A dip into the pool reports: return of the polar bear

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From a pool report filed Monday by the Los Angeles Times's Maeve Reston, who was covering a trip to the golf course in Hawaii by President Obama:

The President gave a half man-hug to one of the other players. And he waved to a crowd of spectators that had gathered at the fence to watch him: "Hey Everybody!" He singled out one person who was dressed in a head-to-toe polar bear suit: "Hey, Polar Bear!" he said with a laugh. (Polar Bear had been holding an anti-Keystone pipeline sign, but it was unclear whether the President saw the sign). With a few more waves to other spectators near the clubhouse, POTUS left the golf course shortly before 2:30pm.

An anti-Keystone polar bear, perhaps the same one, was also spotted attempting to grab Obama's attention on Sunday, in the middle of a college basketball game.