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Dead US presidents abound in “The People’s House”. Picture: Google Art Project Source: Supplied YOU can now tour “The People’s House” from the comfort of your own home, after Google gave 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a new address online. The White House has teamed with the Google Art Project to develop a virtual tour of the President’s residence – a process driven by US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s desire for their home to be more accessible.

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Obama to Issue Order Cutting Down on Promotional Goodies

President Barack Obama is coming out against swag. That’s swag, as in the coffee mugs, pens, T-shirts and other public relations articles that federal government agencies buy with taxpayer money to promote their work. The swag ban is part of an executive order the president will sign on Wednesday to cut waste and make government more efficient. Obama has been using his executive powers on modest proposals to promote job creation, assist home owners and consumers, or alleviate spending.

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White House: No, Jimmy, There’s No Such Thing as UFOs

WASHINGTON — Sorry, E.T. lovers — the White House states it has no evidence that extraterrestrials exist. The White House made the uncommon declaration in response to a feature on its website that grants people to submit petitions that administration officials must respond to if enough people sign on. In this case, more than 5,000 people signed a petition demanding that the White House disclose the government’s knowledge of extraterrestrial beings, and more than 12,000 signed another petition seeking formal ...

Submited at Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 at 2:00 pm by sofia

Steve Jobs Met With Bill Gates Before His Death

More details are surfacing from Walter Isaacson’s biography on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. According to the New York Times, beginning last spring, Jobs met with several people that he wanted to see before he died. (Jobs passed away at 56 on Oct. 6.) One of those people with whom Jobs met was Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. Gates went to Jobs’ house in Palo Alto, Calif. in May. PHOTOS: Steve Jobs: 10 Memorable Milestones of the Apple Co-Founder’s Career In ...

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GOP Lawmakers Challenge White House on ‘Scientific Misconduct’

Several Republican lawmakers are challenging the Obama administration’s science czar over what they claim are repeat incidents of “scientific misconduct” among agencies, questioning whether officials who deal with everything from endangered species to nuclear waste are using “sound science.”  The letter sent Wednesday to John Holdren, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, cited four specific controversies in recent years where scientific findings were questioned. Sens.

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Another Inside Man for Solyndra at the White House

Solynrda Looked Like a Sure Bet in the Heady Early Days of Obama Era “I thought the White House might want to take advantage of this event to highlight a highly successful public/private partnership.” – Obama adviser David Prend in an email to a White House aide encouraging the president to publicly embrace Solyndra, a solar-panel manufacturer that Prend’s investment firm partly owned. The latest figure to emerge in Soylndra green-jobs scandal is David Prend, a co-founder of the Boston-based ...

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First Lady Says She Sneaks Out of White House as Much as Possible

WASHINGTON — Turns out Target is not the only place to find Michelle Obama. The first lady states she sneaks out of the White House “as much as possible.” She states she once took family dog Bo to the pet store Petco and nearly went unrecognized. The cashier eventually realized who she was from her credit card. Last month, Mrs. Obama shopped at a suburban Virginia Target store, her face masked by a baseball cap and sunglasses.

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Recording Industry Chairman Named to Lead Automotive Trade Group

August 8, 2011, 5:56 pm By JONATHAN SCHULTZ As reported by our colleagues at Media Decoder, the chairman and chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America, Mitch Bainwol, has stepped down to lead the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a lobbying group that represents the interests of the 12 largest automakers in the United States. Mr. Bainwol will start his new job on Sept. 1, according to a statement issued by the alliance on Monday. At the R.I.A.A., Mr. ...

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Romney and Bachmann Lead Iowa Poll on GOP Presidential Field

DES MOINES, Iowa –  A new Iowa Poll shows national Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney and tea party favorite Michele Bachmann leading among the state’s likely GOP caucus-goers. The poll conducted for The Des Moines Register shows Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, with support from 23 percent in Iowa. Bachmann is right on his heels. The Minnesota representative who plans to launch her campaign in Iowa on Monday has support from 22 percent. Romney was the No.

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Robin Wright in Talks to Star in Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ (Exclusive)

is in early negotiations to play the female lead opposite Kevin Spacey in Netflix’s first original series, House of Cards. The hourlong political thriller, based on the book and British miniseries of the same name, comes from Media Rights Capital. The Social Network director David Fincher is helming the pilot and will executive produce the series along with Eric Roth, Josh Donen and Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions partner Dana Brunetti. Beau Willimon (The Ides of March) wrote the pilot and ...

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