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March 31, 2012

President Obama at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. - pics


President Barack Obama smiles during a campaign fundraiser at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. , Friday, March, 30, 2012.


US President Barack Obama waves at supporters during a campaign event at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont, on March 30, 2012. Obama is on a day trip to Vermont and Maine to attend campaign events.
























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March 31, 2012

Hanging out with dad - pics


A male Bornean orangutan (bottom) spends time with its cub inside their enclosure at a city zoo in Moscow March 30, 2012.


A male Sumatran orangutan spends time with its cub inside their enclosure at a city zoo in Moscow March 30, 2012.


A male Sumatran orangutan spends time with its cub inside their enclosure at a city zoo in Moscow March 30, 2012.







March 30, 2012

President Obama picks up a presidential challenge coin dropped by Marine Sgt, Kristie Ness - pics


President Barack Obama picks up a presidential challenge coin after Marine Sgt, Kristie Ness, right, dropped the coin the president presented her, Friday, March 30, 2012, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Ness received the coin prior to her last flight mission on Marine One.











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March 30, 2012

George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush endorse Romney - pics


HOUSTON, TX - MARCH 29: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (L) meets with Former President George H.W. Bush at Bush's office on March 29, 2012 in Houston, Texas. Mitt Romney received an endorsement from Former President George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush during the meeting.













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March 30, 2012

Orangutan infant Aurora, and her surrogate mother Cheyenne - pics


Orangutan infant Aurora, 1, sits on top of her surrogate mother Cheyenne while they eat breakfast at the Houston Zoo Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Houston. Born at the zoo in March 2011, Aurora was abandoned by her mother and hand raised by volunteers for nine months before being adopted by Cheyenne.









squeeeee!!!!!!







March 29, 2012

More than a dozen (CA) Senators & Assembly members wear hoodies in memory of Trayvon Martin - pics

More than a dozen Senators and Assembly members wore hooded sweat shirts on the floor of each chamber and ended the day's session in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer...


State Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood puts on a hooded sweat shirt before speaking in memory of Trayvon Martin, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, March 29, 2012. More than a dozen Senators and Assembly members wore hooded sweat shirts on the floor of each chamber and ended the day's session in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford, Fla.


Wearing a hooded sweat shirt, state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, left, listens as Sen. Rod Wright, D-Ingelwood, center with back to camera, talks of the shooting of Trayvon Martin as the Senate adjourned of memory of the teen at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, March 29, 2012. More than a dozen Senators and Assembly members wore hooded sweat shirts on the floor of each chamber and ended the day's session in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford, Fla.


State Sen Lonnie Hancock, D-Berekeley, joined other lawmakers in wearing hooded sweat shirts as the Senate adjourned in memory of Trayvon Martin, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, March 29, 2012. More than a dozen Senators and Assembly members wore hooded sweat shirts on the floor of each chamber and ended the day's session in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford, Fla.


Assemblyman Steven Bradford, D-Gardenia, center, talks of the shooting of Trayvon Martin as the Assembly adjourned memory of the teen, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, March 29, 2012. More than a dozen Senators and Assembly members wore hooded sweat shirts on the floor of each chamber and ended the day's session in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford, Fla.


State Sen. Rod Wright, D-Inglewood, center, talks of the shooting of Trayvon Martin during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, March 29, 2012. More than a dozen Senators and Assembly members wore hooded sweat shirts on the floor of each chamber and ended the day's session in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford, Fla. Also seen are, from left, Assemblyman Isadore Hall, D-Compton, state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, Sen. Curren Price, D-Los Angeles, Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles and Assemblyman Steve Bradford, D-Gardena.


Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, touches the hood of her sweat shirt as she talks of the shooting of Trayvon Martin during a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, March 29, 2012. More than a dozen Senators and Assembly members wore hooded sweat shirts on the floor of each chamber and ended the day's session in memory of the 17-year-old who was shot to death Feb. 26 by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford, Fla. Also seen are state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, left, and Sen. Curren Price, D-Los Angeles, right.



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March 29, 2012

86-year old gymnast




Johanna Quaas is a better gymnast at age 86 than most of us will be at any age. Her floor routine was the talk of Germany’s Cottbus Cup this week, and she also put in an impressive performance on the parallel bars.





found at http://thedailywh.at/



March 27, 2012

President Obama leaves South Korea - pics


US President Barack Obama greets US soldiers and family members before boarding Air Force One at Osan Air Base in Osan on March 27, 2012 to leave South Korea after attending the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. South Korea hosted the second world Nuclear Security Summit, a gathering of world leaders first convened in 2010 by US President Barack Obama with the goal of securing vulnerable nuclear material by 2014.




US President Barack Obama (C) greets US soldiers and family members before boarding Air Force One at Osan Air Base in Osan on March 27, 2012 to leave South Korea after attending the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit. South Korea hosted the second world Nuclear Security Summit, a gathering of world leaders first convened in 2010 by US President Barack Obama with the goal of securing vulnerable nuclear material by 2014.











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March 27, 2012

Michelle Obama takes part in a 1912 Cherry Blossom tree planting re-enactment ceremony - pics


Children watch as US First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a ceremonial tree planting along the bank of the Potomac River on the National Mall on March 27, 2012 in Washington. Obama was joined by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Japanese ambassador to the US Ichiro Fujisaki and others to plant a cherry tree.


Children watch as US First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a ceremonial tree planting along the bank of the Potomac River on the National Mall on March 27, 2012 in Washington. Obama was joined by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Japanese ambassador to the US Ichiro Fujisaki and others to plant a cherry tree.


WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama takes part in a 1912 Cherry Blossom tree planting re-enactment ceremony with Yoriko Fujisaki near the Tidal Basin and along the Potomac River March 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. 2012 marks the 100th anniversary since the United States received 3,000 Cherry Blossom trees as a gift from Japan symbolizing the friendship between the two countries.



US First Lady Michelle Obama hands off a shovel during a ceremonial tree planting along the bank of the Potomac River on the National Mall on March 27, 2012 in Washington. Obama was joined by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Japanese ambassador to the US Ichiro Fujisaki and others to plant a cherry tree.


US First Lady Michelle Obama (C) talks with other participants while children help during a ceremonial tree planting along the bank of the Potomac River on the National Mall on March 27, 2012 in Washington. Obama was joined by US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Japanese ambassador to the US Ichiro Fujisaki and others to plant a cherry tree.


United States first lady Michelle Obama (C) along with Yoriko Fujisaki, (2R) wife of the Ambassador of Japan to the United States, and local school children, commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1912 gift of cherry blossom trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington, D.C. by planting a cherry blossom tree near the Tidal Basin in Washington March 27, 2012.


United States first lady Michelle Obama (R) and Yoriko Fujisaki, (L) wife of the Ambassador of Japan to the United States, commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1912 gift of cherry blossom trees from the city of Tokyo to Washington, D.C. by planting a cherry blossom tree near the Tidal Basin in Washington March 27, 2012.


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March 27, 2012

Elephant Plays with a Galaxy Note!


Peter the elephant plays with a Samsung Galaxy Note. This is all real, no film trickery, post-production or hidden cuts -- he's just a very clever elephant. Check out the unedited footage clips if you don't believe it:








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