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Letters Containing Ricin Sent to President, Two Senators [UPDATED]

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:55:33 +0000

1:10 p.m. (EST): A third letter, this one sent to Senator Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.), has been found to contain ricin.

12:45 p.m. (EST): FBI spokesman Paul Bresson has confirmed that the substance found in the letter to the president was ricin.

The Secret Service says that a letter containing a suspicious substance and addressed to President Obama was received on Tuesday at a White House mail facility. This comes just after a letter sent to Senator Roger Wicker (R.-Miss.) was found to contain the poison ricin.

President Obama's Re-Election Victory Speech – Election 2012 [TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO]

Chuck Armstrong — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:49:07 +0000

On Nov. 6, 2012, Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States of America by the American people after clinching 303 electoral votes (270 votes are needed for the presidency).

"GIVE"-ing to the Obama Campaign Is as Easy as Texting

Don Deane — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:30:43 +0000

President Barack Obama has always been “down” with the young voters. He knows how to dance, he sings, he knows what these kids are saying these days, and he knows how to text. Turns out the latter will be his most important talent in the upcoming election.

In what surely qualifies as one of the first large-scale examples of political fundraising through texting, Obama’s reelection campaign will begin accepting donations via text message this week.

Don't Have a Lot of Twitter Followers? You Probably Like President Obama

Shauna Wright — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:00:49 +0000

During the last race for the White House in 2008, Barack Obama got many of his campaign donations from people who gave small amounts — but since there were a lot of them, they quickly added up to a substantial sum.

As this year’s presidential campaign heats up, there’s a similar narrative — only this time it involves overall influence, and it’s playing out on Twitter.

Watch President Obama's Speech on the 'Dark Knight Rises' Shooting

Mike Sampson — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:15:13 +0000

President Barack Obama was scheduled to speak this morning at a campaign stop in Fort Myers, Florida. Instead of speaking about his upcoming re-election campaign, he instead delivered a speech on the ‘Dark Knight Rises’ shooting in Aurora, Colorado. President Obama apologized to the crowd for the grim town, saying he had anticipated a “fun” [...]

Election 2012 — President Obama Has the Support of Smartphone Users

Shauna Wright — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:25:10 +0000

Many national polls show President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, essentially tied in the upcoming race for the White House. But according to a new survey, there’s at least one segment of the population Obama has mostly locked up: smartphone users. After Harris Interactive polled almost 800 iPhone and Android users, the group [...]

President Obama's Twitter Account Follows 'Celebrity Sideboob'

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:05:43 +0000

Talk about a stimulus package! It hasn’t been the best week for President Obama and now his Twitter feed as gotten him in a little trouble. Well, at least not with the “bro vote.” Gizmodo discovered that Obama’s Twitter account included a rather eye-catching link in his “following” list: the Twitter account for the website [...]

President Obama Announces US Troops Will Be Out of Iraq by Year's End [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:05:14 +0000

In a White House briefing held Friday, President Obama announced the remaining American troops in Iraq will be home by the end of the year, closing a war effort there that has killed more than 4,400 US servicepeople and wounded 32,000 more since 2003.

“After nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” the president said.

Man Invents Car Fueled by Whiskey

Amory Gritta — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:30:42 +0000

In an effort to create the world’s manliest car, 62-year-old Mickey Nilsson has transformed a pile of junk into a sleek vehicle that runs strictly on Bourbon Whiskey. The Kentucky man says he was inspired by Caractacus Potts, the wacky inventor played by Dick Van Dyke in 1968′s ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.’ Nilsson began the [...]