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  • First Lady will visit Naval Academy today

    April 17, 2013 3:50 AM

    The First Lady heads to the Naval Academy today. Ms. Obama will be there to meet service members. The First Lady is stopping at the school before joining Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley when he signs a bill allowing veterans who apply for professional licenses to get credit for their military... more »
  • First Lady heads to Chicago for youth violence event

    April 10, 2013 2:59 AM

    First Lady Michelle Obama will be in her hometown of Chicago today to attend a youth violence event. Chicago has been hit hard by gun violence which has led to the deaths of many young people. Mrs. Obama will urge business and civic leaders there to invest in more opportunities... more »
  • First Lady jokes about hosting 'Tonight Show'

    February 24, 2013 11:42 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama says she's eyeing another job in 2016 and, contrary to speculation, it doesn't involve running for public office. During her first appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," the host asked her Friday to consider a Michelle-Hillary ticket for president in 2016. The latter is... more »
  • First lady meets with slain Chicago teen's family

    February 9, 2013 12:32 PM

    CHICAGO (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama is meeting privately with the family of a 15-year-old Chicago honor student before attending the girl's funeral service. Obama is among the dignitaries attending the service for Hadiya Pendleton, whose death has brought national attention to Chicago's staggering gun violence. Pendleton was a... more »
  • NORAD takes record number of calls for Santa

    December 28, 2012 1:36 PM

    COLORADO SPRINGS - Christmas Eve was a particularly busy time for volunteers with the NORAD Tracks Santa Program. During a 23 hour period, the operations center answered over 114,000 calls from children looking for Santa Claus, an increase of more than 12,000 from last year. The group also received... more »
  • Fountain getting ready for First Lady visit

    October 9, 2012 7:49 PM

    Michelle Obama is making a campaign stop in Fountain Wednesday. Colorado is one of the tightest states in the presidential race, so the First Lady is trying to swing voters her husband's way. The rally is at the Fountain's Dean Fleischauer Activity Center; that's on 326 West Alabama... more »
  • First lady visits Aurora, Colo., shooting victims

    August 12, 2012 11:35 AM

    AURORA, Colo. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has met with some of the victims wounded during last months' massacre at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and the medical staff that treated them. Obama arrived at the Medical Center of Aurora at about 3:30 pm Saturday. She thanked doctors, nurses... more »
  • Michelle Obama urges NC A&T grads to seek change

    May 13, 2012 12:56 AM

    GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - First Lady Michelle Obama says the example of the four North Carolina A&T State University students who started the sit-in movement for desegregation more than 50 years ago shows what young people can do to change the world. Obama was the commencement speaker Saturday at the... more »
  • First Lady Michelle Obama in Aspen with daughters

    February 18, 2012 12:50 PM

    ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - First Lady Michelle Obama is spending Presidents Day weekend in Aspen with her daughters, Sasha and Malia. Few details about the ski vacation have been released, but Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo tells the Aspen Daily News he has met with the Secret Service and has... more »
  • Colo. man to sit with First Lady for jobs speech

    September 8, 2011 4:39 PM

    CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - An engineer from suburban Denver is in Washington to listen to the president's jobs pitch to Congress. Forty-three-year-old Kirk Bergstrom of Centennial was among 24 people invited by the White House to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama Thursday night. He's a project engineer... more »
  • Michelle Obama, Jill Biden coming to Colorado

    April 9, 2011 7:06 PM

    DENVER (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, are coming to Denver and the Colorado Springs area as part of a five-city tour to showcase communities,businesses and nonprofits that support military families. Obama and Biden will attend events at Coors... more »
  • First lady coming to Colorado next week

    November 11, 2009 12:47 PM

    First lady Michelle Obama is coming to Colorado next week. The White House says that Mrs. Obama will be in Denver on Monday as part of a leadership and mentoring initiative. She plans to meet with national and local women leaders at the governor's mansion for a luncheon discussion.... more »

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