A N.Y. school is renamed for Obama. The Barack Obama name seems to be catching on everywhere – even at schools.  The former Ludlum Elementary School in Hempstead, New York, was renamed at a school board meeting Thursday – effective immediately – in honor of the president-elect.  The new name is the Barack Obama Elementary School. The school, which is made up of about 440 students, is mostly Black and Hispanic.

MLK Memorial may have hit a snag. Wal-Mart is kicking in a large chunk of change to help along plans for the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, D.C., The Associated Press reports. The Wal-Mart Foundation has announced a $12.5 million letter of credit for the planned memorial. The group working to build the King memorial says it has raised $100 million of the $120 million needed for the project. Meanwhile, the memorial may hit a snag over a disagreement about how to secure the site. The National Park Service wants the design to include security measures, feeling the memorial might be targeted by racist extremist groups, AP reports. But the National Capital Planning Commission doesn’t want the security barriers, saying it’s an affront to King’s legacy of inclusiveness.

Obama pool table selling on eBay for $500,000. Just about everything Obama touches seem to turn to “sold” these days.  The owner of the pool hall in West Virginia is planning to sell the  tournament-size pool table along with the cues, balls and lamp used by Obama during a campaign stop back in May. John Mawyer, the owner of the pool hall, posted the pool table on eBay with a starting price of $500,000. Some of the proceeds will go to charity.