President Obama unveiled a package of measures to help Americans with disabilities to mark the passage of the landmark American with Disabilities Act 20 years ago. One in six, about 54 million Americans suffer from some kind of disability. Despite the high numbers, the law still faced stiff opposition in Congress 20 years ago. “It [...]
(CNN) — The following is a list of the top 10 people who made the year 2009 memorable. It was compiled by CNN editor Jay Kernis, who acknowledges that it is entirely subjective. Kernis puts together a list each weekday of intriguing people, which runs on CNN.com. 1. Barack Obama: On January 20, Obama made [...]
NEW YORK & OSLO, Dec 10, 2009 / FW/ — Pres Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today with the First Lady Michelle Obama at his side wearing a sulfite laser cut velvet dress and sulfite laser cut velvet jacket from the Fall 2009 Calvin Klein Collection designed by Francisco Costa, the brands’ [...]
DALLAS, Jan 20, 2009 / FW/ — At 12:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, Barack Obama, the son of an immigrant from Kenya became the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to be voted into the highest office in the land. While the political pundits will dissect and interpret his inaugural [...]
A pop star, a history making President-elect and a losing Vice Presidential candidate were among the most searched during 2008 in Google, Yahoo and Lycos. Britney Spears As Yahoo at put it, as the search engine named Britney Spears as #1 for its 2008 Top Ten, “the singer’s steep trajectory to redemption restored her to [...]
A Renaissance woman, Mari Davis is the epitome of geek chic. She began her career as a software developer then by a twist of fate, she became a fashion editor. Mari is the Editor-in-Chief of FashionWindows.
