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2010-03-15: Headlines

• Huffington Post: New Immigrant Rights Campaign to Mount Largest March of Obama Era 2010-03-15

  "I cannot underscore strongly enough how pissed off the base is over the lack of action." --Gabe Gonzalez, Center for Community Change Last week ...

• Independent: Bruce Anderson: Obama has failed to bring peace to the Middle East 2010-03-15

  There are worse threats than five more years of Gordon Brown. In the Middle East, tension is growing. In Amman, Beirut, Damascus and Jerusalem ...

• WABE: Governor, State Education Officials Lobby Obama Administration 2010-03-15

  ATLANTA, GA (WABE) - A few weeks ago, Georgia learned it's one of 16 states named as a finalist for the Obama Administration's "Race to the Top" Educati ...

2010-03-14: Headlines

• Xinhua: New Israeli settlements in E. Jerusalem undermines peace process: Obama's adviser 2010-03-14

  WASHINGTON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- A senior adviser to President Barack Obama on Sunday criticized Israel's plan to build more homes in East Jerusalem ...

• Durham Herald Sun: Obama proposes education overhaul 2010-03-14

  WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed overhauling the No Child Left Behind law that was his predecessor's hallmark ...

• truthout: Obama's Plan for Education Reform: Short on Specifics, So Far 2010-03-14

  President Obama will send the outlines of an education overhaul bill to Congress on Monday, promising sweeping changes to a faltering American educati ...

• Ha'aretz: Obama tells Netanyahu: Show us you're serious about peace 2010-03-14

  A widely predicted crisis between Israel and the United States upon Benjamin Netanyahu taking office as prime minister finally erupted th ...

• Pioneer Press: Obama proposes overhaul of K-12 education 2010-03-14

  The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind law, proposing to eliminate ...

• Philippines News: Obama education plan to be set for US 2010-03-14

  In his weekly internet and radio address Saturday, Mr Obama said he had plans which he would take to Congress to ensure all students graduate from high ...

• PR-CANADA.net: Obama Justice Department Shut Down Federal ACORN Investigation According ... 2010-03-14

  Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from ...

• Scotland on Sunday: Obama pledges to overhaul controversial education laws to target failing schools 2010-03-14

  PRESIDENT Barack Obama promised yesterday to rewrite America's controversial education law known as No Child Left Behind ...

• Seattle Post Intelligencer: Obama to unveil education plan 2010-03-14

  President Barack Obama will release a blueprint Monday for his long-awaited overhaul of the No Child Left Behind law, replacing annual benchmarks ...

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Obama proposed sweeping education change 2010-03-14

  The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind law, proposing to reshape ...

• Albuquerque Express: Obama announces education program 2010-03-14

  By dreamer, 03-14-10, 05:51 AM of course the sick republican will go against this again, they never care they just care on how much money will go to their ...

• The Associated Press: Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids 2010-03-14

  ATLANTA — President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved school ...

• TheChronicleHerald.ca: Obama reveals education overhaul 2010-03-14

  By AP ATLANTA — US President Barack Obama on Saturday unveiled his plan to improve the US education system by rewarding schools that make progress rather ...

• APA: Obama Proposes Overhaul in Education Law 2010-03-14

  Baku – APA. The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind law, proposing to eliminate ...

• WTVM: Obama prepares education overhaul 2010-03-14

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A system that has created a hodge-podge of academic standards among the various states is in for an overhaul. The Obama administration h ...

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Obama proposes sweeping education change 2010-03-14

  The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind law, proposing to reshape ...

2010-03-13: Headlines

• Washington Post: Obama's contradictions on education 2010-03-13

  What do those groups -- each of which is receiving $125000 of the total $1.4 million that he received -- have in common? They all work to help underserved ...

• Bloomberg: Obama to Propose New Plan to Raise Education Standards in US 2010-03-13

  March 13 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he will send Congress a plan to update the US government's main education aid ...

• WEAR: Obama prepares education overhaul 2010-03-13

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says it's time to prepare students for life after high school and put better teachers at the front of ...

• Reuters: Obama says he will push for education overhaul 2010-03-13

  WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, already battling for healthcare reform, jobs and financial regulati ...

• Stockton Record: Chief justice whines about being picked on by Obama 2010-03-13

  To listen to John Roberts, you'd think that mobs of pitchfork-waving Democrats had accosted a handful of trembling justices and demanded ...

• Washington Post: Obama warns of falling education standards 2010-03-13

  By Scott Wilson President Obama warned Saturday that a faltering US education system is putting the country at a competitive disadvantage in the global ...

• Washington Post: Republicans name six to Obama's deficit-reduction commission 2010-03-13

  Congressional Republicans named six members to President Obama's deficit-reduction commission Friday, choosing the party's most respected ...

• eNews Park Forest: Weekly Address: President Obama to Send Updated Elementary and Secondary ... 2010-03-13

  Lost in the news of the week was a headline that ought to be a source of concern for every American. It said, “Many Nations Passing US in Education.

• 9&10 News: Obama promises education rewrite...Republicans blast health overhaul 2010-03-13

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind law that will reward excellence and prod the merely good school ...

• New York Times: Obama Calls for Sweeping Overhaul in Education Law 2010-03-13

  The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind law, proposing to reshape ...

• AFP: Obama to submit new education initiative 2010-03-13

  WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama announced Saturday he will be sending to Congress a new education initiative designed to better prepare high school ...

• New York Times: Obama Calls for Sweeping Change in Education Law 2010-03-13

  The Obama administration on Saturday called for a broad overhaul of President George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind law, proposing to reshape ...

• The Hindu: Obama to propose overhaul of education 2010-03-13

  AP President Barack Obama stresses the urgent need for education reform. in the US Photo: AP Stressing the urgent need for education reform in the United ...

• New York Magazine: Obama Shifts Gears to Education Reform 2010-03-13

  Obama has to leave his own kids behind from time to time. Photo: Getty Images Focus in the capital will turn toward America's children on Monday ...

• The Hindu: Obama for education overhaul 2010-03-13

  — Photo: AP US First Lady Michelle Obama reads to school students during the National Education Associations' 2010 Read Across America Day on March 2 ...

• 13wmaz: Obama Plans Overhaul for Education 2010-03-13

  WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will ask Congress to toss out the two-tiered pass/fail school rating system of the No Child ...

• The Chosun Ilbo: Obama Announces New Strategy to Boost US Exports 2010-03-13

  President Barack Obama speaks at the Export-Import Bank's annual conference in Washington on March 11, 2010. /AP President Barack Obama has announced a new ...

• 9&10 News: GOP blasts health care again...Obama promising education revamp 2010-03-13

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican weekly radio and Internet address is again taking aim at the Democrats' health care overhaul. Scott Brown of Massachusett ...

• Imperial Valley News: President Obama to Send Updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act ... 2010-03-13

  Washington, DC - In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced that on Monday, his administration will send to Congress the blueprint for ...

• 9&10 News: Afghan attacks...Obama and education...9/11 fallout? 2010-03-13

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Suicide bombings at several locations in a key Afghan city have killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more ...

• Roll Call: Obama Touts Education; Brown Blasts Health Reform 2010-03-13

  While the rest of Washington, DC, is buzzing about health care, President Barack Obama discussed education in his Saturday radio addre ...

• Politico: President Obama to unveil education plan Monday 2010-03-13

  President Barack Obama will release a blueprint Monday for his long-awaited overhaul of the No Child Left ...

• The Associated Press: Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids 2010-03-13

  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved ...

• TODAYonline: Obama's overhaul of education law to focus on rewarding rather than punishing ... 2010-03-13

  ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama has unveiled his plan to improve the US educational system by rewarding schools that make progress rather th ...

2010-03-12: Headlines

• WLTX.com: Obama Gives Portion of Nobel Peace Prize Winnings to SC College Summit 2010-03-12

  Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- President Obama has given a portion of the Nobel Peace Prize winnings to South Carolina College Summit. College Summit is a national ...

• AlterNet: Obama Announces Charities Where He'll Donate Nobel Peace Prize Money 2010-03-12

  The White House announced the 10 charities where President Obama will donate the winnings from his Nobel Peace Prize. Among them is the Clinton-Bush Haiti ...

• DePauw University: Posse Benefits from President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize 2010-03-12

  March 12, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. — The Posse Foundation, "which gives full college scholarships to public school students who might be overlooked ...

• VA Watchdog dot Org: FISHER HOUSE GETS LARGEST SHARE OF OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE MONEY 2010-03-12

  The biggest donation, $250000, will go to Fisher House, a non-profit group that provides housing for families of veterans getting care at VA medical center ...

• Technorati: President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Winnings Distribution 2010-03-12

  President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his diplomatic response to global issues, and, 'cuz he's a cool cat. Along with the prestige ...

• Daily Contributor: Obama Donates Nobel Cash Prize; Internet Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2010-03-12

  United States President Barack Obama donated his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize among 10 charities Thursday, March 11, 2010. Meanwhile, the Internet and ...

• All India Radio: Obama to donate 1.4 ml Dollar Nobel Peace Prize award to charities 2010-03-12

  The United States President Barack Obama will give his 1.4 million Dollars Nobel Peace Prize award money to 10 charities, including groups working on Haiti ...

• Baltimore Sun: Obama gives away $1.4 million won for Nobel Peace Prize 2010-03-12

  - President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to help students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti' ...

• Press Trust of India: Obama announces his noble prize money to charities 2010-03-12

  Washington, Mar 12 (PTI) US President Barack Obama today announced that he'll donate his USD 1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award money among several ...

• Hip-Hop Wired: President Obama Announces Charities To Receive His Nobel Peace Prize Winnings 2010-03-12

  President Barak Obama has announced the charities in which he has decided to donate his $1.4 million dollar Nobel Peace Prize award money to.

• Pravda: Barack Obama To Give Nobel Peace Prize Money to Charity 2010-03-12

  President of USA Barack Obama has made good on a promise to give his $1.4 million in Nobel Peace Prize money to charity, releasing on Thursday the names ...

• Hindustan Times: Obama donates Nobel Peace Prize money 2010-03-12

  US President Barack Obama has donated the $1.4 million that came with winning the Nobel Peace Prize to charity, the White House said on Thursday.

• The Press Association: Obama to donate peace prize money 2010-03-12

  US President Barack Obama plans to donate the 1.4 million US dollars (£930000) from his Nobel Peace Prize to good causes. Mr Obama is giving a total ...

• Times LIVE: Obama donates Nobel peace prize money to charities 2010-03-12

  President Barack Obama plans to donate the $1.4 million from his Nobel Peace Prize to helping students, veterans' families and survivors of Haiti' ...

• St. Louis Business Journal: College Summit gets $125000 of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize 2010-03-12

  College Summit, which has operations in St. Louis, said Friday it has been awarded $125000 of President Barack Obama's $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award.

• DailyIndia.com: Obama to distribute 1.4-million-dollar Nobel Peace Prize money among charities 2010-03-12

  Washington, Mar. 12: US President Barack Obama has decided to distribute his Nobel Peace Prize money, 1.4 million dollars, among a variety of charitie ...

• Tonic: Obama's Top 10 Charities: Inside the President's Nobel Peace Prize Donations 2010-03-12

  The president divides his $1.4 million win amongst ten charities, focusing on helping America' ...

• Washington Post: Why Obama, Duncan should read Linda Darling-Hammond's new education book 2010-03-12

  She gave it to President Obama. After all, the Stanford University education professor had headed his education policy team during the transiti ...

• Washington Post: Republicans name their slate of members for Obama deficit panel 2010-03-12

  By Lori Montgomery Congressional Republicans on Friday named six members to President Obama's deficit-reduction commission, choosing two of the party's most ...

• Washington Post: Michelle Obama announces trip to Mexico 2010-03-12

  Michelle Obama will travel to Mexico City in April in her first solo official trip as first lady, the White House announced. Obama will build on a late ...

• Los Angeles Times: Obama administration blasts China over currency and human rights policies 2010-03-12

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions ...

• Beaufort Observer: Obama's Justice Department squashes investigations of Obama friends 2010-03-12

  It appears that the Obama Justice Department has once again squashed investigation's of Obama's friends. We say "again" because you will remember the Voter ...

• Zee News: Obama slams China for 'poor' human rights record 2010-03-12

  Washington: Slamming China for its "poor" human rights record, the Obama Administration has accused it of harassing activists and lawyer ...

• Murray State News: Obama backs education changes 2010-03-12

  By AP SEATTLE – Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform - and more rigorous - standards Wednesday as a draft of new ...

• RTT News: Congressional Republicans Name Members Of Obama's Deficit Commission 2010-03-12

  (RTTNews) - Republican leaders in the House and Senate Friday named the six members they would appoint to the deficit commission established by President ...

• PR.com: Enslow Publishers Announces Creation of Obama iTunes Application 2010-03-12

  Enslow Publishers, Inc. has teamed up with MobiStories to create an Apple iTunes application called “President Barack Obama in Pictures.

• Jr Deputy Accountant: OMG! Obama Moves Quickly to Populate the Fed, Announces 2 Possible Board Picks 2010-03-12

  Suddenly concerned with filling up vacancies at the Fed Board of Governors, Obama is busting his ass to get his picks into the temple on 20th ...