Laura Bush News

APRIL 25: Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, former President George W. Bush and his wife former first lady Laura Bush attend the opening ceremony of the George W. Bush Presidential Center April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.

First, allow me a cheap shot and a nitpick at the post that was included in the Weekly Feminist Reader: Daenerys being like a liberal white woman, but being compared to Laura Bush? Um... are we thinking the same Laura Bush? Wife of least-popular-president George W Bush, very conservative, THAT Laura Bush? Calling her a liberal white woman? But...

CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College received a $50,000 Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program collaborative planning grant.

The heart transplant recipient says he now wakes up each morning "with a smile on my face, thankful for the gift of another day I never expected to see."

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that Edward Snowden betrayed his country by leaking classified documents about the U.S. government's surveillance programs and warned that the former National Security Agency contractor may be spying for the Chinese government.

Various members of the extended Bush family have been visiting Michigan within the last month.

Whether first ladies, prep school classmates or sisters with a spooky secret, Curtis Sittenfeld's characters are strikingly realistic.

To break the ice at this year's Middlesex Community College Celebrity Forum, Jenna Bush Hager emphasized her mother's lifelong commitment to knowledge by revealing how her mother, at 10 years old, named her pet Dewey -- after the Dewey Decimal System.

Sound like a Murderer's Row of celebrities? That's just a sampling of who's appeared at the Middlesex Community College annual Celebrity Forum.

A Bangor school got a generous gift in the name of a former first lady. The Downeast School in Bangor landed a $5,000 grant from the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries to put toward its library.

Former President George W. Bush shows three fingers for "W" as his wife and former first lady Laura Bush after the opening ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center on April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas.

The ongoing scandal surrounding the United States government and its spying tactics continues to spawn both questions and angst.

Laura Bush, center, takes questions from students, at a school in Washington, D.C., that received a grant from the foundation bearing her name in 2006 when she was first lady.

"Letter to The Honorable George W. Bush & Mrs. Laura Bush regarding the Shelby County Unified School Board is attached to this CNN Corporate Birthday Report."

Parts of the beloved South Omaha ballpark live on in a Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium memorial called Johnny Rosenblatt's Infield at the Zoo.

The Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries announced that 212 school libraries are being awarded $1,060,000 in grants for 2013.

Visiting VIP: Former First Lady Laura Bush has agreed to keynote a Sept. 21 gala for Solutions for Change, a local nonprofit that helps families break the cycle of poverty.

Former first lady Laura Bush will deliver the keynote address Tuesday at an invitation-only gathering about the importance of prenatal care and preventive health screenings for North Texas women and children.

Today's Highlight in History: On May 31, 1669, English diarist Samuel Pepys wrote the final entry of his journal, blaming his failing eyesight for his inability to continue.

Former President George W. Bush, center, shares a laugh with his wife, former first lady Laura Bush, and his father, former President George H.W. Bush, during the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Dallas.