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Obama in California: The good, the bad, and the $35,800 dinner plate

President Obama made his two-day, six-stop trip to California to raise money and rally his base. Along the way, he drew cheers at Facebook headquarters and hecklers in San Francisco.
New social media and the 2012 election: Waaaaay beyond Facebook 2008

Watch out, Obama: Everyone else has caught up to everything you did in 2008 – and all the tools you had then have become a lot more sophisticated.
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Why Obama is turning back to TV, despite big success in new media

On Monday, he doled out four one-on-one interviews with local TV station anchors. In the 2008 campaign, he used new media to build his national movement.
Is space shuttle Endeavour worth hundreds of millions of dollars to L.A.?

After its final flight later this month, space shuttle Endeavour will move to Los Angeles, where students and space fans will get to 'actually stand next to' a real spacecraft.
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Obama as American Idol: president to be guest on Ryan Seacrest radio show

In a final bid to bring young voters to the polls, President Obama will join Ryan Seacrest's radio talk show on Election Day.
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Obama on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart: heavy on issues, hold the comedy

'The Daily Show' host Jon Stewart grilled President Obama on his campaign promises in a remarkably somber 23 minutes for the comedy program Wednesday night.
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'Baracka Flacka Flames': Does foul-mouthed spoof help or hurt Obama?

The 'Head of the State' video that portrays President Obama as a swearing, drinking, racial epithet-hurling 'Baracka Flacka Flames' is driving debate on satire and the mood of youth voters.
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Colbert-Stewart rally: Bigger than a tea party?

People who can't make it to Washington for the Jon Stewart-Stephen Colbert 'Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear' Oct. 30 are holding 'meet-ups.' By one measure, the rally might spawn more local events than the tea party movement has.
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Why Fox News has agreed to run an unflattering ad

Fox News has accepted an ad that takes on Fox’s parent company, News Corp. It could turn out to be a good public-relations move for the cable channel.