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Poll: Nation Prefers a Mutt for Obamas

43% want first family to get pooch from shelter

(Newser) - A majority of Americans think the First Family should adopt a mutt, according to an AP poll. While the nation’s pet-less are split on the issue, pet owners, who represent 60% of the population, went 2-1 in favor of a mixed breed. That may not be enough to sway...

Hollywood Decorator's New Gig: White House

(Newser) - This is one transition pick who won't have to sit through confirmation hearings: Michelle Obama has chosen an interior decorator from Los Angeles for the family's private quarters in the White House, Domino magazine reports. Michael Smith has previously done work for the likes of Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, Michelle...

Obamas Are 'Closing In' on First Puppy

It's a labradoodle or Portuguese water hound for Sasha, Malia

(Newser) - As their father prepares to take office next week, future first daughters Malia and Sasha Obama have only one question: When do they get their puppy? The girls have narrowed the choices down to two, Obama tells George Stephanopoulos—a labradoodle or a Portuguese water hound. All that remains, the...

For Paparazzi, Obamas Are as Hot as Pitt-Jolies

Paparazzi competition heats up for snaps of future first family

(Newser) - Hordes of photographers are gearing up to make their fortunes with photos of the glamorous new first family, Elizabeth Wolff writes in New York magazine.The transition team is trying to carefully manage images of the Obamas, but they're up against patient and wily paparazzi trying to sneak shots of...

'First Grandma' Moving Into White House

(Newser) - Michelle Obama’s mother is moving into the White House, at least temporarily, the New York Times reports. Marian Robinson, 71, is already in Washington helping out the family, much as she did with the Obamas’ daughters during the campaign. “She will determine in the coming months whether or...

Fashion Needs an Obama Stimulus

One-woman bailout goes to work by getting dressed

(Newser) - Fashionistas are hoping the new first lady can be a one-woman bailout for their struggling industry, the New York Times reports. Presidential spouses always move the needle a little, but Obama’s youthful look and sartorial smarts put her ahead of the pack. “She could potentially do what Jackie...

Obama Daughters Start School

Barack gets teary as new life begins

(Newser) - Like millions of other children, the Obama girls returned to school today. Unlike the rest of the nations’ kids, they were accompanied by a cadre of police, Secret Service agents, and media, the Washington Post reports. The Obama family’s new life in Washington is off to its official start,...

What's In and Out for 2009
 What's In and Out for 2009 
OPINION
Jan 1, 2009 2:36 PM CST

What's In and Out for 2009

A new year, a new inane list of trends that are sure to look dumb by December

(Newser) - The New Year is here, and that means it’s time to clean out the cultural wardrobe. Hank Stuever of the Washington Post offers his annual take on things that are so last year, and others sure to be cool in the next 12 months:
  • Out: LOLcats
  • In: “Garfield
...

This Year's Fashion Felonies

From Madonna to Michella Obama, the year's big misses

(Newser) - Sure, we like seeing pictures of chic, perfectly styled celebrities. But the worst-dressed fashion misses are way more fun. The Los Angeles Times' Elizabeth Snead snarks on her least favorite looks of the year:
  • Sarah Jessica Parker's "fashion nut case" acorn hat at the SATC premiere
  • Janet Jackson's "
...

First Lady's Job Is Real: Let's Pay Her

Job description, salary would help define difficult role

(Newser) - Michelle Obama is taking flak because she's putting her law career on hold to help her kids adjust to life in Washington. In fact, however, she’s not leaving professional life at all: Her new role as first lady—"the hardest job she will ever hold"— comes with...

Obama's Inaugural Dance Card Is Full: Ten Balls

Next First Couple will be stretched thinner, by one gala, than Bushes in '05

(Newser) - The new First Couple will have plenty of opportunity to showcase their dance moves, the Washington Post reports, with 10 different inaugural balls scheduled for the night of Jan. 20—one more party than President Bush had in 2005. But the question on many minds is: What will Michelle wear,...

Michelle's 'Recession Chic' the Latest Rage

Her fashion sense has jolted an ailing retail sector

(Newser) - Barack Obama may decide how to stimulate the economy, but it's Michelle who's teaching America how to look good in it, CNN reports. She's dumped the traditional first lady look for a "recession chic" fashion—a brazen mix of little-known designers like fellow Chicagoan Maria Pinto and bargain buys...

Hawaii Rolls Out Red Carpet for Obamas

State's fave son arrives for a holiday break before the move to DC

(Newser) - Hawaii bid aloha to the Obamas as they arrived yesterday for a holiday break in a beach-side estate about half an hour from Honolulu, the Honolulu Advertiser reports. Residents of the quiet neighborhood lined the block with beach chairs and waved as Obama’s motorcade rolled by yesterday. “We...

Obamas Can't Check in Early to White House Guest Pad

President-elect told he can't move into official guest house early

(Newser) - Washington's hotels are booked solid for January and the Obamas have joined those struggling to find a place to stay, the New York Times reports. The president-elect and his wife had hoped to move into Blair House, the official White House guest house, in time for the girls to start...

Recession's Fashion Must: a Purple Tie

Brown's rocking the regal color—but Mrs. Obama started it

(Newser) - In the past, a male politician wanting to project seriousness would opt for the old standby of a red necktie. But in recent months Gordon Brown, the British prime minister and go-to guy of the global financial crisis, has conspicuously chosen purple ties, as have his foreign secretary and the...

Obama Camp: $30K Ring for Michelle Is Bogus
Obama Camp: $30K Ring
for Michelle Is Bogus
UPDATED
Dec 2, 2008 1:36 PM CST

Obama Camp: $30K Ring for Michelle Is Bogus

Reports of thank-you bling from president-elect greatly exaggerated

(Newser) - Reports earlier today that Barack Obama is spending $30,000 on a thank-you ring for wife Michelle are false, the president-elect’s camp tells Politico. Britain’s Daily Mail quoted a spokesman for Italian jeweler Giovanni Bosco as saying Obama had contacted the company about getting the bling in time...

Obamas Off to Hawaii for Xmas

 Obamas Off to Hawaii for Xmas 
Dec 2, 2008 11:59 AM CST

Obamas Off to Hawaii for Xmas

Islands are favorite getaway for president-elect

(Newser) - The Obama family will head to Hawaii for Christmas and New Year’s this year—and possibly every presidential year afterward, the Atlantic reports. That “would please the press corps, the Secret Service, WHCA and the locals to no end,” blogs Marc Ambinder, "though it must be...

Obama Girls Will Keep Chores: Mom

(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama say their young daughters will still have to do chores in the White House and won't get out of doing homework just because they're the president's children. In an interview with Barbara Walters airing tonight, the Obamas said Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, will have lives...

No 'Girly Dog' for Obama

 No 'Girly Dog' 
 for Obama 
Nov 26, 2008 1:45 PM CST

No 'Girly Dog' for Obama

Despite Walters' entreaties, president-elect wants 'big rambunctious' canine

(Newser) - Barack Obama doesn't want a “girly dog” that just “sits in your lap and things,” he tells Barbara Walters in an interview set to air tonight, dismissing her unabashed lobbying for a White House pup similar to her sweet Havanese, Cha Cha Cha. “We're going to...

What About Michelle's Career?
What About Michelle's Career?
Nov 24, 2008 6:33 AM CST

What About Michelle's Career?

Women debate high-powered exec's switch to 'mom-in-chief'

(Newser) - What will Michelle Obama’s stint as first lady mean for her own high-powered career? Political wives, policy experts, and pundits are all weighing in, reports the New York Times. Cherie Blair tells Michelle to get used to the back seat, while more optimistic observers insist that Obama’s tour...

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