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Michelle Obama listed daughters Malia and Sasha as “senior staffers” to justify her $432,142 getaway to Africa...

Indications of an increasing migration to Mexico are seen in traditional sending states, bus stations, and vacant homes. From families loaded down with bags and boxes full of their possessions to towns and villages crowded with long-departed residents, one impact of the declining U.S. economy appears to be Mexican immigrants calling it quits and returning to their home country. No definitive studies have been done, but anecdotal information and informal surveys show that both legal and illegal immigrants are returning to the relatives they left behind when they came north.

In a recent interview, Obama said that his daughters Sasha and Malia are plugged into the pop culture world, but they are not really Britney or Paris fans even though they follow all of what goes on in the entertainment world. When asked whether his daughters ever ask about Britney Spears, Obama replied: Actually, yeah. But they’re very sensible. They’re pretty down on Britney and Paris and all of that. They think that’s very yuck.” They’re way more into Hannah Montana and Beyonce. They got to go backstage and meet Beyonce and they just love her to death, he added....