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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  The White House is honoring Sue Considine, the Fayetteville Free Library Executive Director, as one twelve museum and library "Champions of Change."

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  President Barack Obama has named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The White House is conceding that efforts to avoid $85 billion in automatic budget cuts are unlikely to succeed before those cuts kick in on Friday.

Friday, February 15, 2013  The six Sandy Hook Elementary School teachers and staff members who died trying to protect their students are remembered for their heroism. Family members accepted the Presidential Citizens Award in their honor at the White House. The school psychologist with ties to Central New York, Mary Sherlach, was among those recongized.

Friday, January 11, 2013  Vice President Joe Biden is reaching out to the video game industry as the White House seeks to assemble proposals to combat gun violence in response to last month's massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  The nation's largest gun-rights lobby says some participants at its White House meeting seemed more interested in demonizing the Second Amendment than keeping students safe

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  White House officials say they are considering leaving no American troops in Afghanistan after the end of combat in December 2014, although the administration remains committed to preventing the country from becoming a haven for al-Qaida.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  President Barack Obama says an effort to change the nation's tax code that is too skewed toward the wealthy has been achieved with the "fiscal cliff" deal approved in Congress.

Monday, December 31, 2012  A Democratic aide says the White House and congressional Republicans have reached an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  With the country in serious danger of going over the fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama cut his Hawiian vacation short.

Monday, December 03, 2012  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is asking the Obama administration and congressional leaders for quick action in approving tens of billions of dollars to help his state recover from Superstorm Sandy, one of the Northeast's most destructive storms.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the White House race is a "gut check election for America," and offered a stinging indictment of the Republican presidential ticket on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  Convention organizers say the 2012 Democratic National Convention will be extremely accessible to the general public.

Monday, August 20, 2012  More than 50 children from across the country are gathering at the White House for the first kids' "state dinner," a luncheon hosted by first lady Michelle Obama.