Topic: The White House

Obama congratulates World Series champion Giants

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants on Tuesday to congratulate them for winning their first World Series title in 56 years and to invite them to the White House.The White House said in a statement ...
Obama congratulates San Francisco Giants on World Series win, wonders about Wilson's beardPresident Barack Obama is looking forward to congratulating the San Francisco Giants in person at the White House for winning their first World Series in more than a half century.The ...

Humor: Daily news (11/20/07)

According to numbers recently compiled, the FBI is reporting an increase of 8% in hate crimes during 2006. The White House issued a statement urging Americans to stop hating one another because of race, so we can join together in hating middle ...

AP News in Brief

AP News in BriefBack on track: BP will begin testing new cap that could close off oil from GulfNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government gave BP permission Wednesday to go ahead with testing its new, tighter cap over the Gulf of ...
White House mourns George Steinbrenner's passing, lauds Yankees' owner's charitable workThe White House is remembering New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for what he did on the baseball diamond as well as for the contributions he made outside the house that Ruth ...
Obama welcomes world champion New York Yankees to the White HousePresident Barack Obama celebrated the world champion Yankees on Monday for their heroics and character — and bemoaned that his Chicago White Sox couldn't match New York's remarkable record of success.In a ...
Chronology of news events in 2009JULYJuly 1" A Streetcar Named Desire" actor Karl Malden dies at 97.July 3Sarah Palin announces she will resign as Alaska governor, effective July 26.July 4Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair fatally shot by woman who then kills herself.Statue ...
Red Sox minor league team invites White House party crashers to dinnerThe White House party crashers have another dinner to attend and this time they're actually invited.The Lowell Spinners, a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, invited Michaele and Tareq ...
Unlike other justices, Sotomayor becomes a celebrity outside the courtroomApparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.Since ...
Arnold Palmer headed back to White House for another awardArnold Palmer is going back to the White House to meet another president and collect another medal.Palmer said Tuesday that he has been selected to receive a Congressional Gold Medal, an honor that ...
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