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Donovan, who served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development beginning in 2004, was appointed by President Barack Obama to lead HUD through a severe housing crisis that has contributed to the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Donovan Addresses Housing Crisis | 10/27/2009 | See Source »

...executors discovered that the inventor of dynamite had secretly set aside about 35 million Swedish kronor (about $225 million today) for the creation of five annual prizes to honor those who bestowed the "greatest benefit on mankind" in science, literature and diplomacy. On Oct. 9, President Barack Obama won the most coveted and controversial of them all: the Nobel Peace Prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brief History: The Nobel Peace Prize | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...given him. He told me Ben and his wife Virginia (below) had refused to let him pay. They told him, "Bill Cosby eats for free." I tried again the next time I was in town, but Virginia recognized my order and again refused to take my money. After Barack Obama visited earlier this year, a sign went up: BILL COSBY AND PRESIDENT OBAMA ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO EAT HERE FOR FREE. I joked with Ben that Obama hadn't earned the right. Soon after the President's visit, Ben added to the sign: BUT HE PAID...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ben Ali | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

President Barack Obama called for increased use of renewable energy and levied criticisms against opponents of the energy and climate bill now making its way through Congress during a speech at MIT on Friday...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Obama Praises Renewable Energy at MIT | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...Blagojevich is still campaigning. Despite his fall into the seventh circle of ignominy - perhaps you heard he was impeached as Illinois governor and faces federal corruption charges after allegedly auctioning off Barack Obama's empty U.S. Senate seat - Blagojevich is passing a crystalline afternoon pressing the flesh at a café near his home on Chicago's northwest side, eager to dispel the notion that he's a pariah. In part because Blagojevich is a very good politician, the reception is warmer than you might expect. He embraces an elderly supporter, quizzes a high school track team about its choice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rod Blagojevich Still Wants Your Vote | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

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