Obama’s 1979 prom photo, yearbook note to ‘foxy’ friend unearthed
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The havoc time wreaks on fashion spares no one, not even the president of the United States.
In a newly unearthed photo published Thursday in TIME magazine, a 17-year-old Barack Obama is seen wearing a white dinner jacket as he poses with friends on the night of their senior prom in Hawaii.
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Cleveland ‘hero’ Charles Ramsey gets free burgers for life
(Photo: Scott Shaw / The Plain Dealer)
Cleveland’s most camera-ready hero may now also be its best fed.
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Light of my life: Homemade engagement ring glows when fiancee is near
(Photo courtesy of Ben Kokes)
An inventor’s romantic proposal idea has come to happy fruition. It took months of work, but Ben Kokes crafted an engagement ring for his girlfriend, Julie, that would light up from within — but only after he put it on her finger and took her by the hand.
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As hospital crumbled, mom brought new life
(Photo: Norman Regional Health System)
As the floor shook “like an earthquake,” Shayla Taylor, 25, braved both the peak contractions of childbirth and the wrath of the worst twister she had ever endured.
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Holder says drone strikes since 2009 have killed four U.S. citizens
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On the eve of a major address by President Barack Obama on his counterterrorism policy, the Obama administration revealed Wednesday that drone strikes since 2009 had killed four Americans overseas – one of whom, Anwar al-Aulaqi, was targeted in Yemen because he’d planned and was planning terrorist attacks on the United States – principally the plot to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Eve 2009.
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Toddler can breathe easy, thanks to printer
(Photo: Gionfriddo family via University of Michigan)
Using a device based on an inkjet printer, doctors custom-made a splint for 19-month-old Kaiba Gionfriddo, which holds his airway open and helps him breathe.
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Creator of GIF files insists it’s ‘jif’ - Internet in turmoil
(Photo: Webby Awards / YouTube, GIF: Sappavu / YouTube)
And the battle rages on: After the White House weighed in on the “gif” versus “jif” issue, some thought it was settled in favor of a hard “G” — but the creator of the .gif image format himself has made a final pronouncement: “It’s a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.”
Tell us, Tumblr: Is it ‘GIF’ or ‘JIF’?
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Delayed by war, Class of 1943 finally holds senior prom
(Photos: NBC News)
It took seven decades, but the Hillhouse High School Class of 1943 finally had its senior prom.
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‘Sickening and barbaric’: Man killed in suspected London terror attack
(Photo: Alastair Grant / AP)
A man, reported to be a British soldier, was attacked and killed by knife-wielding assailants on a London street in broad daylight Wednesday in what is being investigated as an ideologically motivated terror attack.
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Joy amid tornado’s destruction as owners find lost pets
(Photo: Central OK Humane Society)
Vicki Lemmings sobbed with joy as her son’s dog Baby ran up to give her a lick.
“Good girl, Grandma loves you so much,” she cooed through her tears on Tuesday evening.
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‘I hope I get a second chance’: Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor
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Anthony Weiner, whose career as a congressman collapsed after he posted sexually suggestive pictures of himself on Twitter, has announced that he’s running for mayor of New York City.
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Littlest victims of Oklahoma tornado were 4 and 7 months old, state says
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Two infants — 4 and 7 months old — were the youngest victims of the tornado that ravaged the Oklahoma City suburbs earlier this week, the state said Wednesday.
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Scouts await decision on gay membership
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Cub Scout Pack 215 in rural Arkansas is waiting for a vote that could mean big changes for their tiny outfit.
That’s because of a decision being made Thursday at the national Boy Scouts of America annual meeting that will have ramifications for their pack and other Scout units across the country: whether or not to end its controversial policy banning gay Scouts.
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Step one: Talib Kweli comes in for rehearsal and sees Al Roker on a bike.
Step two: Someone else spots Talib, then Al on his bike, and has the...
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