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Barack Obama Inauguration
The Barack Obama Inauguration will be Jan. 20, 2009 in Washington D.C. Barack Obama will become the president of the United States at noon, Jan. 20.
Would you be willing to pay more than $1,000 for a ticket to the Barack Obama Inauguration?
64 votes so far
Leader:
No
No
67%
33%
What do you think about the sale of tickets to the Barack Obama Inauguration?
36 votes so far
Leader:
Scalping tickets to an historic occasion like this is wrong.
Scalping tickets to an historic occasion like this is wrong.
72%
28%
Is it a good idea to push last call back to 5 a.m. during inauguration week?
36 votes so far
Leader:
Yes. Party for Obama! (And generate revenue for local biz)
Yes. Party for Obama! (And generate revenue for local biz)
80%
10%
What did you think of Obama's Inaugural speech?
126 votes so far
Leader:
It was amazing and inspiring.
It was amazing and inspiring.
By MARTIN GRIFFITH
The Associated Press
RENO, Nev. | Sheryl Crow is joining others in calling on the federal government to halt roundups of wild horses in the West, branding them as inhumane and unnecessary.
The Grammy Award-winning singer has asked President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to scrap a proposed roundup of 2,500 mustangs in northern Nevada.
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Then President-elect Barack Obama eats with D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty at Ben's Chili Bowl on Jan. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) It was a year ago today that District residents awoke -- likely groggy from the celebrations the night before -- to a new president-elect. Barack Obama not only became the nation's first African-American president, he also offered residents of the District of Columbia the promise of a new relationship between...
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- One Year Later: 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama (nowpublic.com)
Beijing, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US President is on an official tour in China and he took time out, to play a common tourist. He visited the ‘Forbidden City’ and is all set to visit the ‘Great Wall of China’ the next day too.
He took the chilly and the freezing temperature of the [...]
From thaindian.com
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. Arigatou. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Good morning. It is a great honor to be in Tokyo - the first stop on my first visit to Asia as President of the United States. (Applause.) Thank you. It is good to be among ...
From scoop.co.nz
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- Remarks by President Barack Obama at Suntory Hall (whitehouse.gov)
Now, before a state is even eligible to compete, they’ll have to take an important first step. And this has caused some controversy in some places, but it shouldn’t be controversial. Any state that has a so-called firewall law will have to remove them. Now, here’s what a firewall law is: It basically says that you can’t factor in the performance of students when you’re evaluating teachers. That is not a good message in terms of accountability.
From theoaklandpress.com
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- Obama Begins First Visit to China (news.google.co.in)
President Barack Obama's White House has chosen Drupal to run the whitehouse.gov Web site. They say George W. Bush's old CMS wasn't cutting it any longer. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers resist equating open source with socialism. Not to mention mugshot shirts...
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From blogs.computerworld.com
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top budget official promised Tuesday that the administration will try next year to wrestle the skyrocketing budget deficit under control to avoid higher interest rates and putting the health of the economy in jeopardy
From crescent-news.com
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- Slyram: "President Barack Obama Won Tuesday's Elections" (bookerrising.net)
