
President-elect Barack Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, pass out food at St. Columbanus Parish and School on Wednesday in Chicago, Illinois. The family also spoke to an excited group of children after passing out the turkeys..

President-elect Barack Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Sasha and Malia, pass out food at St. Columbanus Parish and School on Wednesday in Chicago, Illinois. The family also spoke to an excited group of children after passing out the turkeys..
In case you missed it, President-elect Barack Obama and First Lady-elect Michelle Obama sat down with Barbara Walters for a Barbara Walters Special which aired Wednesday night.
The interview covered, among other things, a potential bailout of the auto industry, bonuses for bank executives and Obama’s negotiations to retain his BlackBerry. Obama also details his biggest fear, and it’s not what you might think.

DR. ALEXA I. CANADY (1950-) is the first black female neurosurgeon.
Canady was born November 7, 1950, to Clinton and Elizabeth Canady. Her father was a dentist, and her mother served as president of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, in addition to other civic affairs. The family lived just outside Lansing, Michigan. Canady and her brother were the only two black students in their entire school.
Canady was an exceptional student and named a National Achievement Scholar in 1967. She attended the University of Michigan, earning her bachelor’s in zoology in 1971, although she had almost dropped out of college. She explains, “The summer after my junior year, I worked in Dr. Bloom’s lab in genetics and attended a genetic counseling clinic. I fell in love with medicine.”

Beyonce strikes a pose before performing on “The Today Show” Wednesday morning. Wearing a skin tight black one piece, the singer performed “If I Were A Boy”, “Single Ladies”, and “Crazy In Love”. Watch all three performances over at msnbc.
Beyonce also appeared on “The Tyra Show” today. See a clip of Tyra presenting Bee with a wedding gift after the cut…
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