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In Case You Missed It - A harmless quip by President Obama about his level of authority drives furious conservatives a-Twitter, former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is jail bound; Sarah Palin questions New Jersey Mayor Chris Christie's Bridgegate claims, and more. —Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick)

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Breaking Bad? - During a tour with French President François Hollande of Thomas Jefferson's home in Monticello on Feb. 10, Obama decided to "break the protocol" by escorting his guest onto the terrace to admire the view. “That’s the good thing as a president, I can do whatever I want," he joked. But conservatives didn't laugh. The remark elicited a torrent of criticism that accused Obama of being a dictator and an imperialist president, among other things. (Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing)

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Vive La France! - Obama feted Hollande at a state dinner on Feb. 11, the first of his second term. "We Americans have grown to love all things French — the films, the food, the wine — especially the wine. But most of all we love our French friends because we've stood together for our freedom for more than 200 years," Obama said at dinner. The price tag's not yet in, but the last state dinner in 2011, for President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, cost $203,053.34. (Photo: Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)

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It's All in Obama's Head - When Obama once again delayed the health care law's small business mandate, conservatives cried hypocrite. “Remember how Democrats were complaining that Republicans were trying to overturn Obamacare, it was somehow unpatriotic, because it was an attack on the law of the land," conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer said on Fox News. "This law of the land doesn’t even exist. It exists in Obama’s head. It’s whatever he thinks. He wakes up in the morning and decides what the law is gonna be.” (Photo: Special Report with Bret Baier via FOX News)

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One on One With Obama - Basketball Legend Charles Barkley went one on one with the president in a Feb. 13 interview that will air on TNT during the NBA All-Star Game pre-game coverage. Obama later gave the former star a tour of the White House. (Photo: Pete Souza via Twitter)

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So Guilty - A federal jury on Feb. 12 convicted former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on 20 of 21 charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work while he was in office. He faces maximum sentences of three to 20 years for the charges, Associated Press reports.  (Photo: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Palin on Christie - “It’s hard to be the CEO of an organization and not know what the closest people to you are up to. It’s tough not to know," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's denials of knowledge about the scheme to close down lanes on the George Washington Bridge.  (Photos from left: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images,Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images) 

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Debt Crisis Averted - One sure sign it's an election year is that Congress passed legislation to raise the nation's debt limit through March 2015 without conditions. But don't expect such bipartisan cooperation on other issues, including immigration. (Photo: AP)

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Snowball Fight - After New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio cited inaccurate forecasts as the reason he didn't give students a snow day on Feb. 13, America's favorite weatherman Al Roker tweeted a response he later regretted. “Long range DiBlasio forecast: 1 term,” he wrote. The next day Roker issued an on-air apology, and said his tweet was "a little below the line." (Photo: Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)

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Happy Birthday, Sarah - Palin turned 50 on Feb. 11 and received well wishes from a host of GOP leaders. Her former running mate, 2008 presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, said in a video tribute , "[I] will treasure our memories, and I will always be grateful to you."  (Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

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Stop Talking About Race - Speaking to college students in Florida, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas waxed nostalgic for the days when people weren't so preoccupied with race. "My sadness is that we are probably today more race and difference conscious than I was in the 1960s when I went to school," he said, adding that "Rarely did the issue of race come up. Now, name a day it doesn’t come up." (Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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Some Americans Get a Raise - Obama signed an executive order on Feb. 12 raising the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $10.10 per hour. "Raising the minimum wage is good for business, it's good for workers and it's good for the economy," he said. (Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)