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After the Obama administration-embraced solar-panel company Solyndra collapsed and defaulted on its government-backed loans, the surging U.S. solar industry is suddenly worried that the subsidies it receives -- tax credits and loans guarantees -- could dry up in the face of opposition from conservatives.

Barack Obama has moved on from Chicago onto the White House. In the meantime, his hometown has been crumbling in poverty and unemployment.
RT's Anastasia Churkina travels to the forgotten turned dangerous neighborhoods of the city.

President Obama praises those Americans who carried out the operation to kill Osama bin Laden, tells the families of the victims of September 11, 2001 that they have never been forgotten, and calls on Americans to remember the unity of that tragic day.

Comedian Jon Stewart has more clout in America than President Barack Obama. That's the view of voters on an online men's magazine who picked the Daily Show host as the most "influential man of the year" in the US.

As President Barack Obama marks his 100th day in office today, weve set out to grade the 44th presidents performance on the bread-and-butter issues near and dear to Wired.com:
copyright, cyber security, science, net neutrality, transparency and privacy.
Obama scored high marks in some, but in others he may have to go to summer school.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama is widely hailed as a fashion icon, but industry insiders say she's quite the opposite, and that's a good thing.

A fashion icon would have an eye-catching signature look and, while the president's wife has the power to set trends, her appeal is refreshingly not so defined and deliberate, said fashion observers at the semi-annual Fashion Week in New York, where designers are showing their Fall 2009 collections.

ISABEL TOLEDO has emerged triumphant in the race to dress Michelle Obama on the day her husband Barack was sworn in as the President of the United States of America.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama promises a bold energy plan to develop green technology, slash oil imports from unfriendly nations and tax more of the profits of oil companies, but the cost of the Wall Street bailout and an expected U.S. recession may impede his efforts.

Democratic Senator Barack Obama has been elected the first black president of the United States.

"It's been a long time coming, but tonight... change has come to America," the president-elect told a jubilant crowd at a victory rally in Chicago.

His rival John McCain accepted defeat, saying "I deeply admire and commend" Mr Obama. He called on his supporters to lend the next president their goodwill.

The BBC's Justin Webb says the result will have a profound impact on the US.

Raw Video: Grand Junction:Protesters from a group called 'Democracy Direct' block Sarah Palin's motorcade in Grand Junction, Colorado.