Shirtless images of Obama cause stir online - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 12/24/2008 — WASHINGTON Forget Barack Obama 's staff making contact with a governor charged with corruption. What's got everyone talking is the president-elect's fine first form. "FIT FOR OFFICE: Buff Bam is Hawaii hunk," the New York Post gushed on its cover ...

Obama Shirtless Photos Hit Blogosphere
briefingroom.thehill.com 12/23/2008 — Barack Obama has been photographed topless in Hawaii — again — and blogs are eating it up. TMZ.com, the celebrity site known for its rogue methods of reporting, has posted a photo of of the president-elect in shorts and without a shirt ...

Obama Shirtless In Hawaii (PHOTOS)
tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2008: 12/22/2008 — From Bauer Griffin: Barack and his gals (wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Natasha) were spotted doing some pre-Christmas sunning on the security-riddled lovely coast of Kailua, Hawaii. And NO, we don't know where you can purchase Michelle's sensible one-piece. Enjoy our EXCLUSIVE ...

Papparrazo snaps shirtless Obama
politico.com 12/23/2008 — The photographer set out for the beach Monday to capture images of the soon-to-be first family.

Christmas miracle: Traffic soars on “shirtless Obama” Internet searches
hotair.com 12/24/2008 — Got an e-mail from Ed 20 minutes ago telling me to check SiteMeter. [...] Read the rest »

Shirtless Obama On Cover Of Washingtonian
huffingtonpost.com 4/21/2009 — The May cover of Washingtonian magazine features those paparazzi photos of a shirtless Barack Obama strolling the beach in Hawaii last year. The photo illustrates the magazine's "Reasons We Love Washington," the #2 reason for which is "Our new neighbor is hot." Check out the magazine ...

Duncan Caused Stir With Plan for High School for Gays
blogs.wsj.com 12/17/2008 — Brad Haynes reports on the transition. In selecting Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan as his education secretary Tuesday, President-elect Barack Obama aimed to satisfy the interests of reform-minded activists and the powerful teachers’ ...

News Analysis: G.M.’s Troubles Stir Question of Bankruptcy vs. a Bailout
nytimes.com 11/13/2008 — General Motors, with dire warnings, is seeking a bailout, but skeptics point to the benefits of bankruptcy, which can offer a new start. >

Obama Halloween display causes stir in western Colorado
democraticunderground.com 11/2/2008 — Source: [b]Aspen Times[/b] MACK, Colo. — A skeleton pirate holding a gun to an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who appeared to have just walked off the plank of a pirate ship, caused a stir in far western Colorado. The ...

Obama Halloween display causes stir in western Colorado
aspentimes.com 10/31/2008 — MACK, Colo. — A skeleton pirate holding a gun to an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who appeared to have just walked off the plank of a pirate ship, caused a stir in far western Colorado. The scene was a Halloween display ...

Blagojevich questioning takes up Obama's time (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/24/2008
AP - President-elect Barack Obama has said all along that neither he nor his team was involved in any eye-popping dealmaking over filling his vacated Senate seat. On Tuesday, Obama's hand-picked investigator agreed.

Obama team report says there was no dealing with Blagojevich over Senate seat — L.A. Times - Politics 12/24/2008
It says the president-elect had no contact with the Illinois governor and that Rahm Emanuel spoke with him, but not about a quid pro quo. Obama, Emanuel and Jarrett were interviewed in the inquiry. >  ...

Obama economic team tries to allay worries about stimulus plan — L.A. Times - Politics 12/24/2008
Vice President-elect Biden meets with top advisors to discuss the proposal that could cost as much as $775 billion over two years. He says there will be 'no earmarks' in the recovery plan. >  ...

Obama attends a memorial service for his grandmother — L.A. Times - Politics 12/24/2008
Family and friends gather in Hawaii to honor Madelyn Payne Dunham, who helped raise the president-elect. He and other family members scatter her ashes. >  ...

Retail group wants national sales tax holidays — Reuters: Politics 12/24/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. retail trade group asked President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday to add a series of temporary sales tax holidays to an economic stimulus package as a way to revive consumer spending.