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February 11, 2008

Obama beats Clinton for Grammy award...

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Barack Obama, not known for his singing prowess, nevertheless picked up a Grammy Award Sunday for the spoken-word recording of his most recent book, “The Audacity of Hope.”

Mr. Obama, seeking to become the country’s next president, beat out two former Commanders in Chief — Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter — for the honor.

President Clinton, the husband of Mr. Obama’s Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, was up for his book “Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World.” President Carter was nominated for “Sunday Mornings in Plains: Bringing Peace to a Changing World.”

This is the second Grammy for Mr. Obama, the senator from Illinois, who picked up his first statuette for the spoken-word edition of his first book, “Dreams from My Father.”


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