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February 18, 2011

Beautyshop Buzz: How is Michelle Obama faring as first lady?

VIDEO - Does she face different challenges because she is African-American?...
February 16, 2011

Critics throw weight behind cheap shots on first lady

OPINION - No one can really object with a straight face to encouraging healthier lifestyles. Yet, somehow, the right-wing has…
February 15, 2011

First lady encourages women to breastfeed

CLUTCH - Michelle Obama is encouraging that women breastfeed their children, her emphasis on the fact that nursing is one…
February 14, 2011

Michelle Obama taking part in Hall of Game Awards

NEW YORK (AP) - Cartoon Network's Hall of Game Awards is a new sports and entertainment awards show for kids…
February 9, 2011

First lady takes ‘Let’s Move!’ campaign to South

ATLANTA (AP) - Mrs. Obama is working to combat what many health experts are calling a national epidemic of obesity,…
February 9, 2011

Dominique Dawes backs ‘Let’s Move’ one year later

VIDEO - Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes, co-chair of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, talks about her support…
February 9, 2011

First lady says Super Bowl food indulgence is OK

WASHINGTON (AP) - "Life is about good food, at least in America," the first lady told NBC's "Today" show on…
February 9, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Michelle Obama, first lady leads fight against obesity

The Grio's 100 - Michelle Obama is throwing her weight behind her landmark Let's Move initiative, and is propelling our…
February 8, 2011

Whew! First lady says the president has quit smoking

WASHINGTON (AP) - The first lady says her husband has not smoked in almost a year. She said it is…
January 28, 2011

First lady says Tucson service showed ‘who we are’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says her presence in settings like Tucson "gives me energy to do the next thing. It's…
January 27, 2011

Michelle Obama to see Army fitness, food in SC

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama is visiting the Army's largest training post to see how the…
January 26, 2011

Joan Rivers calls Michelle Obama ‘Blackie O’

RADAR - Comedienne Joan Rivers revealed she once ditched a joke about First Lady Michelle Obama from her stand-up routine…
January 21, 2011

Michelle Obama going on Oprah Winfrey show

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mrs. Obama will discuss plans to launch a nationwide campaign to support families with someone in the…
January 20, 2011

First lady: Wal-Mart to sell and make healthier foods

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mrs. Obama said the announcement has "the potential to transform the marketplace and help Americans put healthier…
December 13, 2010

First Lady, Santa spread holiday cheer at hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) - If Michelle Obama is still trying to figure out what to get the president for Christmas, she…
December 1, 2010

First lady's school lunches initiative up for House vote

WASHINGTON (AP) - Greasy foods and sugary soft drinks could disappear from schools as Congress is poised to approve a…
November 24, 2010

Palin slams Michelle Obama again, this time for anti-obesity campaign

Palin called her campaign to improve child nutrition another instance of a philosophical devotion to big government...
November 23, 2010

First lady encourages Miami students to eat greens

MIAMI (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama had Miami elementary school students cheering Monday over a typically contentious dinner topic…
November 9, 2010

Michelle Obama and Jackie O.'s India fashion face-off

Kate Betts looks back at how Michelle's style choices in India measure up to Jackie's famous 1962 trip to the…
August 12, 2010

Why the first lady makes fast friends and enemies

OPINION - Rather than attack, criticize or speculate, let's give Michelle the same room the rest of us would like…