Happy Birthday Mr. President: Antigua’s gift is to rename highest peak “Mount Obama”

October 9th, 2009 Best Maine foliage in mountainsAUGUSTA, Maine — State foliage watchers say the lakes and mountains of western Maine and the Mount Katahdin region will be the best places to see brilliant fall colors this weekend. Forest rangers from Moosehead Lake to Stratton, and Mount Katahdin to Lincoln are observing peak foliage conditions or at least 75 percent color change.

September 1st, 2009 Giant air tanker drops water on Mount WilsonLOS ANGELES — A giant amphibious air tanker has made a huge water drop on flames on Mount Wilson northeast of Los Angeles. The World War II-era flying boat bombarded the peak Tuesday to extinguish flames from a sprawling wildfire that could endanger the historic Mount Wilson Observatory and adjacent TV, radio and cell phone towers serving the region.

August 20th, 2009 4 hurt when helicopter crashes on Colo. mountainLEADVILLE, Colo.

August 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama celebrated his 48th birthday singing Happy Birthday to himself and a veteran scribe who began reporting from the White House in 1960 -- the year before he was born. Sharing a birthday with reporter Helen Thomas who has covered eight presidents starting with John F.

August 4th, 2009 Obama visits White House press room on birthdayWASHINGTON — You say it's your birthday. It's my birthday, too.

June 12th, 2009 Putin sends 85th birthday wishes to Bush Sr.MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram wishing former U.S. President George H.W.

June 1st, 2009 Roads to summit of Mount Greylock, Mass., reopenedADAMS, Mass. — Summer tourists can once again drive to the summit of the highest peak in Massachusetts.

May 30th, 2009 Chavez: Next gift for Obama authored by LeninCARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez says he has a new book for President Barack Obama: "What is to be Done?" by communist Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet state. Chavez says he'll "give it to Obama at the next meeting." "What is to be Done?" is Lenin's political treatise on the role of intellectuals and the proletariat in promoting revolution, written more than a decade before he led the Bolshevik takeover of Russia in 1917.

May 16th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The rout of Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Lok Sabha elections is a 'birthday gift' to them from the state's people, a Congress leader said Saturday. 'They are going to celebrate the third anniversary of the government Monday and the voters here have given them the best gift for poor governance and anti-people policies,' a beaming Ramesh Chennithala, the Congress' state unit chief, told reporters at the party headquarters here.

May 9th, 2009 NY man, 61, dies climbing Alaska's Mount McKinleyANCHORAGE, Alaska — The National Park Service says a 61-year old climber from upstate New York has died while climbing Mount McKinley in Alaska. The park service says William Hearne of Fairport, N.Y., died Thursday while ascending the West Buttress route of the 20,320-foot mountain.

April 7th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Gertrude Baines, the oldest woman of the world celebrated Monday her 115th birthday at a hospital here with music, cake and a letter from President Barack Obama. Baines received a proclamation from the Guinness Book of World Records acknowledging her as the world's oldest person after 115-year-old Portuguese woman Maria de Jesus died in January.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Most birthdays are happy occasions. But one can't be too sure in Uttar Pradesh, especially if it's the birthday of Chief Minister Mayawati, says Rashtriya Lok Dal's chief Ajit Singh.

February 10th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Jennifer Aniston's musician boyfriend John Mayer has written a song for her as her 40th birthday gift. Mirror.co.uk reports that the rock star has penned a special track for her to celebrate her 40th milestone and he was to debut it at her birthday party later Wednesday night.

January 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has described his new chief diplomat Hillary Clinton Hillary as 'an early gift' to the State Department. 'It is my privilege to come here and to pay tribute to all of you, the talented men and women of the State Department,' he told the employees during a visit Thursday to underscore 'my commitment to the importance of diplomacy in renewing American leadership.' 'I've given you an early gift: Hillary Clinton,' he said amid laughter and applause.

January 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Hrithik Roshan couldn't be in a happier place at the moment. And it's not just the dance floor where he swings on his 35th birthday to the zany beats created by old friend Farah Khan.