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Obama wins... a Grammy
Forget Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, and Herbie Hancock reinterpreting Joni Mitchell. Deep in the Grammy Awards handed out last night was one for Barack Obama -- in the spoken word category for the audiobook version of his "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream." Obama, who beat Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for this year's award, won in 2006 for his previous book. In 1997, Hillary Clinton won that Grammy category for "It Takes a Village.''
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