Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Newspaper) - January 17, 2007, Lubbock, Texas A2 JANUARY LUBBOCK Obama launches exploratory committee for presidential run ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON Barack Obama launched a presidential campaign Tuesday that would make him the first black to occupy the White and immediately tried to turn his po inexperience into an asset with voters seeking The freshman Illinois sena tor and top contender for the Democratic nomination said the past six years have left the country in a precarious place and he promoted himself as the standardbearer for a new kind of Our leaders in Washington seem incapable of working together in a com Obama said in a video posted on his Web Politics has become so bitter and so gummed up by money and that we cant tackle the big problems that demand And thats what we have to change Obama filed paperwork form ing a presidential exploratory Obama committee that allows him to raise money and put er a campaign He is expected to an a full fledged candi dacy on 10 in where he can tout his experience in the state legislature and tap into the legacy of hometown hero Abraham softspoken appeal on the his unique back his opposition to the Iraq war and his fresh face set him apart in a competitive race that also is expected to include frontrunner Hillary Rod ham Clinton of New Obama has uncommon po drawing adoring crowds even among the studious voters in New Hampshire during a visit there last His star has risen on the force of his personality and mes sage of hope helped along by celebrity endorsements from the likes of Oprah billion aire investor Warren Buffett and actors Matt Damon and Edward I certainly didnt expect to find myself in this position a year said who added that as he talked to Americans about a possible presidential Ive been struck by how hungry we all are for a dif ferent kind of The has few accom on the national stage after serving little more than two years in the But at a time when many voters say they are unhappy with the direction of the a lack of experience in the nations capital may not be a The decisions that have been made in Washington these past six and the problems that have been have put our country in a precarious Obama He said people are struggling dependence on for eign oil threatens the environ ment and national security and were still mired in a tragic and costly war that should have never been Trump NAMES II THE NEWS immortalized on Walk of Fame The Donald trumped Rosie when his star was un veiled Tuesday on the Hollywood Walk of Donald producer and host of NBC reality show The has been waging a war of words with Rosie moderator of ABCs The ODonnell doesnt have a The unveiling of Trumps star the on the Walk of Fame took place on Hol lywood Boulevard and was broad cast The feud between Trump and ODonnell erupted in December after Trump announced that Miss USA Tara Conner would keep her which had been in jeopardy because of underage He owns the ODonnell said the mogul had no right to be the moral compass for in Trump fired back in vari calling ODonnell a loser and a fat Campbell guilty of misdemeanor assault Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault Tuesday for hitting her maid with a cell phone over a pair of missing I threw a cell phone in the The cell phone hit Campbell told Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Robert This was an acci dent because I did not intend to Campbell If convicted at who originally had been charged with as could have been sentenced to two to seven years in hit Ana Scolavino in the back of the head with the phone in the supermodels Manhat tan apartment last Scolavino was treated for a head In exchange for her guilty Campbell must pay medical expenses of do five days of community service and attend a anger management Inquiry slated in death of Smiths son A formal inquiry into the death of Anna Nicole Smiths son has been scheduled for March 27 in the the chief magistrate said The reality TV who gave birth to a daughter three days before Daniel Smith mysteriously died at her hospital bedside on will be among the witnesses required to testify before the jury Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez Its to try and answer all the unanswered ques tions that have been raised in this he told TODAYS T Actress Betty White is Eartha Kitt is Actor James Earl Jones is Talk show host Maury Povich is Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is Rhythm singer William Hart The Delfonics is Rock musician Mick Taylor is blues singer Sheila Hutchinson The Emotions is Singer Stere Earle is Browns will preceded boys birth RECORDS MORRIS NEWS SERVICE The James Brown which which was read last week and which ex cluded longtime companion Tomi Rae Hynie Brown and her James was drawn up 10 months before the child was born and more than a year before the entertainer married Strom Thurmond the sing ers Aiken probate said Monday that the will was signed The icon married Brown in midDecember 2001 in a private ceremony at his Beech James Brown now 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