Zawahiri warns 'house negro' Obama (AFP via Yahoo! News) Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri ridiculed US president-elect Barack Obama as a "house negro" and warned him against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in an Internet audio message released on Wednesday.
Icelandic Author Signed by Random House (Iceland Review) There is rarely a situation so serious that it cannot be made fun of. Laughter after all ails the soul and lifts the heart. more Click on the picture to accept a dinner invitation from one of the finest restaurants in Reykjavík, the Lobster House, which specializes in Icelandic lobster and is located in the heart of the city.
Artist donates work for Freedom House silent auction (Kewanee Star Courier) N. Dana Collins of Princeton can paint a picture with words just as eloquently as she can with a brush, and because of these broad strokes, she has made waves literally and figuratively in and for the domestic violence movement.
Update: Obama Girls to Visit the White House (Washington Post) Sasha and Malia on their way to school in Chicago last week. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) After trips to two D.C. private schools, Malia and Sasha Obama are getting a special personal tour of the White House this afternoon, accompanied by grandma Marian Robinson and their mother. "Mrs. Obama greatly...