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EBay Bans Inaugural Ticket Sales

Pressure from Congress over scalpers, counterfeit invitations

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 14, 2008 6:20 AM CST

(Newser) – EBay and StubHub have removed offers for tickets to the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama from their websites. Tickets to the inauguration, a free but invitation-only event, have been offered for as much as $7,500, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some 240,000 people...   Read full story »

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