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The son of Gabon's longtime dictator was sworn in as president following disputed elections that opposition candidates said were fraudulent.
Dartmouth College is the first Ivy League school to inaugurate an Asian-American president.
Gary Herbert was sworn in Tuesday as Utah's 17th governor following the resignation of Jon Huntsman, who is now the U.S. ambassador to China.
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was inaugurated for his second term Sunday after winning an election that the opposition has dismissed as fraudulent.
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty says the federal government has reimbursed the city for all costs related to President Barack Obama's inauguration, totaling nearly $43 million.
A lawsuit was filed in federal court Wednesday on behalf of more than 15,000 students who paid thousands to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration but reportedly were left out in the cold.
Wearing a brown frock coat and knee pants just as George Washington did 220 years ago, Dannell T. Maguire recited the presidential oath of office, took the "huzzahs" from the crowd and read the nation's first inaugural address — well, some if it, anyway.
Leaders of the Secret Service and Capitol Police apologized Wednesday to thousands of ticket-holders who were shut out of Barack Obama's inauguration. They said, however, the event was largely a success with no injuries or arrests.
President Barack Obama took a do-over on his oath of office. Now the Queen of Soul is following his lead.
An Ohio firefighter says he's quitting a marching band after he was suspended from the group for nodding and waving to President Barack Obama during last week's inauguration parade.
Visiting one of his favorite Chicago restaurants in November, Barack Obama was asked by an excited waitress if he wanted the restaurant's special margarita made with the finest ingredients, straight up and shaken at the table.
The classical music played for millions of people watching President Barack Obama's inauguration was not the live performance it appeared to be.
Don't believe those rumors of trouble in Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s marriage.
On Inauguration Day — one of the highest traffic days ever for the Internet — CNN came out on top.
The calls began to flood Luke Song's hat shop not long after Aretha Franklin finished belting out "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at President Barack Obama's inauguration.
An 83-year-old South Bend man said he missed his bus home from the presidential inauguration because he was dancing. Mussa Muhammad said his "spirit jumped sky-high" when President Barack Obama took the oath of office Tuesday. He became separated from his group and, he said, "just danced and danced" with a couple of young women he met along the way.
It’s tough to make a moment like the inauguration of Barack Obama any more memorable, but Kit Crawford found a way.
In a Jan. 20 story about the online experience of the inauguration, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Barack Obama sent a message on Twitter thanking his supporters shortly before taking the oath of office. Obama sent the thank you message Nov. 5, not Tuesday.
Gone are the huge crowds for President Barack Obama's inauguration. Left behind is political junk fit for a museum.
Ticket holders who never made it to Barack Obama's inauguration are going to get a few commemorative items for their trouble.
Texan Jason Carlson spent hours in line waiting for Barack Obama's inauguration and found himself backed up in yet another line the day after — waiting to get out of town. At least this time he wasn't shivering.
Nearly 38 million Americans watched inauguration coverage of President Barack Obama on Tuesday, the most popular inauguration day on television since Ronald Reagan took office in 1981.
The AP-Knowledge Networks poll on the inauguration of Barack Obama was conducted in the afternoon and evening of Jan. 20 and is based on interviews of 835 adults, including 463 Democrats and 333 Republicans.
- January 20, first and foremost, marked the transition of presidential power, and based on the performance of the entertainment industry's elite, it marked an official christening of Washington, D.C., as Hollywood east.
Politics, 'dates' put bumps in Obamas' marriageThe political spotlight has added pressure to their marriage at times, the Obamas admit in a revealing new interview - the controversy over their "date nights" being just a recent example.
Obamas attend girls' teacher-parent meetingsPresident Barack Obama means it when he says parents need to be involved in their children's education.
Obamas attend girls' teacher-parent meetingsPresident Barack Obama means it when he says parents need to be involved in their children's education.
Demands of being first lady require a big staffA first lady's chief duty is to run the vast White House entertainment operation - a big job in itself - and oversee the care of the building and its residential staff. But with every new demand, the demands on time grow, too. And so, out of necessity, has the first lady's staff.
Demands of being first lady require a big staffA first lady's chief duty is to run the vast White House entertainment operation - a big job in itself - and oversee the care of the building and its residential staff. But with every new demand, the demands on time grow, too. And so, out of necessity, has the first lady's staff.
White House's East Room is where the action isIndispensable, yet overshadowed by more famous rooms like the Oval Office, the East Room at the end of the White House's first floor is more than a hub of activity.
The poop on Bo's first months in White HouseHe has torn through magazines and stray socks, even sunk his teeth into the president's gym shoes. Charm school taught him to sit, heel and shake a paw on command. He spent his first summer vacation on breezy Martha's Vineyard.
Obama law tab up to $1.4 milNow, why would any sane person who is born in the U.S. as a natural born citizen want to support attorneys at a cost of $2.3 million and movin' on up.....Even if the U.S. President is an illegal alien as alleged by millions of Americans, he'd be the only illegal in U.S.
Britain should have boycotted Mahmoud Ahmadinejada's inauguration -Times OnlineThis was a craven performance that smacked of weakness
President Obama faces an increase of 400% in death threats a dayexcerpt: ""As the mounting weirdness that is emanating from right wingers continues to flow, an increasing amount of death threats follow.
Judge doesn't ban 'God' in inaugural oathA federal judge on Thursday refused to order the words "so help me God" taken out of President-elect Barack Obama's oath of office next week or to prevent ministers from praying at the inauguration celebration.
Obama's vacation will add to Vineyard's historyWhen Barack Obama kicks off his flip-flops on the Martha's Vineyard sand next month, he'll be adding a modern note to the island's black history that stretches back three centuries.
First daughters check out parents done in waxThe sight of their parents done up in wax at Madame Tussauds museum in Washington sent Sasha and Malia Obama giggling.
Obama's vacation will add to Vineyard's historyWhen Barack Obama kicks off his flip-flops on the Martha's Vineyard sand next month, he'll be adding a modern note to the island's black history that stretches back three centuries.
Gay bishop to say prayer at inauguration eventThe first openly gay Episcopal bishop will say a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for one of President-elect Barack Obama's first inauguration events.
Barack versus Michelle: The popularity contestHe's more powerful; she's more popular. He sells millions of books he's written; she sells millions of magazines she's posed for. He gets more Internet clicks - except when she does. There are plenty of ways to score a theoretical Barack v. Michelle celebrity smackdown.
Barack versus Michelle: The popularity contestHe's more powerful; she's more popular. He sells millions of books he's written; she sells millions of magazines she's posed for. He gets more Internet clicks - except when she does. There are plenty of ways to score a theoretical Barack v. Michelle celebrity smackdown.
Michelle Obama tours Kremlin with daughtersRussia's first lady Svetlana Medvedev took Michelle Obama and her two daughters on a low-key tour of the Kremlin just hours after they arrived in Moscow on Monday.
Obama: 'I have been an imperfect father'In honor of Father's Day, the commander in chief reflects on what good parenting means to him in an essay in PARADE magazine.
Obama: 'I have been an imperfect father'In honor of Father's Day, the commander in chief reflects on what good parenting means to him in an essay in PARADE magazine.
Schedule of events for Obama's inaugurationA schedule of some official and unofficial activities surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20:
First lady tunes up White House with jazz festMrs. Obama launched a White House music festival that brought 150 students together with musical legends like Wynton Marsalis and Paquito D'Rivera for a workshop on jazz, which the first lady called "America's greatest artistic gift to the world."
Harry Potter helps Sasha have magical birthdaySasha Obama learned there are some exhilarating perks that go along with being the president's daughter by having her 8th birthday party thrown on the set of the new Harry Potter film - and reportedly meeting star Daniel Radcliffe along with Potter creator J.K. Rowling.
Harry Potter helps Sasha have magical birthdaySasha Obama learned there are some exhilarating perks that go along with being the president's daughter by having her 8th birthday party thrown on the set of the new Harry Potter film - and reportedly meeting star Daniel Radcliffe along with Potter creator J.K. Rowling.
Michelle Obama's advice to grads: 'Don't worry'The first lady told 98 graduates of a Washington, D.C., math and science charter school that before going off to Princeton University she worried about whether she was ready and would fit in.
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