TV-over-Internet service Aereo expands to Boston

NEW YORK (AP) ? Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15.

With prices starting at $8 a month, Aereo will offer 28 Boston-area broadcast channels, plus the cable channel Bloomberg TV. Service will be available in Boston and surrounding areas in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.

The Barry Diller-backed company announced in January that it plans to expand beyond New York to 22 additional U.S. markets. Boston represents the first metropolitan area outside New York. Others expected in the coming months include Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington.

Aereo converts television signals into computer data and sends them over the Internet to subscribers' computers and mobile devices. Subscribers can watch channels live or record them with an Internet-based digital video recorder. They can pause and rewind live television, just like a DVR.

Aereo sells its service as a low-cost alternative to cable or satellite TV, and it plans to target those who have dropped pay-TV service or never had one. Aereo offers far fewer channels than most pay-TV packages, but it could appeal to viewers who already turn to Hulu, Netflix and other online sources for TV shows and movies.

Broadcasters see Aereo as a threat to their revenue, even though stations already make signals available for free. Broadcasters are increasingly supplementing advertising revenue with fees they get from cable and satellite TV companies for redistributing their stations to subscribers. If customers drop their pay-TV service and use Aereo instead, broadcasters would lose some of that revenue.

So far, federal courts have ruled against broadcasters' claims that Aereo's service constitutes copyright infringement. Aereo claims what it is doing is legal because it has thousands of tiny antennas at its data centers and assigns individual subscribers their own antenna. According to Aereo, that makes it akin to customers picking up free broadcast signals with a regular antenna at home. Broadcasters argue that the use of individual antennas is a mere technicality meant to circumvent copyright law.

Although the latest ruling, from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will likely be appealed, broadcasting companies have already threatened to take their stations off the air. The Fox and Univision television networks are among those that say they might end their free broadcasts and become a subscription-only channel like CNN, Nickelodeon and Discovery.

Aereo's Boston expansion will initially be available only to those who had pre-registered for the service. The New York-based company said others would be able to join after May 30.

Subscribers must live in one of 16 counties: Barnstable, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, or Worcester in Massachusetts; Belknap, Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham or Strafford counties in New Hampshire; or Windham County in Vermont.

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Bobcats fire coach Mike Dunlap after 1 season

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? Mike Dunlap is one and done with the Charlotte Bobcats.

The Bobcats fired Dunlap as coach Tuesday after a single season.

The Bobcats went 21-61 under Dunlap, finishing with the second-worst record in the NBA ahead of only the Orlando Magic. Charlotte won just seven games in the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season, but tripling last year's victory total and a three-game winning streak to close the season weren't enough to save Dunlap's job.

Bobcats president of basketball operations Rod Higgins said he and general manager Rich Cho met with players and Dunlap before approaching owner Michael Jordan and asking him to make a coaching change.

"The change was allowed," Higgins said.

Dunlap struggled at times with game management, transitioning from the college game to the NBA and handling professional athletes, often benching veteran players for weeks at a time after they'd irritated him in some way.

Higgins said player input was "a part of the process, but not the only indicator."

During one point in the season Dunlap feuded with veteran guard Ben Gordon during a practice, and his micromanaging approach didn't always sit well with some of the more experienced players on the roster.

"I just don't think he was a great fit," general manager Rich Cho said. "Probably best that we go in a different direction."

Dunlap was unavailable for comment.

The move means the Bobcats will have a third head coach in as many seasons.

The Bobcats hired Dunlap last June after he had been working as an assistant at St. John's, the first person to make a direct move from an assistant coach at the college level to a head coaching position in the NBA.

Dunlap replaced Paul Silas, who was fired after the Bobcats went 7-59 in 2011-12, the worst winning percentage in NBA history (.106).

The Bobcats got off to a surprising 7-5 start, but even Dunlap said at the time he "didn't trust" the record. The Bobcats would go on to lose 18 straight games and quickly regain their spot at the bottom of the NBA standings, where they would remain until closing with three wins and moving ahead of the Magic.

Higgins cited the team's inconsistent play as one of the reasons Dunlap was released.

"You can characterize the season in different buckets," Higgins said. "We started pretty strong and we finished pretty strong. But through the middle part of those two buckets we had some inconsistencies. So when Rich and I reviewed the season we came to the conclusion we needed a change."

Dunlap entered training camp with a desire to push his young players physically, and three- and four-hour practices became the norm. Dunlap talked early in the season about disrupting teams with three-quarter presses, but those plans were quickly abandoned.

The Bobcats were outscored by 757 points this season, more than any team in the NBA.

Defensively, the Bobcats allowed 102.6 points per game, the second-most in the league, and they were the NBA's worst shooting team at 42.5 percent.

After the season, Dunlap sounded like a man politicking to keep his job.

"I never thought that we were going to blink our eyes and have 35 wins," Dunlap said last week. "I thought it was always going to be a slog. We're slowly moving this thing around and again, what's perspective? The worst team in the history of the NBA (last season), all right, so how do you go from seven wins to, say, 40 wins? That's pretty tough to do."

The Bobcats interviewed 10 candidates last summer for the job.

Now that process will start all over.

"In the NBA, you're not surprised by a lot because so many different things happen," Higgins said of the decision. "It's the business."

With the Bobcats getting another top-five draft pick this year and having up to $21 million to spend under the salary cap, Higgins and Cho don't believe there will be a lack of interested candidates in the position.

"Since the release our cellphones have been blowing up," Higgins said. "It lets you know that there is interest in this job, a high level of interest."

Higgins said it's too early for a list of candidates but indicated he wants a coach who's a great leader, able to develop players and great with Xs and Os.

When asked if the team is looking for a candidate with more NBA experience this time around, Cho was non-committal.

"I don't want to pigeonhole ourselves," Cho said. "We want to find out the best fit."

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Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts

A law enforcement officer stands post at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, April 15, 2013 in Washington. Authorities say the blasts during the Boston Marathon killed two people and injured at least 73,(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A law enforcement officer stands post at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, April 15, 2013 in Washington. Authorities say the blasts during the Boston Marathon killed two people and injured at least 73,(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A police officer patrols the area in front of the Barclays Center in New York, Monday, April 15, 2013, before a Brooklyn Nets NBA basketball game in the wake of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

A New Jersey State Police helicopter flies over Jersey City, N.J., Monday, April 15, 2013. New Jersey is securing its city, which sits along the Hudson River across from New York City, in the wake of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

People stand behind police tape after law enforcement closed down Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House Monday, April 15, 2013 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A New Jersey State Police helicopter flies by the construction site of One World Trade Center in Manhattan seen from The Heights neighborhood of Jersey City, N.J., Monday, April 15, 2013. New York is securing its city in the wake of explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Police in Los Angeles, New York City, London, Washington and other cities worldwide stepped up security Monday following explosions at the Boston Marathon.

In Los Angeles, the Sheriff's Department activated its emergency operations center and increased patrols at transit hubs, schools and county buildings, while in New York, critical response teams were deployed citywide and officials stepped up security at hotels and other prominent locations.

California emergency management officials activated their statewide threat assessment system, which was established after the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks. And officials in multiple cities and counties throughout the state were reviewing information from federal authorities for possible threats.

Meanwhile, police in Washington, San Diego, Las Vegas, Detroit and Atlanta were monitoring events closely and assessing potential increases in security measures.

At the White House, the Secret Service quickly expanded its security perimeter, shutting down Pennsylvania Avenue and cordoning off the area with yellow police tape. Several Secret Service patrol cars blocked off entry points to the road, though the White House was not on lockdown and tourists and other onlookers were still allowed in the park across the street.

Agencies were also stepping up their social media response, telling the public via Twitter and Facebook to report suspicious activity to the police.

In Seattle, police increased patrols in neighborhoods and around government buildings and other facilities. In Colorado a statewide alert was sent out advising law enforcement agencies to look out for suspicious activities.

Police at three major Los Angeles area airports, including Los Angeles International, were in a "heightened state of vigilance," with increased patrols, said Chief of Airport Police Patrick Gannon.

"We have no indications that suggest there's a nexus from Boston to the Los Angeles airport, but in an overabundance of caution, we have heightened our patrols," Gannon said.

At the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, police increased security procedures by doing critical site checks of property around the port complex as well as coordinating with multiple local and federal law enforcement officers.

The explosions also spurred a review of security at upcoming sporting events. British police said they were re-examining plans for Sunday's London Marathon ? the next major international marathon.

The San Francisco Police Department was also rethinking security for the upcoming San Francisco Marathon in June and the Bay to Breakers race in May. In Indianapolis, authorities were reviewing security for next month's 500 Festival Mini-Marathon, while in Nashville, increased security precautions were being considered for the Country Music Marathon on April 27. Stepped up security was also put in place for this weekend's marathon in Lansing, Mich.

Security was heightened for a number of sporting events Monday night, including the Dodgers-Padres game in Los Angeles and the Nationals-Marlins game in Miami. But Major League Baseball said no changes were planned to ceremonies at ballparks around the country to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day, though several teams informed the league they planned moments of silence.

In Miami, a police officer with a dog patrolled near a ballpark entrance ? an unusual sight at the venue ? two hours before the game. In Tennessee, hockey fans watching the Nashville Predators play the Vancouver Canucks were seeing "more visible presence around the building," team spokesman Kevin Wilson said.

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Associated Press writers Colleen Long in New York, Brett Zongker in Washington, Gregory Katz in London, Juliet Williams in Sacramento, Elliot Spagat in San Diego, Jason Dearen in San Francisco contributed to this report

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IMF trims global growth forecast, sees bumpy recovery

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday shaved projections for global economic growth for this year and next to take into account sharp government spending cuts in the United States and the latest struggles of recession-stricken Europe.

While it said economic prospects had improved in recent months with a fading of financial risks, it warned Europe against relaxing efforts to combat its debt crisis given the messy bailout in Cyprus and political stalemate in Italy.

The IMF also upwardly revised its forecast for Japan, welcoming the Bank of Japan's aggressive new monetary stimulus, which it said would boost growth and help vanquish deflation.

"Global economic prospects have improved again but the road to recovery in the advanced economies will remain bumpy," the IMF said in its periodic World Economic Outlook released ahead of meetings later this week of global finance leaders.

"While tail risks to the global outlook have diminished and upside risks now exist, downside risks still predominate and could have important spillovers across regions," it added.

The IMF cut its 2013 forecast for global growth to 3.3 percent, down from its January projection of 3.5 percent. It also trimmed its 2014 forecast to 4.0 percent from 4.1 percent.

A more subdued outlook for the United States and for the eurozone led it to lower its forecast for advanced economies to 1.2 percent for 2013 while it kept its 2014 forecast at 2.2 percent.

While it lowered its projections for growth in emerging economies to 5.3 percent for this year, it also said growth was already accelerating and would hit 5.7 percent in 2014. Growth has returned to a healthy pace in China and activity is expected to recover in Brazil next year, the IMF said.

Strong domestic demand in sub-Saharan Africa should help boost growth in both resource-rich and poorer economies in that region, the Fund added. Meanwhile, growth in the Middle East and North Africa is likely to dip this year as oil production slows in some oil-exporting nations and "Arab Spring" countries struggle with political transitions.

"Notwithstanding old dangers and new turbulence, the near-term risk picture has improved as recent policy actions in Europe and the United States have addressed some of the gravest short-term risks," the Fund said.

BOJ ON TRACK BUT NEEDS HELP

The IMF welcomed the radical overhaul of monetary policy the Bank of Japan announced this month to end two decades of deflation.

The Fund also said inflation in Japan would likely rise above zero in 2013 and temporarily jump in 2014 and 2015 in response to an increase in consumption tax.

The Bank of Japan unleashed an intense burst of monetary stimulus earlier this month, pledging to inject about $1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years, a major shift from its previous incremental steps.

"For it to be a successful and achieve 2 percent inflation within two years, easing must be accompanied by ambitious growth and fiscal reforms to ensure a sustained recovery and reduce fiscal risks," the IMF said, also warning Japan that its public debt burden was unsustainable.

Tokyo came under fire before a meeting of officials from the Group of 20 leading economies in February for comments that suggested it was targeting specific levels for the yen with its easing of monetary and fiscal policy. The yen last week hit a four-year low against the dollar.

But the IMF said it found "no large deviations of the major currencies from medium-term fundamentals" and dismissed talk of a "currency war" as overblown. It said the U.S. dollar and euro "appear moderately over-valued" and the Chinese renminbi "moderately undervalued." Evidence on the value of the yen "is mixed," it added.

FIRST FED RATE INCREASE IN 2016

The IMF said Europe and the United States had dodged bullets by enacting policies that laid to rest the notion of a euro zone breakup and the possibility the world's richest economy would fall off a "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and budget cuts.

However, it suggested an easier monetary policy might be warranted in the euro zone.

"Given moderating inflation pressure, monetary policy should remain very accommodative. Room is still available for further conventional easing, as inflation is projected to fall below the European Central Bank's target in the medium term," it said.

The Fund also made clear that, while a worst-case outcome had been avoided, fiscal policy in Washington had tightened more than it had expected - a key reason for its forecast downgrade.

It said across-the-board spending cuts known as the "sequester" would shave about 0.3 percentage points from gross domestic product this year, the IMF said. If the sequester continued into the next fiscal year, it could trim another 0.2 percentage points from GDP growth, the IMF added.

As for U.S. monetary policy, it said it expected the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates near zero into early 2016, although it cautioned that the Fed may need to tighten policy earlier "should upside risks to growth materialize."

The Fed last month maintained a controversial program of buying $85 billion of bonds a month, while pledging to keep interest rates near zero until unemployment hits at least 6.5 percent, so long as inflation stays under 2.5 percent.

The Fund said developing a comprehensive medium-term deficit reduction framework that reformed so-called entitlement programs and raised additional revenues should be the top priority for the United States.

"Such a comprehensive plan should place fiscal consolidation on a gradual path in the short term, in light of the fragile recovery and limited room for monetary policy," the IMF added.

(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Tim Ahmann and Theodore d'Afflisio)

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Gold prices plunge deeper into bear market to below $1,400 an ...

What we now see is panic selling, perhaps triggered by the Fed?s stimulus view

Commodities fell to a nine-month low, led by the worst plunge in gold since 1980, and global stocks slid the most since June as China?s economic growth unexpectedly slowed and investors speculated hedges against inflation were unneeded. The yen and dollar climbed against most major peers and Treasuries rose.

The Standard & Poor?s GSCI gauge of 24 raw materials dropped 2.3%, its worst loss since November, as silver tumbled more than 13% during the day and gold futures plunged as much as 11%. Oil sank to less than US$89 a barrel and copper declined to the lowest level since 2011. The MSCI All-Country World Index tumbled 1.8% and the S&P 500 Index sank 2.3% for its biggest decline since November. The Shanghai Composite Index capped a 10% retreat from this year?s peak and. Japan?s currency appreciated against all 16 major peers and the dollar gained versus 13.

Strategists have cited various reasons for gold?s decline, including official selling from central banks and the already sharp correction that has caused short-term investors to flee the asset.

In gold, ?what we now see is panic selling, perhaps triggered by the Fed?s stimulus view. The Fed has given the signal that there?s a possibility to reduce QE (quantitative easing), and that took a lot of trust out of gold,? said Dominic Schnider, an analyst at UBS Wealth Management.

?And people recognize that an environment where you have no inflation is a powerful driver to get out of the metal.?

While stocks extended losses as explosions rocked the finish line area of the Boston Marathon, almost all of the decline came before the incident. China?s economic growth lost momentum as factory output weakened last month, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing. Manufacturing in the New York region expanded less than projected in April, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

?There?s a lot of talk about when the Fed might pull back and inflation worries, but underlying ? the way the market is behaving with commodities and gold ? it seems like people are acting differently,? Joseph Veranth, chief investment officer at Dana Investment Advisors in Brookfield, Wisconsin, said by telephone. The firm manages US$3.9-billion. ?They?re acting as if deflation is still potentially a fear.?

Metals Tumble

Gold futures have tumbled almost 15% in two days amid speculation Cyprus will sell the metal to raise cash and the U.S. Fed will scale back on stimulus efforts, curbing the outlook for inflation. A bigger-than-forecast 0.6% drop in producer prices in March, reported by the government last week, was the latest sign that inflation was not posing a threat.

The losses spurred speculation that some investors were selling to raise cash to cover positions acquired with borrowed money.

?Gold took a beating today because of margin calls? expected on the Comex, Frank McGhee, the head dealer at Integrated Brokerage Services LLC in Chicago, said in a telephone interview. ?The Chinese number was the final nail on the head with people exiting from all commodities, including gold.?

Gold, Silver

The S&P GSCI fell to the lowest since July after gold for June delivery traded as low as US$1,348.50 an ounce, the least since 2010. Oil in New York slipped 2.8% to $88.71 a barrel, the lowest price of the year, and copper declined 2.3% to $3.273 a pound, the least since October 2011.

Silver tumbled as much as 13%, extending its 6% drop on April 12.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Gold ETF Volatility Index, which measures the cost of options on the SPDR Gold Trust exchange-traded fund, soared 62% to 34.48 for its biggest gain on record and its highest close since October 2011. The VIX, as the CBOE?s index of S&P 500 options is known, jumped 43% to 17.27 for its biggest advance since August 2011.

$1,310 Eyed

Gold futures may fall to US$1,310 in June even as the worst of the selling is over, Sterling Smith, a Chicago-based commodity futures specialist at Citigroup Inc., said in a telephone interview. Prices will drop as inflation worries ease and amid speculation the U.S. will end its third round of stimulus measures.

Hedge funds and other speculators added to bullish gold bets before the metal slumped into a bear market and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. warned the retreat is accelerating after the longest rally in nine decades.

The investors increased net-long positions by 19% to 56,084 futures and options in the week ended April 9, the first gain in three weeks, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show. That contrasts with a 7.9% decline in bullish wagers across 18 U.S.-traded raw materials, which fell to a five-week low of 431,581 contracts. Holdings in agriculture dropped to the lowest since September 2006.

The turn in the gold cycle is quickening and investors should sell the metal, Goldman Sachs said in an April 10 recommendation that returned 5.4% in three days.

Ten-year U.S. Treasury yields decreased three basis points to 1.69%, the lowest level since Dec. 11. Powerful explosions killed two and injured 23 near the finish of the Boston Marathon, police said.

?Safe Assets?

The explosions ?are giving Treasuries a boost and weighing on the stock market,? said Jason Rogan, director of U.S. government trading at Guggenheim Partners LLC, a New York-based brokerage for institutional investors. ?Until we get news on exactly what this is you will see people jumping to buy safe assets on a quiet afternoon.?

Raw material producers lost 3.8% as a group and energy shares slid 3.3% to lead declines in all 10 of the main industries in the MSCI World Index. Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and Newmont Mining Corp. lost 8.3% and 6.7% to the lowest levels since 2010 and 2008, respectively.

Market Movers

The S&P 500 extended April 12?s 0.3% decline and Canada?s S&P/TSX Composite Index sank 2.7% to bring its two-day slump to 3.8%, its worst slide since October 2011. Commodity and energy producers make up 39% of the Canadian benchmark.

The Fed Bank of New York?s general economic index dropped to 3.1 this month from 9.2 in March. Readings exceeding zero signal expansion in New York, northern New Jersey and southern Connecticut. The median projection of 47 economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 7.

Sprint Nextel Corp. jumped 13%, the most since October, after Dish Network Corp. made an unsolicited $25.5 billion offer for the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, topping a Softbank Corp. bid.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.7% as a gauge of basic-resources producers slid 4.8% to the lowest level since October 2011. Randgold Resources Ltd., a miner of the precious metal in West Africa, and Kazakhmys Plc, Kazakhstan?s biggest copper producer, lost more than 8% in London trading.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said monetary policy can?t address the root cause of the sovereign debt crisis and it?s up to governments to enact structural reforms.

?Loom Large?

?Problems in the euro-area economic landscape still loom large? and ?the way out is to restore competitiveness,? Draghi said in a speech in Amsterdam today. ?Undertaking structural reforms, budget consolidation and restoring bank balance-sheet health is neither the responsibility nor the mandate of monetary policy.?

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell for a second day, retreating 1.8% to the lowest level since November. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of mainland companies traded in Hong Kong slid 2%, the most in a week. China?s economy grew 7.7 in the first quarter from a year earlier, less than the 8% median of 41 estimates in a Bloomberg survey. Industrial production rose 8.9% in March, compared with a 10.1% forecast.

Russia?s Micex Index sank 1.9% and Brazil?s Bovespa retreated 3.2% for its biggest drop since May as Vale SA tumbled 5.7% to an almost four-year low.

Emerging Markets

India?s Sensex index gained 0.6% after a report showed lower-than-estimated inflation. Venezuela?s dollar bonds fell, sending the yield on notes due in 2027 up 33 basis points to 9.41%, as opposition parties challenged the election victory of ex-President Hugo Chavez?s handpicked successor, Nicolas Maduro.

The won strengthened against 15 of its 16 major peers, climbing 0.7% versus the dollar, after the U.S. agreed to work with China, Japan and South Korea to lure North Korea back into nuclear talks.

The yen and dollar rose the most against currencies of commodity-exporting nations, with the New Zealand and Australian dollars and South Africa?s rand weakening more than 3% versus their Japanese counterpart.

Japan will be reminded of its pledge not to drive down the yen when Group of 20 finance chiefs meet this week in Washington. The U.S. Treasury said it would pressure Japan to avoid ?targeting its exchange rate for competitive purposes? in its semi-annual currency report to Congress released in Washington on April 12. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who surprised markets April 4 by doubling monthly bond purchases in an effort to end deflation, said today there are signs Japan?s economy is picking up.

Bloomberg.com

Source: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/04/15/gold-plunges-deeper-into-bear-market-to-1400-an-ounce/

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Melissa McCarthy and director Paul Feig debut a scene for MTV's Sneak Peek Week, leading up to the 2013 MTV Movie Awards.
By Kevin P. Sullivan

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'Kid President' helps White House pull April Fools' prank

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"Kid President," aka 9-year-old Robby Novak, looked quite presidential visiting TODAY on Jan. 31. On April 1, he was at the White House to help pull an April Fools' Day prank.

By Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY contributor

It's April Fools' Day, and even the White House isn't above taking advantage of it. With the help of ?Kid President,? the nation's executive branch took a little time from affairs of state to pull a prank.

After announcing a ?special video message from the president? on Twitter, the White House pulled a bait-and-switch on viewers.

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The video begins with an empty shot of the lectern used in the White House briefing room, "Hail to the Chief? playing in the background. But then the tune comes to a screeching halt and a head peers over the podium.

?It looks like you were expecting somebody else, but April Fool?s on all of y?all!? announces?9-year-old Robby Novak, the star of a popular series of YouTube videos.

?I?m Kid President and I hope everyone has an awesome day. It?s everybody?s duty to give the world a reason to dance,? he says, before excitedly declaring: ?I made it to the White House! I?m here! Peace.?

Kid President then disappears behind the podium and sneaks away, only to get caught in the briefing room doorway. "I think I'm stuck," he declares.

Robby appeared with the real president Monday as he helped introduce the first family at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

Michelle Obama called Robby ?inspiring.?

?I can?t imagine that there?s anyone who hasn?t seen your video, right?? she said. ?You make us all want to work hard and be better.?

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