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Preparation and Celebration in D.C.
As the final touches were put into place Sunday, jubilation filled the air at the Inaugural Celebration concert and a palpbale pre-inauguration buzz began to take hold of the hundreds of thousands who...
View ArticleFestive mood at Lincoln Memorial event
It was like walking into a bubble or some sort of a time warp. If the economy was bad, you certainly couldn't tell from the extravagant festivities at the Lincoln Memorial and National Mall today in...
View ArticleOfficial festivities begin with headliner inaugural concert
Chilly January temperatures did not stop the hundreds of thousands of people from flocking to streets for a star-studded kick off concert for the 2009 Inaugural celebration. Free, open to the public...
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Brunch with Presidential Historian Lonnie Bunch
Lonnie Bunch shows us his favorite historical photos he's collected over the years--from the 1870s on. Presidential historian and former Chicagoan Dr. Lonnie Bunch will be providing commentary for ABC...
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Logjam, headaches at Metro Center Station
The train stations are well over-capacity this Inauguration Eve, causing problems and headaches for many D.C. travelers. Some said they were forced to wait two or three trains to find one that wasn't...
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Inauguration Day: The district that doesn't sleep. Much.
Orange seat inauguration tickets received just hours before beginning the sleepy hour walk to Capitol Hill. The early morning trek to Capitol Hill View from the orange seating inside the ticketed...
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Inauguration Day Triggers Flood of Emotions
After only two hours of sleep Monday night, I began Inauguration Day at 8:30 a.m., trekking from Arlington, VA. with my hosts to the Memorial Bridge--the place for cyclists and pedestrians headed to...
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Inauguration Day Swearing-In Ceremony
Bernard Lilly, 40, of Chicago's Austin neighborhood, poses with one of his favorite cousins James Williams, 15, of Atlanta, Ga. during today's event in the National Mall. Williams, an honors student...
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No Wiggle Room at Metro Stations, Exodus Indoors
If you're claustrophobic, anywhere near a Metro Station early this morning and late this afternoon was a bad place to be. But at the Capitol South stop this morning, transit and emergency officials put...
View ArticlePost-inaugural response at Dulles airport
Everyone has something to talk about at Dulles Airport while waiting for their early Wednesday morning flights back home. From the long check-in lines (about 30-45 minutes) to the airport security...
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Inauguration reflections from a DePaul alum
A man selling flags near capital hill, moments before Obama takes his oath of office. Written by Matt Monahan, a 2008 DePaul University Alum and a past editor for The DePaulia's National/Global...
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The Best and Worst of Inauguration Weekend
As both a participant and journalist, here's what I found most memorable and least memorable about my stay in D.C. during Inauguration festivities. The Good 5. Role of Twitter: Not only did...
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Extreme Makeover Inauguration Edition
Crowds flood the intersection of 18th and E Street as they exit the District on foot. The intersection of 18th and E Street, NW looked like a scene from ABC's popular reality show "Extreme Makeover...
View ArticleSome 5,000 student inauguration attendees feel misled
As thousands of pre-selected students arrived in D.C. for the Inaugural celebrations on Saturday, January 17, many believe they were misled by the University Presidential Inaugural Conference (UPIC) to...
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After Historic Weekend, We Return to Start of Obama Campaign
As we arrived in Chicago early Wednesday morning, my mind was still racing, and, frankly, a little cloudy after getting only 10-15 hours of shut-eye the entire weekend. I quickly tried to process...
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