The good, the bad, the tasty: Obama savors chef’s to-die-for pie; grates at ’shine police’

September 30th, 2009 Hillary Clinton likes being president for a dayUNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she likes being president — even if it's just of the U.N.

September 23rd, 2009 Obama: UN has often been forum for discordUNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama says the United Nations is at a pivotal point in its history. Obama says the UN has done extraordinary good around the world, but has often been a forum for discord instead of forging common ground.

August 31st, 2009 Cape May, NJ: Food & Wine Festival, Victorian WeekCAPE MAY, N.J. — The Cape May Food & Wine Festival unfolds over nine days, from Sept.

August 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A newly opened restaurant in Japan has robots instead of humans as its chefs. The FuA-Men - Fully Automated raMen restaurant in Nagoya, Japan features a chef and an assistant, and both of them are robots.

July 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a bid to diffuse the controversial racial row following his remark in the arrest of a Black Harvard professor, US President Barack Obama has telephoned and invited the White Sergeant and the professor to the White House for a beer. "My impression of him was that he was an outstanding police -officer and a good man," Obama revealed, adding that he made a five minute long telephone call to the concerned officer.

July 24th, 2009 Obama calls arrest of Harvard scholar unnecessaryWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is standing by his assertion that police did not need to arrest a Harvard scholar who was trying to get into his own home. Obama said in an interview with ABC that he has "extraordinary respect" for the challenges and hardships that law enforcement officers face every day in their line of work.

July 23rd, 2009 Obama says police acted 'stupidly' in arrestWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that police acted "stupidly" in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that despite racial progress blacks and Hispanics are still singled out unfairly for arrest.

July 2nd, 2009 Obama's challenge: Tweens take over Camp DavidWASHINGTON — Finally, something that intimidates President Barack Obama: a bunch of tween girls. The president talked about his family's plans for the July Fourth holiday during an AP interview Thursday, and revealed that Camp David had been invaded by about 20 girls there to celebrate daughter Malia's 11th birthday on Saturday.

June 29th, 2009 Mass man held in girl's kidnapping, attempted rapeHANOVER, Mass. — Prosecutors say a Massachusetts man lured a 6-year-old girl to an apartment, restrained her and injected her with an unknown substance intending to rape her, but instead freed her and slashed his own wrist.

June 28th, 2009 Prosecutor: Mass. girl escapes would-be rapistHANOVER, Mass.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama: Bernanke doing good jobWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is doing a fine job under difficult circumstances but he declines to say whether he will reappoint the chairman in January. Obama said he would not make news about Bernanke at a White House press conference Tuesday.

June 22nd, 2009 NY restaurant uses Italian grandmas as chefsNEW YORK — Now that's Italian! A Staten Island restaurant is relying on a group of Italian-born grandmothers for its menus. The women take turns cooking at 35-seat Enoteca Maria, using recipes from the different parts of Italy they come from.

May 12th, 2009 Obama praises police for efforts in tough timesWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says police officers deserve respect and support because as the economy worsens, crime rises. Obama said Tuesday that the nation's economic recovery depends on police because neighborhoods with crime don't grow or add jobs.

May 5th, 2009 Winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation AwardsThe winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards include: RESTAURANTS AND CHEFS (NATIONAL) — Outstanding Restaurateur: Drew Nieporent, Myriad Restaurant Group, New York — Outstanding Chef: Dan Barber, Blue Hill, New York — Outstanding Restaurant: Jean Georges, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Phil Suarez, New York — Outstanding New Restaurant: Momofuku Ko, David Chang and Peter Serpico, New York — Rising Star Chef: Nate Appleman, A16, San Francisco — Outstanding Pastry Chef: Gina DePalma, Babbo, New York — Outstanding Wine Service: Le Bernardin, Wine Director: Aldo Sohm, New York — Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional: Dale DeGroff, Dale DeGroff Co., New York — Outstanding Service: Daniel, Daniel Boulud, New York CHEFS (REGIONAL) — Best Chef: Great Lakes Michael Symon, Lola, Cleveland — Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic Jose Garces, Amada, Philadelphia — Best Chef: Midwest Tim McKee, La Belle Vie, Minneapolis — Best Chef: New York Gabriel Kreuther, The Modern, New York — Best Chef: Northeast Rob Evans, Hugo's, Portland, Maine — Best Chef: Northwest Maria Hines, Tilth, Seattle — Best Chef: Southwest Paul Bartolotta, Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas — Best Chef: South John Currence, City Grocery, Oxford, Miss. — Best Chef: Southeast Mike Lata, Fig, Charleston, S.C.

March 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has attracted controversy again by saying that his poor bowling skills make him a likely candidate for the Special Olympics. His spokesman, however, quickly said Obama did not mean any offense by his comment.