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October 8th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama and wife Michelle have given a makeover to White House with some modern and abstract artwork. The landscapes, still life and portraits of the past have been replaced by bold colours, irregular shapes and squiggly lines.

October 3rd, 2009 Obamas celebrate anniversary with dinner outWASHINGTON — There was no trip to New York and no fancy outing as the Obamas celebrated their first wedding anniversary since they moved to the White House. Instead they kept it simple, with a dinner out Saturday night at an elegant, American-fare restaurant near Georgetown.

September 11th, 2009 Obamas observe 9/11 moment of silenceWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observed a moment of silence in honor of 9/11 victims outside the White House as a single bugler played taps. A Washington rain came to a stop as the observance began at 8:46 a.m., the moment the first jetliner struck the World Trade Center on Sept.

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama continues to win accolades for her style sense, this time courtesy her new elegant hairstyle. The First Lady used a celebration of country music at the White House to unveil her bobbed hairstyle, reports Us magazine.

July 22nd, 2009 First grandmother enjoying life at 1600 Pa. Ave.WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's mother-in-law thinks his daughters, Sasha and Malia, are growing up so fast that she's feeling "left out." Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama's mother, often cared for the girls when she and the Obamas lived in Chicago, and she accompanied them to the White House in January to continue looking after them.

July 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - While Barrack Obama's job as the President of the United States earns him a cool salary of 400,000 dollars, his top White House staffers are also not doing too badly with almost half of the presidential income, a new list has revealed. A White House list sent to Congress revealed salaries of 487 "White House Office" staffers-capped at 172,200 dollars, the Chicago Sun Times reports.

June 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Just four months into the Barack Obama administration, U.S. First lady Michelle has replaced her chief of staff Jackie Norris with White House lawyer Susan Sher.

June 4th, 2009 Obamas to spend a family weekend in ParisWASHINGTON — It's a family weekend in Paris for the Obamas. A White House official says 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha will join their mother, first lady Michelle Obama, when she flies to Paris on Friday to join President Barack Obama.

May 29th, 2009 Obama stops at Five Guys for cheeseburgerWASHINGTON — For a health food nut, President Barack Obama sure likes his burgers. Obama made a surprise lunchtime stop at Five Guys, a fast-food restaurant in Washington.

May 9th, 2009 Obama and first lady visit older daughter's schoolWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, are visiting their older daughter's school. The Obamas left the White House on Friday afternoon for the 20-minute ride to the Washington campus of the Sidwell Friends School.

May 3rd, 2009 Obamas take a walk, holding hands in the eveningWASHINGTON — The first couple took full advantage of the cool spring night. After a date night out on Saturday evening, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama decided to take a stroll when their motorcade arrived back at the White House.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obamas are out to make new traditions at the White House, and helping them out this endeavour is their social secretary Desiree Rogers, Valerie Jarrett, a White House senior adviser, and Susan Sher, associate counsel and adviser to US First Lady Michelle Obama. Since President Obama was sworn in on January 20 this year, the social office at the White House has run more than 60 events, with the Easter Egg Roll last week the most recent, a tradition on the South Lawn since 1878.

April 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - A 6-month-old Portuguese water dog is set to become the envy of his fellow pooches when he paws into the house and lives of the US First Family, the Obamas. President Barack Obama had promised his daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, a puppy during the campaign.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of the South Lawn on Friday to plant a vegetable garden, the first at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt's victory garden in World War II. While the organic garden will provide food for the first family's meals and formal dinners, its most important role, Michelle Obama said, will be to educate children about healthful, locally grown fruit and vegetables at a time when obesity and diabetes have become a national concern.

January 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Knocking at the door of history, Barack Obama came calling at the White House to meet with outgoing President George Bush, as hundreds of thousands gathered at the Capitol for Tuesday's inauguration of America's first black president. Arriving in 'The Beast', Obama's 2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine with doors designed to withstand a bomb blast, Obama and wife Michelle were greeted in the front portico of the storied presidential mansion by Bush and still the first lady Laura.