New Royal Baby Name Odds: What Are the Chances Kate Middleton Will Name Her Son Barack? Find Out!

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The betting odds for royal baby names just got a little more exciting.

Since the announcement of Kate Middleton's pregnancy in December, royal bookies began to place bets on the gender and name of the future prince or princess, and even as we get down to the final days, the odds continue to change.

According to the National Post, Alexandra was the solid favorite for a girl at the betting houses, along with James or George for a boy, which is not something new.

However, there were a few interesting names thrown into the mix.

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Along with the usual monikers that have been thrown around—Diana, Elizabeth, Alice, Mary, Charles and Philip—the betting houses also listed Adam and Eve, Basil and even Barack and Elvis!

But before you get excited and put down some moolah on the latter choices, you should probably know that the chance of Prince William and Kate naming their royal child Barack or Elvis are slim to none.

According to the report, Barack was at 200-1 while the King of Rock n' Roll was pegged as a 500-1 long shot.

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As of earlier this week, royal bookies narrowed down their top picks of royal baby names to Alexandra, Charlotte, Elizabeth, George, James, Victoria, Diana, Isabella, Alice, Mary, Eleanor, Grace, Phillip, Alexander, Anne, Catherine/Kate, Charles, Frances, Louis, Alfred and Arthur.

"Nobody knows what William and Kate are calling their baby or even if they have decided on a name," a royal source previously told E! News. "They are being very careful to keep everything to themselves. The duke and duchess are taking their privacy very seriously. They are not speaking to anyone about these private matters."

No pressure, but a lot of newborns' names are riding on this.

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President Barack Obama on Trayvon Martin Murder Trial Verdict: This "Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago"

by Brett Malec Fri., Jul. 19, 2013 3:24 PM PDT

President Barack Obama spoke earlier today in response to last week's Trayvon Martin murder trial verdict, which found George Zimmerman not guilty and acquitted of all charges.

In the impromptu speech given at the White House today, Obama reacted both personally and as a member of the African-American community.

"When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son," he said. "Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. When you think about why, in the African-American community at least, there's a lot of pain around what happened here. I think it's important to recognize that the African-American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that—that doesn't go away."

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The commander in chief continued, "There are very few African-American men in this country who have not had the experience of being followed when they are shopping at a department store. That includes me. There are probably very few African-American men who have not had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. That happens to me—at least before I was a senator. There are very few African-Americans who have not had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had the chance to get off. That happens often.

"I don't want to exaggerate this, but those sets of experiences inform how the African-American community interprets what happened one night in Florida," Obama said. "And it's inescapable for people to bring those experiences to bear."

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"The African-American community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws, everything from the death penalty to enforcement of our drug laws," he said. "And that ends up having an impact in terms of how people interpret the case."

This past Saturday, Zimmerman was acquitted by a Florida jury of all charges stemming from the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Martin on Feb. 26 of last year.

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