residents in a suburban backyard, the president said the recovery act helped pay for the renovation of a columbus police station, saving employees of the architecture business from layoffs. but the cleveland plain dealer reports the stimulus did not fund the progress. it says the federal money came from earmarks sought by three ohio members of congress. the white house played down the error saying it was not intentional. alabama mayoral candidate was caught in a photo fumble after her campaign claimed she was endorsed by the university of alabama football coach nick saban. dorothy davidson campaign circulated this flier which appears to show they posed for the camera with ringing endorsement from the coach who won the last college national championship. but the birmingham news reports says athletics official saban never endorsed her. davidson then acknowledged that the original photo of
smear campaign against john mccain. the former aid to president george w. bush said he was not the source of the rumor during the campaign b that mccain fathered a black child out of wedlock, but rove said he was an easy target for critics. that was a false rumor. the mccains adopted an orphan from bangladesh. the president welcomed the university of alabama football team to the white house today. he congratulated the crimson tide for their successful season and joked about an aid not in attendance. welcome to the white house. congratulations on your 13th let me check that 13th national championship. [ cheers ] the first in 17 years. it s safe to say the tide is back. i ve got to tell you everyone was really excited about this team coming today except for my press secretary robert gibbs