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1. Different People – No Doubt 2. Got to Get You in My Life – Earth, Wind & Fire 3. Green Onions- Booker T & The MG’s 4. I Got You – Wilco 5. Keep on Pushing – The Impressions 6. Keep Reachin’ Up – Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators 7. Love You I Do – Jennifer Hudson 8. No Nostalgia – AgesAndAges 9. Raise Up – Ledisi 10. Stand Up – Sugarland 11. This – Darius Rucker 12. We Used To Wait – Arcade Fire 13. You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine 14. Your Smiling Face... Read Full Story

Continuing with the President’s emphasis on math and science following the White House Science Fair,  Secretary Ken Salazar and USGS Director Dr. Marcia McNutt will host the Department of the Interior’s first ever Google+ Hangout, Students from the 8th grade science class, of Cranwood School in Cleveland, Ohio, will ask the Secretary and Director questions about the role science plays at the Department and across the Obama administration. This Google+ Hangout is part of the Department’s... Read Full Story

Reuters THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you so much.  Thank you, everybody.  Everybody have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House Science Fair.  (Applause.)  It is — I just spent some time checking out some of the projects that were brought here today, and I’ve got to say, this is fun.  It’s not every day that you have robots running all over your house.  (Laughter.)  I am trying to figure out how you got through the metal detectors.  I also shot a marshmallow through a... Read Full Story

By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2012 – President Barack Obama has nominated Lt. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger to the rank of general, and as commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced today. The promotion would make Wolfenbarger the Air Force’s first female four-star general. “The secretary strongly supports the president’s nomination, and he believes that General... Read Full Story

• Student “Making” and Starting Small Business to Sell his Invention. Fourteen year old Joey Hudy from Phoenix, Arizona is already a Maker Faire veteran. He invented an Extreme Marshmallow Cannon and an LED Cube Microcontroller Shield, which he has exhibited at Maker Faires in New York, San Francisco, and Detroit. He received 2 Editors Choice Awards from Maker Faire, and has started a small business selling the microcontroller (Arduino) shield kits on several websites. As the World’s Largest... Read Full Story

Tomorrow, Feb 7, Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, is hosting a live chat at 1:00 pm EDT to discuss conservation and outdoor recreation. According to some recent non-governmental estimates, outdoor recreation, conservation and heritage initiatives support as many as 8.4 million jobs and provide as much as $1 trillion in annual economic benefits. The chat is a chance for sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts to hear directly from the Secretary and ask him questions about economic benefits of... Read Full Story

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The First Lady, Michelle Obama, is ready to celebrate the second anniversary of Let’s Move! , with a 3 day tour through four states. The program designed to solve the problem of childhood obesity has “provided children with healthier food and greater opportunities for physical activity in schools and communities, helped get families the information they need to make healthier decisions, supported a healthy start in early childhood, and have worked to ensure more people have access to healthy... Read Full Story

Thirty years after his father massacred tens of thousands of innocent Syrian men, women, and children in Hama, Bashar al-Assad has demonstrated a similar disdain for human life and dignity.  Yesterday the Syrian government murdered hundreds of Syrian citizens, including women and children, in Homs through shelling and other indiscriminate violence, and Syrian forces continue to prevent hundreds of injured civilians from seeking medical help.  These brutal killings take place at a time when so... Read Full Story

The President presented his Veterans Job Corps and New Hiring Incentives at Fire Station #5 in Arlington VA, one of the first stations to respond to the 9/11 attack at the Pentagon.  After introductions by Lieutenant Johnson, an Arlington County firefighter and US Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, he welcomed guests and delved into the core of his plan. “Already, we’ve helped 600,000 veterans and their family members go back to school on the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill.  We’ve hired over 120... Read Full Story