Bring That Week Back: Michelle Obama Uses Hip Hop to Target Obesity

Plus, Smithsonian museum seeks Trayvon's hoodie.

Michelle Obama Uses Hip Hop to Target Obesity - President Obama celebrates his 52nd birthday, Davita Vance-Cooks becomes first female and African-American public printer, plus more news. — Natelege Whaley and LaToya Bowlah First lady Michelle Obama backs a hip-hop album aimed at reducing obesity throughout the country. The album, which includes songs like “Veggie Luv” by Monifah and J Rome, “Hip Hop LEAN” by Artie Green and “Give Myself a Try” by Ryan Beatty, will be released on Sept. 30 by the nonprofit organization Partnership for a Healthier America. (Photo: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Michelle Obama Uses Hip Hop to Target Obesity - President Obama celebrates his 52nd birthday, Davita Vance-Cooks becomes first female and African-American public printer, plus more news. — Natelege Whaley and LaToya Bowlah First lady Michelle Obama backs a hip-hop album aimed at reducing obesity throughout the country. The album, which includes songs like “Veggie Luv” by Monifah and J Rome, “Hip Hop LEAN” by Artie Green and “Give Myself a Try” by Ryan Beatty, will be released on Sept. 30 by the nonprofit organization Partnership for a Healthier America. (Photo: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

President Obama Turns 52 - President Obama spent his 52nd birthday with friends and family at Camp David on Sunday, Aug. 4. On Saturday, the president began celebrating his weekend with a golf game with friends from Hawaii and Chicago and White House aides. (Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst ) 

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President Obama Turns 52 - President Obama spent his 52nd birthday with friends and family at Camp David on Sunday, Aug. 4. On Saturday, the president began celebrating his weekend with a golf game with friends from Hawaii and Chicago and White House aides. (Photo: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst ) 

Davita Vance-Cooks Becomes First Female and First African-American Public Printer - Davita Vance-Cooks became the nation’s first African-American and first woman to lead the Government Printing Office on Friday. Cooks has worked in the public sector for 30 years and was acting public printer since December 2011. “I look forward to working with everyone who shares a stake in our historic mission of keeping America informed as we continue transitioning our products and services...,” Vance-Cooks said in a statement Friday. (Photo: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

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Davita Vance-Cooks Becomes First Female and First African-American Public Printer - Davita Vance-Cooks became the nation’s first African-American and first woman to lead the Government Printing Office on Friday. Cooks has worked in the public sector for 30 years and was acting public printer since December 2011. “I look forward to working with everyone who shares a stake in our historic mission of keeping America informed as we continue transitioning our products and services...,” Vance-Cooks said in a statement Friday. (Photo: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Donald Trump Compares Rep. Charlie Rangel to Paula Deen - On Monday during an appearance on Fox & Friends, outspoken billionaire Donald Trump criticized Rep. Charlie Rangel for using the word "cracker" and said Deen should be given a pass for using the “n-word.” He also spoke of a double standard. “If Charlie or whoever it was was a Republican and they made that statement, they’d be resigning from office right now,” he added. (Photos from left: Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Donald Trump Compares Rep. Charlie Rangel to Paula Deen - On Monday during an appearance on Fox & Friends, outspoken billionaire Donald Trump criticized Rep. Charlie Rangel for using the word "cracker" and said Deen should be given a pass for using the “n-word.” He also spoke of a double standard. “If Charlie or whoever it was was a Republican and they made that statement, they’d be resigning from office right now,” he added. (Photos from left: Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Alex Wong/Getty Images)

John Errol Ferguson Executed in Florida - John Errol Ferguson, who killed eight people in South Florida in the 1970s, was executed by lethal injection at a Florida State Prison at 6 p.m. ET Monday. "I just want everyone to know that I am the prince of God and will rise again," Ferguson said, according to the Associated Press. His lawyers tried to appeal his case, saying that the 65-year-old was mentally ill. (Photo: AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections, File)

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John Errol Ferguson Executed in Florida - John Errol Ferguson, who killed eight people in South Florida in the 1970s, was executed by lethal injection at a Florida State Prison at 6 p.m. ET Monday. "I just want everyone to know that I am the prince of God and will rise again," Ferguson said, according to the Associated Press. His lawyers tried to appeal his case, saying that the 65-year-old was mentally ill. (Photo: AP Photo/Florida Department of Corrections, File)

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Smithsonian Museum Seeks Trayvon's Hoodie for Permanent Display - The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture wants to acquire the hoodie Trayvon Martin wore the night he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman for its permanent collection. The hoodie became an international symbol in "Justice for Trayvon" rallies and social media campaigns to support the teen and his family before and during the trial for his murder. (Photo: Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

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Smithsonian Museum Seeks Trayvon's Hoodie for Permanent Display - The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture wants to acquire the hoodie Trayvon Martin wore the night he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman for its permanent collection. The hoodie became an international symbol in "Justice for Trayvon" rallies and social media campaigns to support the teen and his family before and during the trial for his murder. (Photo: Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel)

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College President Apologizes for Calling Students "Dark Ones" - Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College in Michigan, has apologized for referring to minority students on his campus as “dark ones” while discussing diversity challenges at a state legislative meeting. Arnn released an apology statement reading, “No offense was intended by the use of that term except to the offending bureaucrats...”(Photo: Courtesy Hillsdale College)

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College President Apologizes for Calling Students "Dark Ones" - Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College in Michigan, has apologized for referring to minority students on his campus as “dark ones” while discussing diversity challenges at a state legislative meeting. Arnn released an apology statement reading, “No offense was intended by the use of that term except to the offending bureaucrats...”(Photo: Courtesy Hillsdale College)

Chicago Public Schools to Lay Off 200 Emplyees - Two-hundred cafeteria workers will receive layoff notices, Chicago Public Schools announced on Friday (Aug. 2). This will save the school system approximately $4 million and bring their total number of employee cuts to more than 3,000. (Photo: REUTERS/John Gress)

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Chicago Public Schools to Lay Off 200 Emplyees - Two-hundred cafeteria workers will receive layoff notices, Chicago Public Schools announced on Friday (Aug. 2). This will save the school system approximately $4 million and bring their total number of employee cuts to more than 3,000. (Photo: REUTERS/John Gress)

An 18-Year-Old Becomes U.K.'s Youngest Lawyer - Breaking scholastic records is a habit for Gabrielle Turnquest. The youngest person to graduate from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, at 16, Turnquest, now 18, is now the youngest person to pass the Bar of England and Wales exam. “I am honored to be the youngest person to pass the Bar exams but, really, I was not aware at the time what the average age was,” she told The Telegraph. “I didn’t fully realize the impact of it.”(Photo: Courtesy The University of Law)

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An 18-Year-Old Becomes U.K.'s Youngest Lawyer - Breaking scholastic records is a habit for Gabrielle Turnquest. The youngest person to graduate from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, at 16, Turnquest, now 18, is now the youngest person to pass the Bar of England and Wales exam. “I am honored to be the youngest person to pass the Bar exams but, really, I was not aware at the time what the average age was,” she told The Telegraph. “I didn’t fully realize the impact of it.”(Photo: Courtesy The University of Law)

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Florida House Speaker Agrees to Hearings on Stand Your Ground - Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford announced that he will order hearings this fall on Florida’s “stand your ground” law. But Weatherford assigned the task of chairing the hearings to Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is a staunch supporter of the law. “I don’t support changing one damn comma of the stand your ground law,” Gaetz said on Friday. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Florida House Speaker Agrees to Hearings on Stand Your Ground - Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford announced that he will order hearings this fall on Florida’s “stand your ground” law. But Weatherford assigned the task of chairing the hearings to Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is a staunch supporter of the law. “I don’t support changing one damn comma of the stand your ground law,” Gaetz said on Friday. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Civil Rights Attorney Dies - Julius Chambers, 76, was a Charlotte, N.C., civil rights attorney who brought eight cases before the Supreme Court and won. He was the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and in 1964, he opened North Carolina’s first integrated law firm. Chambers’ law firm, Ferguson Chambers & Sumter, issued a statement confirming his death but did not cite a cause.  (Photo: AP Photo)

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Civil Rights Attorney Dies - Julius Chambers, 76, was a Charlotte, N.C., civil rights attorney who brought eight cases before the Supreme Court and won. He was the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and in 1964, he opened North Carolina’s first integrated law firm. Chambers’ law firm, Ferguson Chambers & Sumter, issued a statement confirming his death but did not cite a cause.  (Photo: AP Photo)

Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing Her Friend After a Facebook Feud - Kayla Henriques, 20, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will serve 15 years in prison for the stabbing death of Kamisha Richards, 22, in 2011. The feud, which played out in a Facebook message, escalated into a fight over $20. Richards died after being stabbed once with a knife by Henriques. (Photo: Facebook via Kayla Henriques)

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Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing Her Friend After a Facebook Feud - Kayla Henriques, 20, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will serve 15 years in prison for the stabbing death of Kamisha Richards, 22, in 2011. The feud, which played out in a Facebook message, escalated into a fight over $20. Richards died after being stabbed once with a knife by Henriques. (Photo: Facebook via Kayla Henriques)