President Barack Obama is hooded as he receives an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Laws during commencement ceremonies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., campus Sunday, May 17, 2009. Hooding President Obama is University Registrar Harold Pace, left, and Chairman of the Board of Trustrees Richard C. Notebaert.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Obama seeks \’common ground\’ on abortion …
Despite the controversy surrounding the abortion issue that swirled outside on the Notre Dame campus President Barack Obama received an honorary doctorate degree in Law today. He was well received by the attendees of the commencement ceremony and delivered his commencement speech with some minor interruptions but most of the crowd supported him being there and the President finished his speech.
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U.S. President Barack Obama gives a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, May 17, 2009. Obama urged both sides in the abortion debate on Sunday to pursue a \”fair-minded\” discussion as he sought to quell a firestorm over his invitation to speak at the premier U.S. Catholic university.REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS RELIGION HEALTH EDUCATION)
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Hesburgh Library on the campus of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. The mural, which is informally referred to as \”Touchdown Jesus,\” because it can be seen over the top of the endzone of the football stadium, is entitled \”The Word of Life.\” It depicts Christ the Teacher.
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Nasa astronauts patch up Hubble …
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Astronaut Andrew Feustel, on the shuttle\’s robotic arm, works with John Grunsfeld on repairs and upgrades to the Hubble Space Telescope in the payload bay of the space shuttle Atlantis in this image released by NASA May 16, 2009.REUTERS/NASA/Handout
Bolden on course for top NASA job …
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ORION AND ARES — THE FUTURE OF NASA …
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In this image provided by NASA low-level winds rushing over the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of northwestern Africa created cloud vortexs which share this scene with the top of the Hubble Space Telescope locked down in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis Friday May 15, 2009. Friday\’s spacewalk was one of the longest ever, lasting nearly 8 hours, and Mission Control told the weary crew members that they could sleep in and start Saturday\’s spacewalk a little late. They had been scheduled to begin the third spacewalk at 8:16 a.m. EDT.(AP Photo/NASA)
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