That midlife crisis is over, it appears: Credit The Hill for noticing the first lady’s appearance at Bowie State University for a commencement address sans bangs. The forehead covering first appeared on her 49th birthday in January, just in time...
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First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement speech during the Bowie State University graduation ceremony at the Comcast Center on the campus of the University of Maryland on May 17, 2013 in College Park, Maryland. Obama received and Honorary Doctor of Laws degree before addressing the 600 graduates of Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country.
Michelle Obama: The Bangs Are Gone
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Senator John McCain flashes the thumb-up when asked by a reporter about how the meeting went outside the Jefferson Hotel following a dinner with President Barack Obama and a group of fellow Republican senators on March 6, 2013 in Washington.
Obama’s Republican Table: Thumbs Up — President Picks Up the Tab
Updated at 9 am EST, March 7 The food, at least, must have been good. The Republicans who dined with President Barack Obama tonight were holding thumbs up on their way out of the Jefferson Hotel this evening. Sen. John...
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Long Island Association fall luncheon at the Crest Hollow Country Club on Oct. 18, 2012 in Woodbury, New York.
Cheney Headed for Hell: Congressman
Further proof that the rifts in Washington are not all partisan: A Republican congressman unhappy with some of the wars the U.S. has waged suggests that former Vice President Dick Cheney, one of the champions of the U.S. invasion of...
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Union supporters march in the "Charlotte Labor Day Parade" on September 3, 2012 in Charlotte.
Over Charlotte’s Rainbow: Jobs?
A huge, brilliant rainbow opened up over “Uptown” Charlotte today. It drew oohs and aahs from those attending a 31st-floor “Hill” event at a Charlotte City Club reception. In the large, wood-paneled room, wine beer and hors d’ouevres were served as...
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