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White House Announces Contraceptive Compromise

The compromise aims to tamp down ire among Catholic officials that the Affordable Care Act rule on contraception coverage would force religiously-affiliated organizations to violate church teaching.
Steve Jobs FBI File: All The Details From 191-Page Report On Apple CEO

Steve Jobs FBI File: All The Details From 191-Page Report On Apple CEO

A comprehensive background check on Steve Jobs was conducted by the FBI in 1991, intended to vet him for a position in the George H. W. Bush White House. What position did Jobs end up holding? What did his co-workers and neighbors think of him? What was the 1985 bomb threat that first caused Jobs and the FBI to cross paths? Here are all the details so far from the 1991 Steve Jobs FBI file.
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No Child Left Behind: Obama grants 10 states leeway on education law

President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was granting 10 states exemptions from parts of the No Child Left Behind education law, a move that could prove popular in an election year with parents and teachers who have criticized the law - but raises concern among some advocates for low-income and minority students.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio

Birth Control Rules Fuel Pre-election Political Firestorm

The top Republican in the Congress on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives as an assault on religious freedom and vowed to overturn it, as the White House sought to prevent the issue from becoming an election-year liability.
First Lady Michelle Obama, who has spearheaded a healthy eating and fitness program for children for two years, will lend her voice on Thursday to the military's efforts to overhaul the food it serves.

Michelle Obama Spearheads New Plan to Overhaul Military Meals

Obese Americans in the military are a national security hazard and first lady Michelle Obama wants to see that change. Obama, who has spearheaded a healthy eating and fitness program for children for two years, will lend her voice on Thursday to the military's efforts to overhaul the food it serves.
The U.S. Air Force plans to buy up to 18,000 iPads for its Air Mobility Command (AMC), replacing 70-pound flight bags with 1.3-pound Apple iPad 2s for the crews that fly cargo aircrafts.

U.S. Air Force Buys 18,000 Apple iPads to Replace Flight Bags

Following the precedent set by commercial airliners in December 2011, the U.S. Air Force plans to buy up to 18,000 iPads for its Air Mobility Command (AMC), replacing heavy flight bags with light and efficient Apple iPad 2s for the crews that fly cargo aircrafts.
Emergency contraception, also known as the "morning after pill" and seen by many conservatives as akin to abortion, for the most part would not fall under the rule since it is already available without a prescription to those 17 and older.

White House Defends Contraception Rules as Criticism Mounts

The Obama administration is willing to work with Catholic universities, hospitals and other church-affiliated employers to implement a new policy that requires health insurers to offer birth control coverage, a top adviser to the president's re-election campaign said on Tuesday.
The White House said it will spend and extra $50 million this year, and it will seek an extra $80 million in fiscal 2013 to bolster Alzheimer's research. Obama also plans to spend an additional $26 million in programs to support people who care for A

Obama Boosts Funds for Alzheimer's Disease Research

The Obama administration plans to spend an additional $156 million over the next two years to help find an effective treatment for Alzheimer's, a fatal brain-wasting disease that affects more than 5 million Americans.

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