Michelle Obama calls herself 'single mother'

US First Lady Michelle Obama is under the wire in an interview with CBS News where she calls herself a "single mother". This caught the attention of netizens in and out of United States causing speculations that there is something on with her relationship with US President Barack Obama.

But for us here in News Bits Online, the sudden flub of the US First Lady may be because of the president having to deal with things aside from their family makes her work double time with her 2 kids.

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Obama named Time's Person of The Year

United States President Barack Obama is Time's "Person of the Year" for 2012.

The announcement was made on Wednesday on NBC's "Today" show, AP reported.

In the short list for the honor are Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head for advocating for girls' education; Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi; Apple CEO Tim Cook; and Italian physicist Fabiola Giannati.

Obama also received the honor back in 2008, when he was President-elect.

The "Person of the Year" award goes to the person or thing that has most influenced the culture and the news during the past year for good or for ill.

Last year, "The Protester" got the honor. In 2010, it was Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Other winners are Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Bono and President George W. Bush.

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