Obama was in New York Jan. 20 for a high-dollar fundraiser at director Spike Lee’s home and a campaign event at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem, with performances by Green, India.Arie and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.

CROONER-IN-CHIEF—President Barack Obama sings before speaking at a campaign event, Jan. 19, at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem. (AP Photo Haraz N. Ghanbari)

(AP)—Is it too much to ask our presidents to uphold the Constitution, command the armed forces, execute the nation’s laws—AND provide us with a little musical interlude?

The question comes to mind in the wake of Barack Obama's recent appearance at the Apollo Theater, when the leader of the free world took a moment to channel the Rev. Al Green, singing a bar from “Let’s Stay Together.” The crowd (and admirers on the Internet) went nuts, reacting in a way they rarely do to, say, a veto message or a Thanksgiving Proclamation.

The Polk research firm said Tuesday that the average age of a car last July was 11.1 years, while the truck average was 10.4.

Unemployment and the sour economy have caused people to put off buying cars and trucks.

Polk says the average vehicle age has been rising since 2008. But the firm says a sales rebound last year is likely to slow the aging rate.

Car companies sold 12.8 million vehicles in the U.S. last year, up from 11.6 million in 2010.

In 2010 the average vehicle on U.S. roads was 10.6 years old, up from 10 years in 2008.

Polk gets its numbers from national auto registration data.

(AP)—The jobless rate is dipping, but millions of people are still out of work. And that could have implications when they file their income tax returns.

Collecting unemployment insurance benefits? All that you received in 2011 is taxed as income. Unless you requested that federal taxes be withheld, you could be in for a big surprise when you calculate taxes owed.