White House says South Lawn garden tests positive for lead but is not dangerous

October 13th, 2009 Latin party guest chef raids White House gardenWASHINGTON — Tuesday night's Fiesta Latina concert at the White House wasn't just a chance to showcase Latin music. The White House brought in guest chef Maricel Presilla to help tell the pan-Latin story through finger food.

September 24th, 2009 DC's new Michelle Melt: Turkey burger with a causeWASHINGTON — There's a new burger in town, and it's got Michelle Obama's name on it. The "Michelle Melt" turkey burger at Good Stuff Eatery was unveiled Thursday by chef Spike Mendelsohn, a former contestant on Bravo's "Top Chef" competition.

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Reports indicate that US President Barrack Obama intends to make the White House the greenest it has ever been, during his stay at the place. According to a report in Environmental News Network (ENN), upon first entering the White House, President Obama had said, "Each of us have a role to play in not being wasteful when it comes to energy.

July 11th, 2009 Texas steroid tests still net few positive resultsAUSTIN, Texas — Texas' steroid-testing program for high schoolers — the nation's largest — has returned just eight positive results from the latest 16,000 tests. The University Interscholastic League said the results announced Friday bring to 19 the total cases of steroids use confirmed by 45,000 tests conducted since February 2008.

June 26th, 2009 Obama, Merkel to meet Friday at White HouseWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House. During a meeting Friday in the Oval Office and a working lunch, the two leaders are expected to discuss a wide range of subjects, including the war in Afghanistan and economic policy in the midst of the worldwide recession.

June 22nd, 2009 Obama to have news conference TuesdayWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has scheduled his first Rose Garden news conference. The White House on Monday said Obama would take questions from reporters at 12:30 p.m.

June 16th, 2009 Students join Mrs. Obama in harvesting gardenWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama welcomed fifth-graders back to the White House garden Tuesday to pick the lettuce and peas they helped plant in the spring.

June 10th, 2009 Storm knocks over tree at White HouseWASHINGTON — Strong winds have knocked down a tree on the White House's North Lawn. The tree appeared to have been snapped off near its base during a storm Tuesday afternoon.

May 29th, 2009 Michelle Obama visits White House garden helpersWASHINGTON — It was time for Michelle Obama to return the favor. She put out the welcome mat at the White House and is opening its doors to all types of visitors, schoolchildren especially.

May 29th, 2009 Mrs. Obama: White House garden is 'blooming'WASHINGTON — The White House garden is blooming and bursting. That's what first lady Michelle Obama told some of the Washington, D.C., fifth-graders who helped her plant it.

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.

May 1st, 2009 Michelle Obama encourages spouses to volunteerWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama hopes to turn an annual White House picnic for members of Congress into a community service event for lawmakers and their families. She proposed the idea to congressional spouses on Thursday during their annual first lady's luncheon.

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.

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.

March 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - With an eye to the nation's expanding waistlines and dwindling incomes, Michelle Obama is organising a vegetable garden at the White House. The spade was to be turned Friday for the first such garden at the White House since the victory garden planted by Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II, media reports said.