Katy Perry's Political Dresses

You've heard of someone wearing their heart on their sleeve, but Katy Perry has the distinction of wearing her ballot on her dress.

And also her support of President Obama.

Obama Talks Like a Pirate

Looks like Pres. Obama got into the spirit of International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

This cam through via his Twitter account.

This Morning With Hurricane Irene

As residents up and down the East Coast prepare for Hurricane Irene, here is what happened while you slept.

5:45 a.m. - A hurricane warning has been extended northward. There are hurricane warnings in effect for a number of localities in Virginia and North Carolina.

5:20 a.m. - Hurricane Irene weakens slightly to Cat 2 storm; hurricane warning extended to New Jersey

5 a.m. - According to the newest weather update, winds have come down by five miles. Hurricane Irene's winds are now at 110 mph.

4 a.m. - Some roads and bridges near thecoast in vaious states have been closed.

1:00 a.m. -President Obama declared an emergency exists in the State of North Carolina and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts be in place starting on August 25 and continuing.

12:00 a.m. - Radio and Television stations say they will go with wall-to-wall coverage of Hurricane Irene once it appraches the shore.

Obama: Launch Tomahawk Missiles!

The U.S. military has launched its first missiles in Libya against Moammar Gadhafi's forces, a senior Defense Department official said Saturday, and secoded by President Barack Obama during a live briefing from Brasil.

Earlier, French fighter jets deployed over Libya fired at a military vehicle on Saturday, the country's first strike against Moammar Gadhafi's military forces who earlier attacked the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

U.S. Tomahawk missiles have landed in the western area around Tripoli and Misrata, the American military official said.

"He's clearly been on the offensive," the official said of Gadhafi. "He said that he was going to do a cease-fire and he continued to move his forces into Benghazi."

The French are using surveillance aircraft and two frigates in the operation to protect civilians. The aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle will soon depart Toulon, France.

"Our air force will oppose any aggression by Colonel Gadhafi against the population of Benghazi," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking after an international, top-level meeting in Paris over the Libyan crisis.

"As of now, our aircraft are preventing planes from attacking the town," he said, calling the intervention a "grave decision."

The international show of force is much welcomed by besieged rebel forces who have called for backup to help them stave off a government offensive against their positions in Benghazi and other rebel-held enclaves.

Obama Meets With Tech Leaders Including Steve Jobs

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs, on medical leave from the company he co-founded, attended a meeting of technology industry leaders with US President Barack Obama in northern California on Thursday.

Jobs, a pancreatic cancer survivor, was joined by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and other members of the Silicon Valley elite for talks with Mr Obama at a venture capitalist's sprawling estate outside San Francisco.

Mr Jobs, 55, a high-tech visionary who has come to embody Apple's turbulent history and some of the industry's most cutting-edge products, stepped away from the company on medical leave last month. It was the third time in seven years that he has taken time out because of health reasons.

Mr Obama's two-day West Coast visit was aimed at promoting technological innovation to help boost the struggling US economy and reduce stubbornly high unemployment - considered crucial to his 2012 re-election chances.

Mr Obama met with 12 leaders from technology companies and discussed ways to work together to invest in innovation and promote private sector job growth, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said after the meeting.