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First Lady Michelle Obama has unveiled plans for the most sweeping overhaul of nutrition labels on US food packages in more than two decades. Calorie counts will appear in larger, bolder type, and consumers will know for the first time whether foods have added sugars. Under the Obama administration's plan, labels will also feature more realistic descriptions of a serving. It is not clear whether the food industry will support the proposals. 'Families deserve better' "You as a parent and a consumer should be able to walk into your local grocery store, pick up an item off the shelf and...

It’s not just about what America’s kids are getting in the lunch line. The Obama administration is moving to phase out junk food advertising on football scoreboards and elsewhere on school grounds—part of a broad effort to combat child obesity and create what Michelle Obama calls “a new norm” for today’s schoolchildren and future generations. “This new approach to eating and activity is not just a fad,” Mrs. Obama said Tuesday as she described the proposed rules at the White House. Promotion of sugary drinks and junk foods around campuses during the school day would be phased out under the...

The Obama administration laid out new restrictions on the marketing of junk food and sugary drinks in schools on Tuesday. The new rules from the White House and the Department of Agriculture prohibit advertisements for unhealthy foods on school campuses during the school day, including sugary drinks that account for 90 percent of such ads in school. An ad for regular Coca-Cola, for example, would be banned from appearing on a scoreboard at a high school football game, though ads for Diet Coke and Dasani water, owned by the same company, would be allowed. Junk food ads like a Coca-Cola...

She said this...see it here.In fairness (as if she deserves it) she was saying young people need health insurance because of the things they do that would ultimately require medical attention. She's not saying they're knuckleheads for not buying into Obamacare (that argument comes next as the law continues to collapse).Honestly, she doesn't deserve this benefit of the doubt because it's actually just another example of how government (for which she is speaking on behalf of) views us as infantile cattle that need to be herded and "cared" for, and that SHE and her ilk must do the caring.Maybe what...

I have Netflix, and I keep hearing great stuff about House of Cards...I'm very close to checking it out.I would definitely watch this show though...

After doing a fun bit in a Tonight Show sketch, Michelle Obama sat down to talk with Jimmy Fallon about life in the White House, dealing with two young girls while still being the First Lady and all, her Let’s Move! healthy living initiative, and getting young people signed up under the Affordable Care Act. Obama said Malia and Sasha are basically just like every other kid: they want “nothing to do” with their parents. After chatting about that and the Olympics a bit, Fallon brought up the Let’s Move campaign (which Fallon has promoted twice before when the First...

On the "Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon, First Lady Michelle Obama explained that it was more important than ever for young people older than 26 to sign up for health insurance. "A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads," she laughed, pointing out that they often cut themselves while cooking or injure themselves by dancing on bar stools. Obama added that thanks to Obamacare, coverage for young people was much cheaper. "Now young people can get insurance for as little as $50 a month, less than the cost of gym shoes," she...

The office of First Lady Michelle Obama is taking credit for moving the nation "towards a new, healthier norm," according to a press release celebrating the four year anniversary of the "Let's Move" initiative."This week, First Lady Michelle Obama will kick off a celebration around the fourth anniversary of Let’s Move!, her initiative to ensure that all our children grow up healthy and reach their full potential," reads the release. Today, we are moving toward a healthier future and this movement is becoming the new norm all across the country.  From child care centers through high school, from sun up to sun...

This is so bad it's awesome. The best marriage Photoshop can buy ;-PWhen was this? The trip home from selfie-gate?

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Ron in Columbus, Ohio. Hey, great to have you on the program. Hello. CALLER: Hi, Rush. You know, the first time around it was said that Barack Obama stole the nomination from Hillary. RUSH: Right. CALLER: I'm saying the next time around, it's an Obama that's gonna steal it again, but it's gonna be Michelle. RUSH: Oh, wouldn't that be delicious? CALLER: Supposedly the polls show Michelle higher in the polls than Hillary, and -- RUSH: Well -- CALLER: -- then the Obamas will use the excuse that they need to be in office longer because they...

MICHELLE OBAMA is already hammering away at a $15 million memoir that will rip the lid off President Barack Obama’s secret extramarital hijinks and public flirta­tions with other women, sources tell The ENQUIRER. “Michelle has suffered in silence, while Barack ignored her to live it up surrounded by adoring beauties,” an insider told The ENQUIRER. “She’s fed up, and she’s going to use a poison-pen memoir of her White House years to get revenge on him

Simply Stunning– Michelle Obama’s dinner dress cost more than the annual poverty level in the US. Via Twitchy: Stu Burguiere @WorldOfStu Michelle Obama's dress = $12,000. US Poverty Level = $11,490.Last night the Obamas hosted a state dinner for French Socialist leader Francois Hollande. Michelle Obama wore a $12,000 dress – while the rest of America suffers through the worst economic recovery ever.

The dress first lady Michelle Obama wore at last night's state dinner was the topic of discussion last night on CNN: The Blog CNN: Michelle Obama's 'Dress Probably Cost Around $12,000' 8:01 AM, Feb 12, 2014 • By DANIEL HALPER Send to Kindle Single Page Print Larger Text Smaller Text Alerts The dress first lady Michelle Obama wore at last night's state dinner was the topic of discussion last night on CNN: One guest thought the cost of the dress was close to $10,000. "Well, first of all, I love the dress on her because I think it's so elegant...

The first lady chose a dramatic Carolina Herrera ball gown with a voluminous skirt and lace-overlay top. The blue and black gown is the first dress with sleeves Obama has worn to a state dinner. Previously she donned one-shouldered pieces from Peter Soronen and Doo-Ri Chung, and a strapless gown by Naeem Khan for the administration’s first official state dinner in 2009 for India. The dress includes a black hand-sewn beaded embroidery applique scallop-edged top over a liberty blue silk faille corset, according to a statement from the designer. A wide black velvet belt breaks up the top from the

The White House is applauding a University of Missouri football player’s decision to announce that he is gay, with President Barack Obama’s spokesman, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden all portraying him as a courageous and inspirational athlete. […] The tweet was signed “-mo,” which is how the White House marks messages personally sent by the first lady. …

The self-described "mom-in-chief" has some thoughts about Justin Bieber's growing pains.(VIDEO-AT-LINK) While a WhiteHouse.gov petition to deport Justin Bieber awaits the administration's official response, first lady Michelle Obama has her own thoughts about the 19-year-old Canadian's string of bad behavior. Asked what she would do if she were Bieber's mother, Pattie Mallette, Obama said she would keep close to her son. “I would pull him close,” Obama told Univision. “I don’t know if it would be advice as much as action. I would be very present in his life right now. And I would be probably with him a good...

"Don't leave money on the table," Michelle Obama told students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia this week, seeking to put as many people as possible on the receiving end of a government check. Nothing builds the Democrats' voter base faster than the widespread ability to raid other taxpayers for support.  How widespread? "Almost everyone is eligible for some form of financial aid, and all you have to do to access that aid is fill out this one little form. It's so simple." Simple, as in one-stop shopping, all the better to build that constituency for OPM (other...

For some, Animal Planet’s annual “Puppy Bowl” is more sacred than the Super Bowl. CNN summed it up in a nutshell: . . . the sublime result of pairing a bunch of wiggly puppies — 66, in fact — with squeaky toys and a mini-stadium set. Add a “rufferee” and a kitty-filled halftime, and every floppy tackle or slobbered-on football inspires an unintelligible burst of baby talk and giggles. That’s the power of puppies! Maybe it’s not for everyone, but those who love it want to keep politics out, and who can blame them? This year, Michelle Obama had to...

Michelle Obama can be downright mean -- especially when it comes to her husband. The First Lady reprised her early campaign role as ego-buster this past Friday at a Women's Lunch fundraiser benefitting the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Mrs. Obama elicited laughter from her mostly female audience when she portrayed Mr. Obama as a powerless child in constant need of guidance. But let's be clear -- and I have said this again -- Barack cannot do this all alone just sitting by himself in the Oval Office. (Laughter.) It's a sad thought, isn't it? It's a sad little thought....