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Diane von Furstenberg distancing her dresses from Republican Ann Romney

By: Katy St. Clair 10/23/12 4:59 PM
It’s not just musicians who avoid Republicans; designers do it too. Whenever Michelle Obama dons a brand, PR teams go nuts, says Fox News, but when Ann Romney does it? … Crickets. Read More

Was Lindsay Lohan on Tom Cruise’s radar?

By: Katy St. Clair 09/06/12 4:00 AM
Everyone’s talking about the Vanity Fair piece on Tom Cruise that alleges he “auditioned” wives through some wacky Scientology filter before he settled on Katie Holmes. (Why is this a surprise?) But now a source tells the Huffington Post that none other than Lindsay Lohan was under consideration at one point. Wow. Who knows which Thetan level you have to reach to be attracted to that vain, vapid and voodoo-hoodoo hot mess … but thankfully, Lindsay dodged that bullet. Read More

SF schools rely on a fraying patchwork of grants, programs and donations for funding

By: Amy Crawford 10/09/11 4:00 AM
The floor was shaking in an upstairs classroom at Monroe Elementary School in the Excelsior district, where two dozen fourth- and fifth-graders were practicing a dance routine. “Waka waka! Hey hey!” the singer Shakira chanted over a boombox as the children jumped, spun and clapped. For many of the giggling children, dance class was the week’s highlight. And the arts are not merely fun, studies show they help kids do better in math and reading. Read More

Michelle Obama: 'I can't stop eating French fries. But eat your vegetables.'

By: Byron York 06/23/11 12:47 PM
During her visit to South Africa, First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by the University of Cape Town for an event with young people.  She told the audience how she came from modest circumstances and was able to attend top schools and build a career at a big law firm, saying they too can achieve their dreams if they try hard enough.  After her speech, she was asked a series of soft questions like, "What advice can you give the youth today?"  But at the end of the session, one youn Read More

Mayor Ed Lee dines with first lady, Mongolian president

By: Brent Begin 06/14/11 12:39 PM
There have been several calls for Mayor Ed Lee to run in November because he’s already been so, well, mayoral. But on Tuesday he’s acting more like a head of state. Read More

Michelle Obama in San Francisco for fundraising lunch

By: Bay City News 06/14/11 12:01 PM
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Michelle Obama is in San Francisco for a fundraising lunch, one of several stops for the first lady in the Bay Area on Tuesday. The first lady's motorcade pulled up at about 9:30 a.m. to the Claremont Hotel Club & Spa in Berkeley, where Obama was hosting a breakfast fundraiser that cost attendees between $1,000 and $25,000 per seat. Read More

Legislature has new way to spell Maryland taxpayer

By: Gregory Kane 03/24/11 7:33 AM
No one really likes people who crow, "We told you so."  But the truth is: we did tell you so. Here’s the headline from the story that appeared on the Maryland Reporter Web site: "Costs of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants could be higher than projected." And now, a few details from the body of the story. Read More

Why conservatives should be worried about the obesity epidemic

By: Dr. David Gratzer 03/04/11 2:02 AM
Does it really matter how many ribs first lady Michelle Obama ate on  her vacation? For too many conservatives, the answer seems to be yes, with pundits poking fun at the anti-obesity guru’s dinner choice. But conservatives need to give it a rest: Many seem to prefer scoring easy points against the first lady to arguing about the best way to attack the obesity epidemic, and some even claim that obesity isn’t really a problem. Read More

Huckabee: Lay off Michelle

By: Dan K. Thomasson 02/28/11 11:51 PM
Michelle Obama has an unlikely friend in her battle to slim down Americans.Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who claims not to have decided whether to once again seek the Republican nomination for president, has told conservatives to find another target when it comes to weight watching. In fact, he says the first lady should be praised for her campaign to improve the dietary habits of a population vastly overweight. Read More

Obama's jetset fitness trainer helps shed pounds, adds to global warming

By: J.P. Freire 02/28/11 10:31 AM
With a schedule as hectic as President Obama's it must be hard to stick to a training regimen without help -- but why does he insist on having his old trainer fly out from Chicago to D.C. regularly when Obama and his wife exhort the rest of us to drive less? And in a recession? According to Ashley Parker at the New York Times, Obama's fitness czar Cornell McClellan comes out to D.C. Read More
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