Jul 2nd, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
WASHINGTON -- When politics is your father's business and your birthday falls on the 4th of July, your special day is almost always upstaged by parades, picnics and Americana that any ambitious politician must participate in with enthusiasm.
So it has been for Malia Obama, who this weekend will be the first member of this First Family to celebrate a birthday in the White House, even as several thousand descend on her lawn to watch fireworks on Saturday when she turns 11.
