How Obama's Year 2 Approval Rating Stacks Up

Jan 15th 2010 – 2:31 PM |AOL News

(Jan. 15) -- What a difference a year can make. President Obama's approval rating, which started out at 64 percent in the Gallup poll taken last January, has fallen to 50 percent. It's one of the...

Job Satisfaction Keeps Falling

Jan 15th 2010 – 12:19 PM |AOL News

Even at a time when many workers consider themselves lucky to be employed at all, a poll shows Americans' job satisfaction is the lowest on record. Only 45 percent of U.S. workers are satisfied with...

Rescuers Face Extra Challenges in Haiti

Jan 13th 2010 – 2:06 PM |Sphere

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(Jan. 13) -- As emergency teams from around the world head for Haiti, relief agency employees who live in the devastated nation are already working to ease the suffering of earthquake victims. The...

Sarah Palin Signs Deal With Fox News

Jan 11th 2010 – 2:14 PM |Sphere

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(Jan. 11) -- Fox News viewers will be seeing more of Sarah Palin soon. The former Republican vice presidential candidate is going to be a contributor on the network. "I am thrilled to be joining...

Prime-Time Experiment Blows Up in NBC's Face

Jan 11th 2010 – 11:02 AM |Sphere

NBC

(Jan. 11) -- Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien started taking jabs at NBC in their monologues late last week as rumors about their fate swirled. Now that the network has decided to drop Leno's prime-time...

President Obama Has 'Lost' Fans Worried

Jan 7th 2010 – 6:17 PM |Sphere

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(Jan. 7) – President Obama might lose the "Lost" vote if he picks the night of Feb. 2 to deliver his State of the Union address. The president traditionally gives the speech in late January....

Palin Will Star at First Tea Party Convention

Jan 7th 2010 – 3:29 PM |Sphere

AP

(Jan. 7) -- Amid this week's speculation about potential Tea Party leaders comes word that Sarah Palin has agreed to deliver the keynote speech at the movement's first national convention next...

Bloggers Consider Deliberate-Dud Theory

Jan 6th 2010 – 6:25 PM |Sphere

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(Jan. 6) – Among the many "what-ifs" being batted around online in the wake of the Christmas plane bombing attempt is one that got its start on Andrew Sullivan's blog. What if, a reader asked,...

Fur Flies Over Michelle Obama PETA Ad

Jan 6th 2010 – 8:59 AM |Sphere

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(Jan. 6) -- The first lady's office thinks the latest anti-fur ad from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is far from fabulous. PETA has rolled out a campaign in the Washington area that...

Who Else Crashed Obama's State Dinner?

Jan 5th 2010 – 12:06 PM |Sphere

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(Jan. 5) -- Tareq and Michaele Salahi weren't the only ones who got into the state dinner at the White House without an invitation. The Secret Service confirms there was a third party crasher. But...

Message of Obama Photo Is in Eye of Beholder

Jan 4th 2010 – 11:23 AM |Sphere

The White House

(Jan. 4) -- It's a new year, but some things never change. People will see a photograph of someone -- especially a hot-button personality -- and suddenly they feel imbued with the power to read...

In Many Ways, 2009 Was the Year of Palin

Dec 29th 2009 – 7:19 PM |Sphere

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(Dec. 29) -- The president is always under a microscope, so it's natural that he dominates the news throughout the year. That's especially true for the first year of a young president who was swept...

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