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Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States after his victory in the 2008 presidential election. Here are some stories from his term.

On May 22, 2011, an EF-5 category tornado with winds between 225 and 250 mph slammed Joplin, Mo., a town of about 50,000, causing more than 140 deaths and an estimated $3 billion in damage. It was the deadliest twister to hit the U.S. since 1947 and reached a diameter of three-quarters of a mile wide at one point, wiping out about 2,000...

Here's a roundup of reaction in Washington as protesters poured into the streets of Egypt to demand the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

On Nov. 28, 2010, the document dumping website WikiLeaks followed earlier releases of classified Afghanistan and Iraq war documents with a release of scores more documents that included 251,287 cables and directives from the U.S. State Department. These included everything from personal opinions about world leaders to key nuggets on security...

The House sent the Senate legislation to President Barack Obama's desk for a signature on a 219-212 vote Sunday night, and for the details I refer you to my home newspaper.

This according to ... those polled by Harris Interactive in Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and the U.S. So not too surprising.

But the alleged ring doesn't stretch back that far: about a decade, long after the Iron Curtain fell and the Soviet Union broke apart.

James Cameron, his $500 million ego, and his blue environmentally conscious CGI stars did not take home Best Picture. Or Best Director honors, for that matter.

Images of the first coastal evacuation in 16 years in Hawaii, spurred by the devastating magnitude 8.8 earthquake thousands of miles away in Chile on Feb. 27, 2010.

President Barack Obama is the Nobel Peace Prize recipient for 2009. See how often U.S. presidents have taken home this honor.

Barack Obama takes the oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States as the country and the world react.

Perhaps foes of President Bush will be cheering for a good solid week at this image, but the flying footwear assault at a press conference with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki turned into a melee that was no laughing matter.

Imagine a whole national holiday dedicated to storming the U.S. Embassy and taking 52 Americans hostage for a mind-numbing 444 days!

L.A. native Esha Momeni, a graduate student at California State University, Northridge, was in Tehran visiting family and working on her thesis, which involved interviewing women about their rights (or lack of them, more accurately) in Iran.

The 2008 hurricane season continued with deadly Ike, a September storm that lashed the Caribbean with Category 3 ferocity, leaving at least 80 dead in its path, and barreled toward the Gulf Coast.

It was especially surprising to see such dire language from the NOAA alert as monstrous Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast.

Residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf Coast areas fled in a historic evacuation as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the United States.

The Gulf Coast is bracing for Hurricane Gustav after the storm lashed the Caribbean, but the preparations look like night and day compared to preparations for Hurricane Katrina three years ago.

There were reasons, if the story is true, for all of the parties to have been involved in the yearlong planning that went into rescuing Ingrid Bettancourt and other prisoners from the grasp of the FARC rebels.

Tim Russert -- "Meet the Press" host, NBC Washington bureau chief, debate moderator and all-around key figure to Campaign 2008 -- died suddenly at his studios while recording voiceovers for broadcast.

John Demjanjuk will now have to leave the country, after having his citizen stripped in 1986, restored in 1998, and stripped again in 2002.

A roadside bomb killed four U.S. servicemen on March 23, 2008, pushing deaths to the latest grisly milestone.

Scientists predicted a 99.7 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 quake or larger striking California in the next 30 years.

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