The President and First Lady shared their “First Dance” as the new “First Couple” as Beyonce serenaded them with the Etta James classic “At Last” during Tuesday night’s Neighborhood Ball, live from the Washington Convention Center.

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is reportedly the “Senate Candidate 5″ mentioned in a 76-page complaint filed by prosecutors against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who has been accused of a pay-to-play effort to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-Elect Barack Obama.

The governor was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday amidst claims that he tried to profit from his authority to appoint a replacement to fill President-Elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat.

In a press conference Wednesday, Rep. Jackson was feverishly claimed h “never authorized anyone to seek the governor’s support” for anything of value.

The congressman says he isn’t aware of any associates of his having made such an overture to the governor on his behalf.

As the subjects of a special 56-page-tribute, President-elect Barack Obama and soon-to-be First Lady Michelle Obama grace the cover of the January 2009 issue of Essence Magazine, on newsstands December 12.

President-elect Barack Obama introduced Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as his choice for Secretary of State during a press conference at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago on Monday.

Other members of the National Security Team named include Washington attorney Eric Holder as Attorney General, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano as head of Homeland Security. Robert Gates will remain as Defense Secretary. Retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones was selected for the position of National Security Advisor and Susan Rice as U.N. ambassador.

“Change has come,” President-elect Barack Obama told a massive crowd of supporters as he delivered his victory speech in Chicago early Wednesday.

The new President-elect and his VP running mate, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, will take their oaths of office on January 20, 2009. Defeated Republican presidential candidate McCain remains in the Senate.

Introducing PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!!!

The Senator from Illinois just made history after being elected the first Black President of the United States of America.

The new First Family, which includes the President-Elect, his wife of 16 years, Michelle Obama, and their two daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, will move into The White House on Inauguration Day January 20.

I really don’t have words right now. This is a very emotional moment….one I didn’t think I’d see in my lifetime. It is a moment that proves that no barrier, not even race, can hold you back if you don’t allow it to.

“Every time something else happens in the polls Stedman says, ‘Get your dress ready. Do you need the ironing board?’”

“We’re going to remember this forever,” Oprah said of Senator Obama’s historic run for The White House. “Your kids will be telling their kids that they were there in the booth with their parents.”

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Michelle Obama on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno October 27.

Illinois senator Barack Obama launched a bid for the White House on Saturday afternoon with the building where President Abraham Lincoln served in the state Legislature as a backdrop.

The forty-five year old promised to “transform” America in an official speech that lasted twenty minutes.

“I know I haven’t spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I’ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change,” he said.

His career began just 10 years ago in the Illinois Legislature. He lost a bid for a U.S. House seat, then won the Senate seat in 2004.

Barack gained national recognition with the publication of two best-selling books, “Dreams From My Father” and “The Audacity of Hope,” and by delivering the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2004.

“We can build a more hopeful America. And that is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America,” the Presidential candidate said.

The political novice turned Presidential hopeful has a wife and two daughter, eight year old Malia and five year old Sasha.