Presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Tuesday told high school students that when he was their age he was hardly a model student, experimenting with illegal drugs and drinking alcohol.

By BRIAN CHARLTON HONOLULU - Maya Soetoro-Ng, debuting Saturday as an enthusiastic campaigner for brother Barack Obama, recalled that he could be "bossy" but was never mean to his little sister.

By Bob Secter and John Mccormick, Chicago Tribune Mar. 30--Barack Obama packed his few belongings into his newly purchased but creaky old Honda and headed west from New York into a political and social battle zone.

By NEDRA PICKLER SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Barack Obama announced his bid for president Saturday, a black man evoking Abraham Lincoln's ability to unite a nation and a Democrat portraying himself as a fresh face capable of leading a new generation.

By Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune Oct. 12--WASHINGTON -- A new memoir by Illinois' junior senator, Barack Obama, sets out a lofty political vision that is sure to further speculation that he is contemplating a bid for the White House.