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Michelle Obama: 'Party hats' for Bo's first

by Mark Silva

As a Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chicago White Sox Fan, would President Barack Obama rather see world peace or the White Sox win the World Series?

"That's a tough one,'' said First Lady Michelle Obama, running the paces of Jay Leno's 10@10 questions last night. "I think if you would ask him, he'd say he'd probably prefer world peace, but he probably wouldn't mind a World Series bid too... But I think he'd choose world peace.''

No. 8 question: The president's most annoying habit?

"Ooh, we don't have enough time,'' the president's wife replied. "He has no annoying habits, right Jay?.... He's perfect,'' she said, and then, after pausing, added: "But you know what, when he beats me at tennis, that gets to be pretty annoying, and he beats me quite often.''

And what is it that the first lady whispers in the president's ear following his speeches, Leno asked?

"I usually ask him did he take out the garbage," she said.

Settling in at the White House, the first lady says the first dog, Bo, celebrated his first birthday with a party in Rose Garden earlier this month. The Portuguese water dog feasted on a cake shaped like a dog house and made of veal.

""We had a really sweet celebration," the first lady told the host of The Jay Leno Show. "We had party hats."

There was one thing that Leno could not pry out of Obama, however: Her daughters' plans for Halloween costumes"You need security clearance for that,'' she said.
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NASA's New Space Race Needs Life Support

A new report says unless NASA receives more money fast, the space agency will have to scale back its near-term ambitions. Former astronaut Leroy Chiao says it's important to continue manned trips into space — and he hopes to see a mission to Mars in his lifetime.