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Michelle Obama and Oscar de la Renta

Designer Oscar de la Renta says Michelle Obama is no style leader

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Designer Oscar de la Renta has weighed in yet again on first lady Michelle Obama. Speaking at an event in Mexico, he revealed that he is not at all perturbed by the fact that Mrs. Obama has never selected the storied couturier to outfit her...
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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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Conservatives slam first lady for Oscars cameo

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - While her appearance was well-received by the Academy Awards audience, Mrs. Obama has been receiving backlash from conservatives for partaking in the film-industry event...
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Crime scene tape surrounds the Century 16 movie theater where 12 people were killed in a shooting rampage last Friday, on July 23, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado. Suspect James Holmes, 24, allegedly went on a shooting spree and killed 12 people and injured 58 during an early morning screening of 'The Dark Knight Rises.' (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Reflecting on 'movie night' post-Aurora

Pastor Chris Hill, The Potter's House of Denver
OPINION - My 9-year old son, Jonathon, bounced into our living room on thin brown legs that looked almost too skinny to hold up his tall 4' 10" frame...
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In a photo provided by the George W. Bush Presidential Center, former U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush helps renovate the Ngungu Health Center on Saturday, June 30, 2012, in Kabwe, Zambia, Africa. The former president and his wife, Laura, are in Africa to promote a partnership between the George W. Bush Institute, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, UNAIDS and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, that aims to fight cervical and breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. (AP Photo/George W. Bush Presidential Center, Shealah Craighead)

George W. Bush helps renovate health center on Africa trip

Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) - Former President George W. Bush has been helping to renovate a women's cancer screening center in Zambia during a weeklong trip to Africa...
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Former first lady Laura Bush (2nd R) and her husband former U.S. President George Bush (3rd R) lift cloths to reveal their offical portraits during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House May 31, 2012 in Washington, DC. Commissioned by the White House Historical Association, the portraits will hang in the White House next to portraits of the other past presidents. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Bush, Obama share laughs together

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is sharing a stage with former President George W. Bush, the predecessor he often inveighs against, in a friendly White House welcome for the unveiling of the 43rd president's official portrait...
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Obama breaks ground on black history museum

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama heralded a new national black history museum as 'not just a record of tragedy, but a celebration of life'...
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New black history museum breaks ground

Ollie Montgomery
theGRIO REPORT - The Smithsonian Institution will break ground on the National Museum of African-American History and Culture today at a ceremony that President Obama and Laura Bush will attend...
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Michelle Obama: Flight 93 crash site shows healing

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SHANKSVILLE, Pennsylvania (AP) - Former first lady Laura Bush joined Obama in rural western Pennsylvania, marking a rare joint public speaking appearance by two first ladies...
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First ladies join forces at 9/11 anniversary event

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VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) - "Their show of support honors the lives and memories of these 40 heroes and everyone we lost on September 11th," said Neil Mulholland...
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