A plan under consideration by the Obama administration would seek 1,500 National Guard volunteers to help ramp up anti-drug smuggling efforts along the U.S. border with Mexico. Some worry that the plan could be seen as militarizing the border area, although officials say the program would last no more than a year.

Would you be willing to wait in line for two hours at a restaurant just because President Barack Obama likes its food? That's what's been happening at a St. Louis pizzeria ever since word got out that Obama invited its owners to cook at the White House. Obama's meals have spawned newspaper articles, Internet videos and blogs. Is it a full-blown obsession?