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Caption this photo:Supporters react as they meet U.S. President Barack Obama at a campaign rally for U.S. Representative Tom Perriello in Charlottesville, Virginia October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product. Selling products has, of course, become a bit more difficult than usual these days. No wonder then that companies everywhere are turning to optimistic marketing messages in an effort to counteract the steady drum beat of negativity coming from front page headlines around the globe. Many sales executives have drawn the same conclusion: What better poster child for hope than...

Maureen Dowd's latest column had the predictable expressions of both Bush Derangement Syndrome and Obama Worship Disorder. But at the end Ms. Dowd's screed had an incredible claim. Barack Obama is Mr. Spock. "Speaking of the Enterprise, Mr. Obama has a bit of Mr. Spock in him (and not just the funny ears). He has a Vulcan-like logic and detachment. Any mere mortal who had to tell liberals that our obligations in Iraq and Afghanistan are far from over and tell Republicans that he has a $3.6 trillion budget would probably have tears running down his face." One can just...

Henry Stevenson has had enough of jail. After the 40-year-old Plainfield resident served time for burglary and resisting arrest, Stevenson said he wanted to set an example for his children so they could avoid the same fate. That's why Stevenson and a dozen men, some parolees and ex-inmates, were outside in the cold afternoon today voluntarily raking up debris around the Bethany Baptist Church in Newark on West Market Street. With garbage bags and brooms, they gathered up dead plants, autumn leaves, and trash, making this corner of Newark a little cleaner. "It's time to make a change," said Stevenson...

Hollywood, Fla., may join Opa-locka, Fla., St. Louis and Masaka, Uganda, in naming streets after President-elect Barack Obama. Thomas and Theresa Smith, activists in Hollywood's predominantly black Washington Park neighborhood, say they've gotten a positive response from city leaders to their request to rename Pembroke Road, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Saturday. He's the first black president of our country; the first! Thomas said. Hollywood has streets named after presidents, but because Pembroke Road is a state road, the renaming ceremony, if it happens, is a way off, say city officials, who need approval from the Florida Legislature. Opa-locka last...