A new biography about Michelle Obama delves into her years at Princeton, in particular Obama's senior thesis, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community."
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The Bears' beleaguered defense came in with a simple strategy: slow down Adrian Peterson and use its best cornerback, Charles Tillman, to take away the only other threat the Minnesota Vikings have. They have not had a game plan fizzle this poorly since, well, their trip to Green Bay two weeks ago.
Analysis: Two days after the Irish were bludgeoned 38-3 by USC, it's time to unzip the body bag on Notre Dame's regular season and begin the autopsy. First-year athletic director Jack Swarbrick is scrubbing his hands in anticipation of overseeing the postmortem examination. Swarbrick is the wild card in this process.
It was only one game, and it's usually not wise to make too much of a
single occurrence, but the Bulls believe their 103-92 comeback victory
Sunday over the Philadelphia 76ers is a testament to their growth
during the stretch of seven road games.
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Fifty years is a long time to cry. Della Maffiola wept again Sunday as she remembered her son Joseph, killed in the Our Lady of the Angels school fire 50 years ago today. "It feels like yesterday,'' she said. Joseph, 10, and 91 other students and three nuns who died in the Chicago blaze were remembered in a Sunday mass at Holy Family Church, 1080 W. Roosevelt.
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Debra Messing has a dancing scene in her new movie, but that's not the only time she got to shake it on the set of "Nothing Like the Holidays." "I was filming a winter scene on a front porch in Humboldt Park," she says, "and real hypothermia set in. I hear it was your worst winter in about 100 years. It was raining ice and about 10 below. My whole body was shaking, and then it was time for my closeup." 
Just weeks after posting record profits, steel makers are facing a harsh new reality: dwindling orders, production cuts, layoffs. And tougher times lie ahead, analysts say. The steel industry, which employs about 17,000 workers in northwest Indiana, had been riding high earlier this year, as surging demand from China and other countries, coupled with soaring prices for materials used in steel making, produced the most lucrative market for the metal in more than 60 years. 
Lynn Sweet has the latest updates on President-elect Obama's transition to the White House
After the historic 2008 Presidential election, Lynn Sweet is following Barack Obama's transition to the White House every step of the way. Check back throughout the day for the latest news on Cabinet picks, the inauguration and the forthcoming Presidential pet.
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