BARACK OBAMA

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Kate Middleton makes her way onto Vanity Fair?s 72nd Annual International 'Best-Dressed' List this year, making the fashion cut for the second time in 3 years. Middleton's inaugural appearance came in 2008, and a whirlwind of fashion successes followed.

President Barack Obama turned 50 on Thursday. But the celebration was muted by a big decline on Wall Street. Some economists are suggesting the U.S. is just "one shock" away from another recession, and questions are being peppered to Obama about his plans for turning around the U.S. economy.

President Barack Obama took steps to strengthen America's policing of war crimes on Thursday, issuing a proclamation that bars some human rights violators from entering the country, and that also sets up a board to try and anticipate imminent mass atrocities.

Emboldened by concessions wrung from their own leadership and President Barack Obama during the debt limit fight, Tea Party-affiliated lawmakers will likely remain a driving force in the Republican Party -- and possibly induce gridlock until the 2012 elections.

U.S. states are making "unprecedented" cuts to unemployment benefit programs, hoping to keep their budgets in line as the country's jobless rate shows no sign of budging, according to a report the National Employment Law Project released on Wednesday.

Security experts have discovered an unprecedented series of cyber attacks on the networks of 72 organizations globally, including the United Nations, governments and corporations, over a five-year period.

President Barack Obama celebrates the big 5-0.

In the largest one-day hike in history, U.S. Government debt shot up to $239 billion.

President Barack Obama turned his 50th birthday into a 2012 campaign fundraising bonanza on Wednesday, buoyed by a hometown crowd after what he called a frustrating period locked in a debt battle with Republicans.

The U.S. Debt Deal crisis has claimed another casualty: the U.S. air transportation system -- Congress has left town without funding a key Federal Aviation Administration budget: as a result, 70,000 construction and related workers have been idled, and 4,000 furloughed, work on projects valued at $11 billion has been delayed.

Obama receives a lot of love- and campaign contributions- on his birthday.

Faced with the prospect of a U.S. debt deal that could substantially shrink the military budget, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta posted a letter to Pentagon employees warning against 'misguided' cuts that could imperil the nation's security.

President Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to end the 12 day long FAA shutdown, as they recessed for the summer. The President remarked that members need not even return to town to resolve the dispute, and that it could be done through a procedural agreement when the debate resumes in September. He stated, "This is a lose, lose, lose situation that can be easily solved...."

If you are disappointed or frustrated by how the Democratic Party handled the U.S. debt deal talks, just wait a few months.

As Facebook's recently launched competitor Google+ is raging ahead with 25 million unique visitors, Randi Zuckerberg, Director of Marketing Facebook, has decided to leave.

Two top Republican leaders have apologized to President Obama for using racially charged language while criticizing the White House policies.

Corporate America is not likely to punish Republicans who ignored their pleas and voted against a bill to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, looking to court them for bigger fights ahead, according to business lobbyists.

U.S. airlines are not likely to bow to pressure from the White House and elsewhere to rollback a fare increase facilitated by a Washington political standoff that could net the industry more than $1 billion in unexpected third quarter revenue.

The world's largest economy was headed toward an unprecedented default, and all Washington wanted to talk about was the manner in which the president had left a room.

The world's largest economy was headed toward an unprecedented default, and all Washington wanted to talk about was the manner in which the president had left a room.