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DC Cuts in Half Inaugural Crowd Estimates

Transit survey shows about 2.5M are heading for the capital

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 22, 2008 8:05 AM CST

(Newser) – Washington officials have sliced in half earlier estimates for the number of people expected to swarm Washington for the inauguration, the Washington Post reports. The original projections, as high as 5 million, were founded on the election’s historic nature, while revised numbers are based... Read full story »

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