MARK S. SMITH

Associated Press
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Obama honors baseball champs St. Louis Cardinals

President Barack Obama on Tuesday dubbed the St. Louis Cardinals the "greatest comeback team in the history of baseball" thanks to their thrilling late-season charge into the playoffs and death-defying, seven-game triumph in last November's World Series.

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Obama tells blacks to 'stop complainin' and fight

In a fiery summons to an important voting bloc, President Barack Obama told blacks on Saturday to quit crying and complaining and "put on your marching shoes" to follow him into battle for jobs and opportunity.

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AP sources: White House wants NATO to hunt for WMD

It's a polite faceoff of spies vs. diplomats, as the Obama administration debates how aggressively to pursue Libya's vast weapons stores, including tons of caustic mustard agent and thousands of anti-aircraft rockets that experts fear could fall into the hands of terrorists or Libyan loyalists.

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Obama receives updates on Libya, Hurricane Irene

President Barack Obama is keeping tabs on preparations for Hurricane Irene as his family's Martha's Vineyard vacation nears its end.

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After S&P downgrade, WH says 'we must do better'

President Barack Obama sought to distance himself Saturday from the bad news of the nation's first-ever credit-rating downgrade, but lawmakers and presidential candidates showed no such reticence — trading salvos over who's at fault and why.

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Obama mourns 31 US troops killed in Afghan crash

President Barack Obama is mourning the deaths of 31 U.S. special operations troops in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.

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After debt deal, Obama takes staff to lunch

What to do now that the debt crisis is over?

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PROMISES, PROMISES: WH solar panels are no-shows

Last October, the Obama administration announced plans to install solar panels on the roof of the White House by the spring of this year, returning the power of the sun to the pinnacle of prominence a quarter-century after Jimmy Carter's pioneering system was taken down.

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Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospects

With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are making plans to exploit the issue.

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Obama pumps plan to develop renewable energy

President Barack Obama says one answer to high gasoline prices is to spend money developing renewable energy sources.

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West Wing disappears behind noisy construction job

The West Wing of the White House is vanishing.

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US welcomes Gamal Mubarak's resignation

The Obama administration is welcoming word that President Hosni Mubarak's son has quit his role in Egypt's ruling party.

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Obama reads his children's book to 2nd graders

Usually, big-name authors plug their books on a nationwide book tour. President Barack Obama took a lower-key approach Friday, reading selections from his new children's book to a group of delighted second-graders in suburban Virginia.

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WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama is thanked, sort of

When you're in the Far East talking to a colleague from Down Under, if you're not careful, it can be a case of thanks, but no thanks.

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Obama: Agenda 'all at risk' in any Republican romp

Scrapping for votes to the end, President Barack Obama campaigned from behind his Oval Office desk Tuesday, dialing in to urban radio programs in places with competitive races and urging supporters to get to the polls before they closed.

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Medal of Honor to Green Beret killed in Afghan war

In a ceremony that mixed pain, pride and determination, President Barack Obama on Wednesday awarded the Medal of Honor to a young Army Green Beret who saved his patrol by holding off a Taliban ambush in a snowy Afghan valley two winters ago.

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Obama: Black lawmakers must rally voters back home

President Barack Obama implored black voters on Saturday to rekindle the passion they felt for his groundbreaking campaign and turn out in force this fall to repel Republicans who are ready to "turn back the clock."

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Obama: Black lawmakers must rally voters back home

President Barack Obama came out swinging against Republicans in a fiery campaign-season speech to black lawmakers Saturday night, making an urgent appeal for the kind of grassroots organizing that propelled the civil rights movement.

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Obama: Black lawmakers must rally voters back home

President Barack Obama is coming out fighting against his Republican foes with strong words in a political speech to black lawmakers.

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Obama rallies black supporters at lawmakers' gala

President Barack Obama is hoping that black voters don't stand on the sidelines when Democrats need all the election help they can get this year.

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Obama rallies black support at lawmakers' dinner

President Barack Obama wants black voters to turn out in force this fall, even though there are nagging doubts about his commitment and two prominent black lawmakers are facing ethics trials.

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White House defends King quote on Oval Office rug

No need for a rewrite — or a reweave — of the new rug in the Oval Office.

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Oval Office makeover to debut in Iraq speech

When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Iraq Tuesday night, his Oval Office setting will be sporting a new look — and one that pays homage to Martin Luther King Jr. and four previous presidents.

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On Martha's Vineyard, Obamas savor local produce

For a vacationing President Barack Obama, it seems all produce — like politics — is local.

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White House: Troop cut 'remarkable achievement'

The U.S. troop drawdown in Iraq is a "truly remarkable achievement" and demonstrates President Barack Obama's commitment to responsibly ending the drawn-out conflict, the White House said Tuesday.

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