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The First Lady tells Jimmy how her daughters, Malia and Sasha, go out of their way to be normal teenagers, and why she’s not anxious to compete in the Winter Olympics. Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c …

Jimmy asks First Lady Michelle Obama about some of her firsts, including her first job and first school dance. Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c Get more Jimmy Fallon: Follow Jimmy: http://Twitter.com/JimmyFallon Like Jimmy: https://Facebook.com/JimmyFallon Get more …

First Lady Michelle Obama teaches Sara and Stacy that being active and eating right isn’t so “ew!” Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c Get more Jimmy Fallon: Follow Jimmy: http://Twitter.com/JimmyFallon Like Jimmy: https://Facebook.com/JimmyFallon Get more The Tonight …

“On Monday, the United Nations’ Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea published a wide-ranging report on what it described as “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations [that] have been and are being committed by [North Korea], its institutions and officials.” The panel …

“What is WhatsApp? WhatsApp is a mobile messaging service that functions as a kind of a social network. WhatsApp users can send messages to one or many recipients at the same time, and they can even share their locations. In many ways, WhatsApp’s users are just the kind of customers …

“A deaf Hawthorne resident is suing the Police Department, claiming he was beaten, tased and arrested because officers failed to allow him to use his hands to communicate with them via sign language. Jonathan Meister, 32, filed a lawsuit in federal court that claims Hawthorne police violated the Americans With …

“Lloyd Oliver, a Democratic candidate for district attorney in Harris County, Texas, has a problem with domestic violence: He thinks it’s prosecuted too much. Oliver told the Texas Observer Wednesday that domestic violence is “so, so overrated.” If elected, he indicated he’d redirect resources away from family violence to focus …

*Protesters tossed firebombs and advanced upon police lines Thursday in Ukraine’s embattled capital. Government snipers shot back, killing at least 70 people and wounding hundreds of others, according to a protest doctor. Video footage on Ukrainian television showed shocking scenes Thursday of protesters being cut down by gunfire, lying on …

HLN regular, Frank Taaffe, is saying a bunch of ridiculous and outrageously racist things on twitter and, unsurprisingly, claims his account was hacked. Unfortunately, he said similar things on his podcast. Oops. He also disgustingly said a black life was validated when a white person killed them and disgustingly called …