Obama dispatching officials on summer tour to explore issues of concern to rural America

September 17th, 2009 Joe Perry frustrated over Steven Tyler accidentNEW YORK — Joe Perry is frustrated that Aerosmith has been sidelined due to Steven Tyler's tour injury. The group had to cancel their summer tour after the frontman suffered injuries when he fell off the stage during a concert in August.

August 16th, 2009 Obama family to tour Grand Canyon on SundayWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha will do some more sightseeing. The first family and other relatives will tour Grand Canyon National Park on Sunday.

August 13th, 2009 Obama's Cabinet secretaries tour rural AlaskaHOOPER BAY, Alaska — On President Barack Obama's promise to pay attention to the problems of rural America, four of his Cabinet secretaries have traveled to parts of Alaska that couldn't get much more rural. Among their stops Wednesday was Hooper Bay, population 1,160, about 500 miles from Anchorage on Alaska's western edge.

July 23rd, 2009 Michelle Obama, daughters tour Va.'s Luray CavernsWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha did a little sightseeing when they toured Luray Caverns, a popular tourist attraction in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The grounds of the caverns feature caves with such geological formations as stalactites and stalagmites.

July 13th, 2009 Explore themed driving trails in Fayetteville, NCFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The site of Babe's Ruth first professional home run and a hotel visited by the Marquis de Lafayette are two of the many historic attractions on a dozen themed trails in and around Fayetteville, N.C.

July 11th, 2009 Obama: Daughters should learn from slave tourCAPE COAST, Ghana — President Barack Obama says he hopes his family's tour of a former slave fortress on the coast of Ghana shows his daughters that history can take very cruel turns. Eleven-year-old Malia and eight-year-old Sasha accompanied Obama on a tour of Cape Coast Castle Saturday.

July 6th, 2009 US first lady, daughters tour KremlinMOSCOW — Russia's first lady Svetlana Medvedev took Michelle Obama and her two daughters on a low-key tour of the Kremlin just hours after they arrived in Moscow on Monday. They set out on their tour as President Barack Obama began talks with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev elsewhere in the Kremlin on arms control and other issues.

June 11th, 2009 Biden touts stimulus as tour begins at Pa. bridgeCARLISLE, Pa.

May 4th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Several leading tour operators from Britain arrived here Monday for a four-day Kerala familiarisation trip. The group includes senior officials of top British tour companies Carlton Leisure, Crystal, Exodus, Explore, Allison Brothers and Kuoni and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Ethihad Airways.

May 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Britney Spears has been granted permission to extend her Circus tour to Europe, it has emerged. The 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' hitmaker, who is under the conservatorship of her father Jamie, went to the L.A.

April 30th, 2009 Britney Spears' 'Circus' tour will travel EuropeLOS ANGELES — Britney Spears is taking her "Circus" tour across Europe. The pop singer has announced new tour dates this summer in several countries, including Ireland, Sweden, France, Russia and Germany.

April 29th, 2009 Britney's 'Circus' tour traveling EuropeLOS ANGELES — Britney Spears is taking her "Circus" tour across Europe. The pop singer announced new tour dates this summer in several countries, including Ireland, Sweden, France, Russia, and Germany.

April 28th, 2009 Obama team offers calm, experts for swine fluWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama responded to the first domestic emergency of his presidency by urging calm — and then dispatching officials to the cameras to again urge Americans to be calm. Obama said the emerging swine flu outbreak was "not a cause for alarm," even as the government began urgent steps to respond to the small but rising number of cases.

April 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Beyonce is ready to take America by a storm, as she has announced the American leg of her 'I am Sasha Fierce' world tour on her own website. The 'Ave Maria' hitmaker will start the American tour at New York City's Madison Square Garden on June 21, and will wind it with a four-night residency at the Encore theater in Las Vegas, reports E! Online.

January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Describing it as 'a historic occasion for all freedom loving people', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday congratulated US President Barack Obama on assuming office and hoped the multi-faceted India-US ties will get a boost during his presidency. Manmohan Singh also invited Obama and his spouse Michelle to visit India and underlined that he looked forward to working with the US president to 'address regional and global issues of common concern'.