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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at the Women's History Month Reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 18, 2013. (Jewel Samad AFP, Getty Images)

Frist lady Michelle Obama steps up policy agenda

Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News
NBC Politics - Behind the glamour and the occasional – yet always controlled – goofiness, First Lady Michelle Obama has returned to the East Wing for her husband's second term with a sharp focus on the policy causes that she has championed over the past four years...
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Big Bird, first lady team up for PSA

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sesame Street's Big Bird is helping Michelle Obama encourage kids to eat healthier and be more active...
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Puppeteer Kevin Clash during the 'Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Questions about Elmo young fans won't ask

Frazier Moore, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - The happy band of Muppets on 'Sesame Street' has faced the sort of hot spotlight you might expect for the rowdies of 'Jersey Shore'....
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A person dressed up as Big Bird holds a sign against Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney outside the Romney headquarters, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in Derry, N.H. where House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio was about to speak to supporters. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

'Puppet March' planned in DC to defend PBS funding

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 1,000 puppeteers and public broadcasting supporters have signed on for a march on the National Mall in Washington three days before the election...
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A person dressed up as Big Bird holds a sign against Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney outside the Romney headquarters, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in Derry, N.H. where House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio was about to speak to supporters. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Big Bird flies high in 2012 campaign

Beth Fouhy, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) -_ President Barack Obama's campaign deployed the beloved 'Sesame Street' icon in a new TV ad Tuesday mocking Mitt Romney for saying he would defund public broadcasting if elected...
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Big Bird appears in new Obama ad

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign is deploying Big Bird in a new TV ad chiding Mitt Romney for saying he will end federal funding for public broadcasting...
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LeVar Burton attends the 20th annual Enviornmental Media Association Awards at Warner Brothers Studios on October 16, 2010 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

LeVar Burton rejects Romney's Big Bird politics

News One
NEWS ONE - On Thursday night, the former Emmy-winning host and producer of 'Reading Rainbow,' LeVar Burton (pictured right), blasted GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney for his Big Bird remarks about cutting funding to non-profit television station PBS...
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Big Bird, of the children's television show Sesame Street, in Los Angeles. Big Bird is endangered. Jim Lehrer lost control. And Mitt Romney crushed President Barack Obama. Those were the judgments rendered across Twitter and Facebook Wednesday during the first debate of the 2012 presidential contest. While millions turned on their televisions to watch the 90-minute showdown, a smaller but highly engaged subset took to social networks to discuss and score the debate as it unspooled in real time. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Social media renders rapid judgment on debate

Beth Fouhy, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Big Bird is endangered. Jim Lehrer lost control. And Mitt Romney crushed President Barack Obama...
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