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THE RESET: Obama now must move on 2nd-term agenda
President Barack Obama now faces the heavy lifting of trying to move ahead on the lofty second-term vows and declarations he laid out in his inaugural ...
Ke$ha: The all-American girl at charity concert
Ke$ha is an all-American girl — or at least she was following Inauguration Day at a concert Monday night. The pop singer sported a bright red suit, ...
Smithsonian curators scout for Obama artifacts
As crowds descended and the inauguration unfolded, a few museum curators in Washington kept watch for symbols and messages that would make history.
US pays tribute to King as Obama begins new term
The youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. hailed the inauguration of the nation's first black president to a new term as one of the ...
Smaller crowd, but still excitement this time
Schoolteacher Patricia Cooper gazed out at the many hundreds of thousands of people lining the National Mall, moments after Barack Obama had been ...
Beyonce, Hudson do star turns at inauguration
Beyonce drew a loud cheer at the inauguration Monday even before her impressive rendition of the national anthem. But in the role she played four ...
AP photos: crowd fills Mall to cheer Obama
President Barack Obama's inauguration Monday brought out a festive crowd of flag-wavers who filled the National Mall to overflowing, hailed his moment ...
The inaugural do-over: chomping gum, savoring view
Let's hear it for the do-over. Inaugurations are always moments of great ceremony and pageantry. But, hey, everybody can rel-a-a-a-ax a little the ...
Michelle Obama wears Wu to the balls again
Michelle Obama made it a fashion tradition Monday night, wearing a custom-made Jason Wu gown to the inauguration balls. The ruby-colored dress was a ...
Inauguration-goers find tight DC security, delays
The hundreds of thousands of spectators at President Barack Obama's second inauguration Monday encountered strict security screening, slow-moving ...
Time to act, Obama declares, taking oath 2nd time
Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with "passion and dedication" to ...
Exodus of inaugural watchers jams DC subway stops
Crowded subway stations and a disabled train caused major headaches Monday for thousands of rail riders trying to get home from President Barack ...
Nation honors King on day of Obama inauguration
Commemorative events for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in Monday of the nation's first black ...
Quick hits and other moments from Obama inaugural
A wistful moment for President Barack Obama came shortly after his public swearing-in ceremony. As he began walking off the inaugural platform to go ...
Inauguration Quotes
Quotes on Inauguration Day: ___ "Our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it." —President Barack ...
Analysis: Obama agenda will confront GOP on debt
President Barack Obama appealed for "one nation and one people" in his second inaugural address. Any notion that the country's bitter partisanship ...
Obama, first lady walk part of inaugural parade
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Monday emerged twice from their limousine to respond to wildly cheering crowds along the ...
Ex-President George H.W. Bush sends Obama regards
Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, are congratulating President Barack Obama as he begins his second term. The 88-year-old ...
Obama's second inaugural is a political speech
President Barack Obama never mentioned the words Democrat or Republican, yet his second inaugural address was a decidedly political speech.
Obama officially signs Cabinet nominations
Minutes after his inauguration speech Monday, President Barack Obama signed documents officially submitting top administration nominations to the ...
Inauguration offers brief pause from TV bickering
The second inauguration of President Barack Obama gave television networks a chance to bask in the majesty of a Washington event that unites Americans ...
Inaugural poet pays homage to American experience
Poet Richard Blanco has delivered an inaugural poem paying homage to the American experience. Blanco, at age 44 the youngest ever inaugural poet, ...
Tuskegee airmen honored guests at inaugural
They sat in wheelchairs as honored guests at President Barack Obama's second inaugural, attended to almost minute-by-minute by active duty members of ...