Would Sotomayor really be the first Supreme Court Latino? Chicago Tribune Sat, 30 May 2009 17:13 PM PDT Some say that Justice Benjamin Cardozo, the son of Portuguese parents, beat her to it in the 1930s. The debate renews old questions about the labels 'Latino' and 'Hispanic.' When President Obama nominated federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, ethnic advocacy groups praised the selection of the first Latino to the nation's highest court. | Geithner's China trip comes at difficult time AP via Yahoo! Finance Sat, 30 May 2009 17:13 PM PDT Timothy Geithner's first trip to China as treasury secretary comes at a vulnerable time for the Obama administration. Mired in a brutal recession, the United States needs Beijing to buy more American goods, allow its currency rise and make other moves to narrow an enormous trade gap. | Obamaâs Czars The Malaysian Insider Sat, 30 May 2009 17:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 31 - Name a top issue and US President Barack Obama has probably got a âczarâ responsible for tackling it. Bank bailout czar, energy czar, urban czar - the list goes on. There are some 20 such top officials, all with lengthy official titles but known in the media as czars. Soon, there will be one more when Obama appoints a czar for cyber-security who will oversee a new White ... | Obama and Smith on same page with vehicle emissions Westminster Community Times Sat, 30 May 2009 17:03 PM PDT County Executive James T. Smith Jr., left, checks the tire pressure on an SUV as County Councilman Kevin Kamenetz and a service technician look on during the county's Clean Car Clinic held recently in Towson. Susan C. Ingram/Staff photo. | BARACK OBAMA TAKES MICHELLE ON NYC DATE New York Post Sat, 30 May 2009 16:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Obama is giving his first lady a date night she'll never forget. Today, he whisked her off to the Big Apple, and treated her to a fairy-tale version of dinner and show. "I am taking my wife to New York City because... | President's GM aid plan under fire u.tv Sat, 30 May 2009 16:52 PM PDT President Obama stands accused this weekend of failing the millions of rustbelt workers whose jobs he pledged to protect, as General Motors slides into history's biggest corporate bankruptcy. | Cartoonists prepare to strip Obama for action u.tv Sat, 30 May 2009 16:50 PM PDT In the aftermath of the 100-day feeding frenzy, hungry literary agents and their clients are stalking the corridors of US publishing with tempting proposals for potboiling biographies about Obama. | | |
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