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  • The Presidential Inaugural Committee launched its online store to sell souvenirs.
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  • Pres. Barack Obama announced his intentions to run for president in 2012 through a video on his website Monday.
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  • President Barack Obama attended fundraisers in Chicago Thursday night for Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias.
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barack obama, politics, charles thomas
  • President Barack Obama spent his 49th birthday in Chicago without first lady Michelle and their two daughters.
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barack obama, local, charles thomas
  • President Obama is heading back to the Midwest for three visits including a stop in Chicago.
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  • President Barack Obama is coming home to celebrate his 49th birthday.
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  • President Obama was in Chicago to make his case for reforming the nation's health care system.
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barack obama, local, sarah schulte
  • President Barack Obama made a controversial comment on the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates during Wednesday night's presidential press conference.
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barack obama, local, ravi baichwal
  • The president attended two fundraisers in Chicago on Thursday evening.
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barack obama, local, charles thomas
  • Elkhart is a community hit hard by the recession, but there are signs the recession may be easing.
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  • President Barack Obama turns 48 years old Tuesday.
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  • The president will address a joint session Wednesday as he continues his fight to get a reform bill passed.
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barack obama, local, karen jordan
  • President Barack Obama will talk to the nation's students Tuesday, but not everyone will be allowed to watch it.
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  • The Obama administration released Monday the text of the president's speech he will deliver to students Tuesday.
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  • President Barack Obama has written a letter to the International Olympic Committee members who will decide which city will host the 2016 Summer Games.
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  • Chicago police will continue to patrol the Kenwood neighborhood, but officers will no longer be specifically assigned to the first family's home.
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  • An armada of Illinoisans is poised to descend on Denmark next week, and President Barack Obama may be among them.
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  • The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen, Denmark, to make a pitch for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Chicago.
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  • President Barack Obama says he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize as a call to action.
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barack obama, local, ben bradley
  • Activists in Chicago are calling for urgent action from the president to end the "Don't ask, Don't tell" ban on gays serving openly in the military.
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barack obama, local, sarah schulte
  • President Barack Obama said Sunday it was time for the Senate to "take the baton" on health care reform after the House passed its plan for overhauling the nation's health care system.
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  • A "Presidential Address to the Nation" will air LIVE on ABC7 and ABC7Chicago.com on Tuesday, December 1 at 7 p.m. CST.
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  • President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle talked about holiday gifts with Oprah Winfrey during a Christmas special filmed at the White House.
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  • President Barack Obama is ordering the federal government to acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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thomson correctional center, barack obama, local, cheryl burton
  • President Obama has a busy week ahead, but one thing he won't be doing is appearing for jury duty in suburban Bridgeview, Ill.
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  • President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address focused on health care, jobs and returning the country to prosperity.
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barack obama, local, ben bradley
  • A lot will be on the line when President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union address tonight in Washington.
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  • Officials in Springfield are still trying to collect thousands of dollars owed by the 2008 campaign of then-senator Barack Obama.
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  • President Barack Obama has nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan, a former University of Chicago law professor, to the Supreme Court, saying she will demonstrate independence, integrity and passion for the law.
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  • A south suburban community will name a street after the president.
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  • The U.S. Senate's second-ranking Republican predicts his party will not filibuster President Obama's Supreme Court nominee.
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  • President Barack Obama and his family are spending the Memorial Day weekend at their Hyde Park home.
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  • Severe rains canceled Monday's Memorial Day observance in southwest suburban Elwood to the disappointment of the thousands who turned out to hear President Barack Obama speak.
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barack obama, local, leah hope
  • While President Obama is trying to avoid politics while at home, the candidate hoping to win the president's old Senate seat may have other plans.
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barack obama, politics, charles thomas
  • Veterans at V.F.W. Post 9284 in Elk Grove Village tuned in to hear the president's new direction.
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