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2010-03-17T17:16:34Z

US First Lady Michelle Obama calls on corporate food giants at a meeting of the Grocery Manufacturers Association to step up efforts to produce more healthful food to help fight child obesity. Washington DC, USA - 16.03.10...

CAPITAL CULTURE: Designer favored by Obama closes

2010-03-18T14:45:13Z

<div id="subtitle">CAPITAL CULTURE: Maria Pinto, designer favored by Michelle Obama, set to close Chicago store</div><div><p>The signs of Maria Pinto's rise were clear when Michelle Obama entered the world stage wearing her designs, also favored by Oprah Winfrey...

First lady: Diet is key to children's productivity

2010-03-17T11:00:51Z

<div id="subtitle">Michelle Obama says her fight against obesity isn't about how kids look but their energy level</div><div><p>First lady Michelle Obama says her fight against childhood obesity isn't about appearance but about whether kids have enough energy to be productive at school.</p><p>Speaking Wednesday at a forum sponsored by Newsweek m...

Michelle Obama talks anti-obesity to food giants

2010-03-17T06:00:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Michelle Obama takes campaign to end childhood obesity to the country's largest food makers</div><div><p>Michelle Obama is urging the nation's largest food companies to speed up efforts to make healthier foods and reduce marketing of unhealthy foods to children.</p><p>Mrs. Obama asked the companies, gathered at a meeting of the Reuters) - Food manufacturers need to work faster to re-formulate and re-package food so that it is healthier for kids, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama said on Tuesday.</p><p>Obama, who is spearheading an administration initiative on child obesity, praised members of the First Lady Michelle Obama continues her campaign to improve fitness and combat obesity in children as she speaks at the Grocery Manufacturers Association Science Forum meeting in Washington, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Michelle Obama will make her first solo official trip as first lady to Mexico next month, to stress education and economic development, the White House said Friday.</p><p>"In recognition of the deep ties between the United States and Mexico, Fi...

Michelle Obama to Mexico on first official trip alone

2010-03-12T08:15:35Z

<div><p>Michelle Obama will make her first solo official trip as first lady to Mexico next month, to stress education and economic development, the White House said Friday.</p><p>"In recognition of the deep ties between the United States and Mexico, Fi...

Michelle Obama plans to visit Mexico in April

2010-03-12T08:00:04Z

<div id="subtitle">Michelle Obama to visit Mexico, first solo trip abroad as first lady; education, economy focus</div><div><p>Michelle Obama will make her first solo trip abroad as first lady next month when she visits Mexico.</p><p>The White House says she'll will visit

Michelle Obama to visit Mexico on first solo trip

2010-03-12T07:30:08Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama will visit Mexico next month on her first solo international trip, the White House said on Friday.</p><p>On the April 13-15 trip, she will seek to "amplify the president's commitment to a...

Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista

2010-03-11T03:46:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Actress Reese Witherspoon says first lady has toppled Elle Woods as capital's top fashionista</div><div><p>Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama<...

Hillary Clinton And Michelle Obama Host Int'l Women of Courage Awards

2010-03-10T16:31:10Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 10: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) presents the fourth annual Award for International Women of Courage to Sister Marie Claude Naddaf of Syria as first lady Michelle Obama looks on during a ceremony at the State Department Marc...

Michelle Obama PTA

2010-03-10T13:18:34Z

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about her "Let's Move" campaign during a meeting of the National PTA in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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First lady launches contest for healthy kids games

2010-03-10T13:16:01Z

<div><p>First lady Michelle Obama challenged software and video game designers Wednesday to develop games and tools that get kids, especially 9- to 12-year-olds, excited about eating better and exercising more.</p><p>The carrot? A chance to share in $40,000 in cash prizes.</p><p>The Apps for Healthy Kids contest is part of Mrs. Obama's "Let's Move!" campaign to raise public awareness about the nationa...

Michelle Obama's ball gown makes museum debut

2010-03-10T05:16:21Z

<div><p>First Lady Michelle Obama bowed to tradition Tuesday and donated the dazzling ball gown she wore for her husband's presidential inauguration last January to the Smithsonian museum institution.</p><p>The flowing, white, one-shouldered Jason Wu gown studded with appliqué embroidery, ...

obama womens day

2010-03-09T18:17:33Z

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama The International Women's Day receprion in the East Room of the White House Washington DC, USA - 08.03.10

First Lady's Dress

2010-03-09T14:17:43Z

First lady Michelle Obama arrives at a ceremony to donate the gown that she wore to the 2009 inaugural ball to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The print dress she is wearing today is by designer Prabal Gurung. (AP ...

First lady to deliver 3 commencement addresses

2010-03-09T11:00:54Z

<div id="subtitle">First lady to deliver commencement addresses at 2 colleges, 1 high school this spring</div><div><p>First lady Michelle Obama will be the featured graduation speaker at three commencement ceremonies this spring.</p><p>Mrs. Obama will speak to graduates at the University of Arkansas at ...

First Lady Michelle Obama Donates Her Inaugural Gown To The Smithsonian

2010-03-09T10:48:06Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 09: First lady Michelle Obama hugs inaugural dress designer Jason Wu during an event where she donated her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian Museum of American History on March 9, 2010 in Washington, DC.

Obama bemoans hardship in Women's Day speech

2010-03-08T16:16:28Z

<div><p>President Barack Obama warned on Monday that women in America still faced unfairness and hardship, as he vowed to fight for gender equality at a White House reception on International Women's Day.</p><p>"I didn't run for president so that the dreams of our daughters could be deferred or deni...