Vegetarian Star

Jon Stewart‘s final episode of The Daily Show aired this week, marking 15 years of comedy and satire that occasionally was more informative than traditional news.

The topics of improving America’s diets, animal welfare and the earth have all been big topics in recent years and Stewart never failed to put a witty spin on these issues during his tenure.

He poked fun of big farms and the regulations that aim to improve them. He covered whistle blowers in the animal rights community with funny but informative skits. He invited noted animal researcher Jane Goodall to discuss protection of endangered species.

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The Obama family has one new member.

Sunny, a Portuguese Water dog, was born a little over a year ago and arrived at the White House today.

She’ll be keeping the family and staffers company while providing the older dog Bo–who’s also the same breed–a playmate.

Michelle Obama posted one of the first photos of Sunny on Twitter with the message:

“So excited to introduce the newest member of the Obama family — our puppy, Sunny!”

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First Lady Michelle Obama will release a hip hop album that promotes eating vegetables, exercising and staying healthy.

She won’t be doing any rapping on the 19-song collection, but she’s using the affiliation of her “Let’s Move!” campaign to bring together Partnership for a Healthier American and Hip Hop Public Health Foundation to attract several well known artists who will be.

Singers like Run DMC, Doug E. Fresh and vegan Matisyahu will all have spots on Songs for a Healthier America.

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The winners in each state for Michelle Obama‘s Healthy Lunchtime Challenge will be joining her and White House staff on July 9 for the second annual kids state dinner.

The goal of the contest was to encourage kids and their families to submit healthy recipes and it’s no surprise there were several vegetarian and vegan winners.

Indian food is known for being heavily plant-based and five Indian-American children were winners for this year’s dinner.

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A child from Maine has produced a winning vegan recipe and won the opportunity to attend the second annual Kids State Dinner at the White House.

The dinner is an event created by First Lady Michelle Obama as part of a larger series of initiatives designed to encourage healthy eating by America’s children. Children and their parents across the country were asked to submit their favorite original healthy recipes.

Nine year old Noah Cook impressed judges in the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge with his Vegan Powerhouse Pesto Pasta.

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Michelle Obama is once again inviting children and their parents from across the United States to submit their favorite healthy recipes for a chance to attend the second annual Kids State Dinner.

Last year, many vegetarian and vegan recipes like vegan sloppy joes made the final cut, and were placed in a cookbook published by Epicurious.com.

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Michelle Obama spent the Christmas holiday performing a tradition that’s been in place since the 1950s when President Truman’s wife Bess was First Lady.

Michelle read Twas the Night Before Christmas to children at the Children’s National Medical Center in D.C. with a little help with the First Four-Legged family member Bo.

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Regardless of who you’re voting for today, you can’t disagree that it hasn’t been an interesting four years in the White House on Pennsylvania Street.

Especially for the First Dog.

Initially, some were opposed to Bo Obama‘s presence in the Oval Office because he is indeed a breed.

But as months and years went by and many cute photographs were shot (thankfully, for blogs and other websites–public domain photographs like this one), even the staunchest shelter mutt-only proponent softened his heart, knowing Bo made Sasha, Malia, Barack and Michelle happier humans, not to mention a country that enjoyed being updated on his life amid stories of a bad economy, health care worries and other woes.

Almost every President has kept pets at the White House, some more exotic and interesting than shelter or breed dogs. Just take a look at a few of the First Animals that have occupied some of the highest positions a pet can hold.

Clinton: Sox the Cat was commonly referred to as “Executive Cat.” Sox has issues with the First Dog Buddy, but it’s unknown if he exercised any veto powers on him.

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