The first family this week: 15 headlines you may have missed

They're role models

• The first post-modern first couple? (New American Media)
• The Obamas are "black swans" (Huffington Post)
• "The first lady of the United States is brown like me" (Austin American-Statesman)
• The price of "faux-familiarity" (The New York Times)
• Ebony editor: "They are the president and first lady of the people" (NewsBusters/NBC)

They're cool

• Sasha, Malia may increase attention paid to tween set (USA Today)

They're fashionable

• First family wears wool (Weekly Times)
• Sasha's inaugural ball dress helps raise money for children (MyCentralJersey.com)
• The importance of letting their hair down (KNX)
• Book to chronicle Michelle Obama's style (Washington Times)
  

They eat well

• Eating locally stimulates the economy (Marie Claire)
• What may be on the first family's menu (Caymanmama.com)

They're entertaining

• Jonas brothers want to fly on Air Force One (OK!)
• First family could bring diversity to TV shows (Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier)

And they're friendly to animals

• National Park Service removing raccoons from West Wing (The Herald)