Obama, Biden join student volunteers to help out at national park site

October 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Worried by the wide scale criticism of the Kerry Lugar Bill in Pakistan, US Vice President Joe Biden has said that Washington is considering Islamabad's reservations on the aid Bill. Biden met Pakistani ambassador-at-large Raffat Mahmood in Washington and told him that the Obama Administration is aware of Pakistan's concerns and is examining them, The News reports.

October 5th, 2009 Expedia launches Web site for national park tripsBELLEVUE, Wash. — Expedia is partnering with the National Park Foundation on a new Web site to help travelers planning trips to national parks.

September 11th, 2009 Biden lays flowers at ground zero reflecting poolNEW YORK — Vice President Joseph Biden has laid flowers in a reflecting pool at ground zero before a ceremony to mark the eighth anniversary of Sept. 11. Biden and his wife, Jill, arrived on the west side of the New York City site shortly before the ceremony at a nearby park.

September 11th, 2009 NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - Mourners in the US gathered Friday to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sep 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, as the anniversary was proclaimed a national day of service. In New York, US Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Michael Bloomberg gathered with families of the victims near the site of the attacks on the World Trade Center's twin towers, known as Ground Zero, on a cold rainy morning and began the ceremony with a minute of silence at 8:46 a.m.

September 9th, 2009 Hot Springs park to lead off new line of quartersHOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Hot Springs National Park will be the first site featured in a line of "America the Beautiful" quarters starting next year that will feature a national park from each state and U.S.

July 26th, 2009 Body of missing hiker believed found in CanyonGRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities say they have found a body in Grand Canyon National Park and believe it's that of a Northern Arizona University student missing on a hiking trip.

July 18th, 2009 TAIPEI - A Taiwan park is seeking 30 volunteers to help escort land crabs on their journey to the sea during the breeding season, a newspaper said Saturday. Land crabs in the Kenting National Park, at the southern tip of Taiwan, live away from shore for most of the year.

July 14th, 2009 Park Service seeks Smokies memoriesGATLINBURG, Tenn. — The National Park Service hopes people who have firsthand accounts of living in the Smokies or attending the national park dedication will share those memories.

June 30th, 2009 AP Sources: Volunteers sought for border drug warWASHINGTON — Senior officials say the Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counterdrug efforts along the Mexican border. The plan is a stopgap measure being worked out between the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department.

June 14th, 2009 Biden still has his eye on the Oval OfficeWASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden isn't ruling out his own presidential aspirations. The two-time presidential candidate says the current lineup is the right one, with Biden as President Barack Obama's No.

June 5th, 2009 Biden: Tough times but hopeful signs in economyWASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says the highest unemployment rate in more than 25 years underscores the tough times many Americans still face, but that the slowing rate of job losses reflects some "signs of hope" too. Biden said he will join President Barack Obama on Monday in seeking to ramp up the pace this summer of the massive economic stimulus effort that Congress approved earlier this year.

May 28th, 2009 COLORADO - Vice President Joe Biden teased his boss President Barack Obama on Wednesday over his teleprompter dependence. Speaking at the Air Force Academy commencement ceremony in Colorado, Biden poked fun at Obama's known affinity for his teleprompter.

April 29th, 2009 Michelle Obama, Jill Biden volunteer at food bankWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama kept her promise to actively volunteer in the Washington area Wednesday, bagging lunches for hungry children at a local food bank on her husband's 100th day in office. Mrs. Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, joined more than 100 congressional spouses at the Capital Area Food Bank on Wednesday, passing out packages of wheat pasta and cans of pineapple as volunteers bagged meals for low-income kids in the area.

April 27th, 2009 Biden worries about son in IraqWASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden said he worries about his son who is serving in Iraq, but tries to not look at the ongoing war solely as a father. President Barack Obama called Biden "very valuable" during a profile that aired Sunday on CBS News' "60 Minutes." "You know, Joe's not afraid to tell me what he thinks," Obama said.

April 19th, 2009 CHICAGO - Since US President Barack Obama is hard to mock, jesters are turning their aim to Vice President Joe Biden. If you're wondering why Obama is "non-jokeable", well it could be that jokers are reluctant to riff on a man they admire, or he's simply a "no-joke making" human being.