From HuffingtonPost.com: Our friends at the White House Flickr just uploaded a short behind-the-scenes look at what’s been going on in Obamaland in June. So far, the President chowed down on boiled seafood in Louisiana and he met Dick Van Dyke (and fixed his bow tie!).

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The 78-year-old man who’s spent much of his life coaching baseball and grooming big league prospects listened intently, slowly shaking his head as the smile on his face gave way to a sad expression.

Celebrity certainly has its perks. Money, fame… always the best parking space at special events… Most celebrities are content to enjoy these advantages and spend their careers making sure they don’t lose them. However, this week, we are reminded of two late giants in the news who used their celebrity to influence the world around […]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – When the Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened, the facility was a paragon of contemporary architecture, with a green roof, light-filled corridors and the latest classroom technology, all housed in a dazzling white modern building.

From SFGate.com: Fresh from an undisputed victory over her Democratic competitors in the race for California Attorney General, current San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris took the podium at The Delancey Street Foundation and, flanked by Assistant Attorney General Tony West, his wife Maya Harris, and their daughter Meena, gave the best speech of her […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Marvin Isley, the bass player who helped give R&B powerhouse the Isley Brothers their distinctive sound, has died at a Chicago hospital. He was 56.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela will likely greet fans and players for 10 to 15 minutes at the World Cup opening ceremony before watching the rest of the game from home, his grandson said Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey wants to give an undiscovered talent a chance to follow in her footsteps on her new cable network.

From StarTribune.com: Five-year-old Moses Mwaura, who barely a week ago was living in a Kenyan slum, seemed perfectly at home Thursday in the plush surroundings of the Edina Country Club.

From NYTimes.com: It’s unwise to be sniffy about popular culture.

From Gawker.com: An Indonesian biopic called Little Obama depicts Barack Obama‘s youth in Jakarta, when he was a ping-pong wizard and rode motorcycles around town with flamboyant Asian men. Here’s an adorable (and only slightly weird) preview from Little Obama‘s set.

From TheRoot.com: Washington D.C.’s Calvin Coolidge High School needed a new varsity head football coach.