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Did you know that President Taft was the first president to toss the ceremonial first pitch before a Major League Baseball game? He did in in 1910 on Opening Day at Griffith Stadium before a Washington Senators game. Since Taft, every president has followed suit taking the mound at some point during his presidency.

Franklin Roosevelt holds the record for the most times a president got the honor, hurling nine different times (eight opening days and an All-Star Game). Here’s a look back at some of the more memorable performances of presidents over the past century:

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Fewer Americans got their health insurance through an employer in 2011 than in 2010, according to a new report from the Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been losing ground quickly to rival Rick Santorum in the latest primaries and caucuses. Dog lovers have a bone to pick with Romney over an NPR story about how Romney put his dog in a crate on top of the family vehicle for a 5-hour trip back in 1983.

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Last week, President Obama issued a directive which would require all health insurance plans to cover the cost of birth control.

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Politics aside, the Obamas are certainly the most-fit President and First Lady any of us can remember. (Make up your own Newt Gingrich joke here, please.)

Sure it looks like it was planned, but so what? Ellen DeGeneres challenged Michelle Obama to see who could do more push-ups when she appeared on the show last week, and Mrs. O. graciously accepted. Wanna guess who won?

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This is no joke.

Comedian Roseanne Barr has officially filed the paperwork seeking office of President of the United States, as a Green Party candidate.

Of course she announced her candidacy on Twitter:

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Well, the invitation has been made!

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama showed off his vocal chops, busting out Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" during a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Shortly after that, American Idol Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe invited Mr. Obama to appear on the reality show, tweeting:

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With unemployment running at all-time highs for a significant length of time, it should come as no surprise that many Americans are getting more open to employment options— according to a new survey, we’re changing the way we look at temp work, in particular.

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President Obama was in Ann Arbor this morning at the University of Michigan.  This was just one of several campaign stops he made this week following his State of the Union Address earlier this week.

He reiterated that he is adamant about collages not raising tuition.  "College is the single most important investment you can make in your future," he said to his Ann Arbor audience, "...and I'm proud that all of you are making that investment."

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Newt Gingrich is a politician. Which means that, like any politician, he will promise you the moon if it will get your vote.In a speech at Cape Canaveral he wowed the audience with his promise that, as President, he would push to colonize the moon.

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One has to wonder if the emotion Seal pours into his cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" is a part of a plea to his soon-to-be ex-wife Heidi Klum. The couple announced last week that they're calling it quits after six years of marriage.

Although President Obama's version wasn't bad, Seal definitely nailed it when he performed recently on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Check it out, after the jump. His new CD, "Soul 2" was released yesterday.

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Don't quit your day job! President Barack Obama broke into song last night at the Apollo theater in Harlem, and busted out a couple of lines from "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green.

Add this to "Obama's Greatest Hits" which also includes his version of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" which went viral a few weeks ago.

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