine threw a party in honor of its most recent cover girl last night, as Hugh Hefner, Paris Hilton and Karissa and Kristina Shannon (donning matching Barack Obama t-shirts) got down, dirty and awkward together. Here's a look: Click on the following photos for more, larger images of Hef and his gals grinding with one another... ...

White House to honour Stevie Wonder with concert later this month
London, February 15 (ANI): The White House is all set to honour legendary American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder with a concert later this month. A spokesperson for US President Barack Obama has revealed that a Library of Congress Award will be conferred on the singer on February 25. The gig will go out on the PBS network the next day as part of its Performance at the White House series, reports the BBC. It may be significant to note here that Wonder performed at the Democratic National...

Cheryl Cole to work with Will.i.am again
‘This is an amazing move for her,’ an insider tells the News Of The World. ‘ Will.i.am is one of the biggest stars after his work for Barack Obama .’ Cheryl , 25, returned to the UK from LA, where she reportedly discussed the plans with Will , earlier this week.

Randall Amster: Obama's Economic Paradox: Can You Have "Bailout" and "Stimulus" at the Same Time?
By now the next phase of the "stimulus-bailout" plan is ready to be implemented. This version totals around $800 billion, plus interest that brings it to over a trillion dollars. Republicans stand aghast in near-unison, lambasting the plan variously as "closet socialism," "larded with pork," and insufficiently stimulative (arguing in essence that "it could take a few years for any benefits to materialize"). President Obama and the Democrats argue (a la George W. Bush, ironically) that the...

In Gingrich Mold, a New Voice for Solid Resistance in G.O.P.
WASHINGTON — The last time Congressional Republicans were this out of power, they turned to a college professor from Georgia, Newt Gingrich, to lead the opposition, first against President Bill Clinton in a budget battle in 1993, and then back into the majority the following year. As Republicans confronted President Obama in another budget battle last week, their leadership included another new face: Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, who as the party’s chief vote wrangler is as...

Rahm Emanuel Keeping His $1.76M Political War Chest
WASHINGTON -- White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is retaining his $1.76 million political war chest, I've been told, with Emanuel keeping his options open for a return to an elected position. "The account will obviously remain dormant during the time that former Congressman Emanuel is serving as President Obama's chief of staff," Emanuel spokesman Sarah Feinberg told me. "No decisions have been made about what will be done with the account or the funds in the account in the future." Read...

Stevie Wonder to Get a Presidential Salute
Stevie Wonder's music helped sign, Seal and deliver Barack Obama all the way to the White House, and now the president and first lady are sending him a big shout-out. The 58-year-old...

President and Michelle Obama to Honor Stevie Wonder
President Barack Obama and wife Michelle have a special event planned for Stevie Wonder, whose songs were part of the musical backdrop to the Obama presidential campaign.

Beyonce Reveals Obama Nerves
Beyonce Knowles says she was "so nervous" when she first met Barack Obama.The Single Ladies hitmaker - who is married to rapper Jay Z - says she gets so shy when she meets people for the first time she never knows what to say - and her worst attack of nerves was meeting America's new President.She says, "I get so nervous."Like when I met Barack Obama. He is so inspiring, I was a little star-struck and just fascinated by him. "I get nervous when I meet people because I get afraid that I am going...