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First Lady Michelle Obama rolls her eyes (0:09 in clip) after House Speaker cracks a joke to President Obama at the luncheon that took place after the inauguration.

Oh, Rush Limbaugh. Were you feeling ignored? The radio host today seized on a report out of Vail, where first lady Michelle Obama is on a ski trip with Sasha and Malia, to add his voice to the general grumpus over the East Wing's healthy eating program. Via CNN: "The problem is, and dare I say this, it doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice," Limbaugh said on his radio program. "And then we hear that she's out eating ribs at 1,500 calories a serving with 141 grams of fat per serving." "She is a hypocrite,"...

Barack Obama to buy rare £20,000 gold ring for his wife. The ring is made of rhodium - the world's most expensive metal --encrusted with diamonds. It is being hastily made by Italian designer Giovanni Bosco in time for January's inauguration ceremony. Only about 25 tons of rhodium are mined each year, mostly in South Africa, and as a result its price is typically around £5,000 an ounce. (sample comments) Michelle tells poor women in Chicago to forego the corporate world and volunteer in the community instead - these people are hypocrites! Annie, Madrid, 30/11/2008 A man of the people...