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Despite Warren, Calif.
Gays Celebrate Obama

Jan 20, 2009 5:27 PM CST

Despite Warren, Calif. Gays Celebrate Obama

Gathering at West Hollywood gay bar hiss at controversial pastor's invocation

(Newser) - A crowd gathered today at West Hollywood’s premier gay bar to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration, but also to watch with dismay as Rev. Rick Warren took the Capitol stage, the Advocate reports. Many in the community were shocked by Obama’s choice of the anti-gay marriage pastor to...

Live-Streaming Websites Smash Records With Obama

updated

Jan 20, 2009 5:23 PM CST

Live-Streaming Websites Smash Records With Obama

(Newser) - Websites streaming video of the inauguration reported record activity today, while a partnership between Facebook and CNN enabled thousands of people a minute to comment on the proceedings, Crain's reports. By late afternoon, CNN reported 21.3 million live video streams, while MSNBC had 9 million live streams and 5...

Meet Obama's 'Beast'

Jan 20, 2009 4:03 PM CST

Meet Obama's 'Beast'

Secret Service says 44's impenetrable vehicle is most sophisticated in the world

(Newser) - The latest limousine to join the presidential fleet is essentially a tank with a Cadillac exterior, Wired reports. The armored vehicle—code-named “Stagecoach” but dubbed “The Beast” due to its makeup—is the world’s most sophisticated car. The Secret Service and General Motors refuse to divulge specs...

Docs: Kennedy Awake, Alert After Seizure

UPDATED

Jan 20, 2009 3:53 PM CST

Docs: Kennedy Awake, Alert After Seizure

'These things' typical in brain-cancer patients; Dodd says he's 'fine'

(Newser) - After being hospitalized for a seizure suffered during an inaugural luncheon, Ted Kennedy is himself again, say those close to him. When one is undergoing treatment for brain cancer, a source tells ABC News, “these things happen,” and Kennedy is stable. “He’s fine,” said friend...

'Human Gridlock'
Plagues Ceremony

Jan 20, 2009 3:16 PM CST

'Human Gridlock' Plagues Ceremony

Inauguration spectators wait for hours to get in and out of Mall area

(Newser) - The record-breaking crowd—an estimated 1.8 million people—at today’s inaugural events is overwhelming Washington’s streets and mass-transit systems, creating long waits for spectators trying to exit the Mall area, the Post reports. Hours after the swearing-in, some were still waiting to enter Metro stations. “It’...

Race Hovers
on Edges of
Obama's Speech

Jan 20, 2009 3:09 PM CST

Race Hovers on Edges of Obama's Speech

President alludes to slavery, points to diversity as a strength

(Newser) - Barack Obama made only subtle reference to his race in today’s inaugural address, but it came up again and again throughout the 18-minute address. He said that America owed its prosperity to “the makers of things,” who “endured the lash of the whip and plowed the...

Obama Begins Inaugural Parade

Jan 20, 2009 2:50 PM CST

Obama Begins Inaugural Parade

(Newser) - Barack Obama's motorcade is on its way to the White House, heading a parade that pays homage to pioneers who paved the way for the nation's first black president. Re-enactors of a black Civil War regiment, World War II's surviving Tuskegee Airmen, and Freedom Riders who battled for civil rights...

Obama's Speech a 'Home Run'

OPINION Roundup

Jan 20, 2009 2:41 PM CST

Obama's Speech a 'Home Run'

Right/left praise speech

(Newser) - The early reviews are in from Barack Obama’s inauguration address, and the news is positive. Here’s what the critics are saying:

At the National Review, Michael Knox Beran thought the speech was a “home run.” It predictably had “a few lines at which a conservative

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Bush Street Gets Overnight 'Update' in SF

Jan 20, 2009 2:36 PM CST

Bush Street Gets Overnight 'Update' in SF

Pranksters in notoriously liberal city rename thoroughfare, if only temporarily

(Newser) - Partisan pranksters struck San Francisco overnight, covering four blocks of signs on the city’s Bush Street with “Obama Street” signs, NBC affiliate KNTV reports. The covers look professional, and chalk messages on the pavement encourage pedestrians to look up and notice the “change.” A rally is...

Kennedy Suffers
Seizure, Collapses

Jan 20, 2009 2:20 PM CST

Kennedy Suffers Seizure, Collapses

Sen. Byrd also has medical issues at Obama lunch

(Newser) - Ted Kennedy suffered an apparent seizure and was taken from an inaugural lunch at the Capitol today by medical personnel, Politico reports. Kennedy’s health troubles came minutes after fellow senator Robert Byrd also had to leave the event due to medical troubles; Byrd was conscious but was having trouble...

First Family: Day 1

INAUGURATION SLIDESHOW

Jan 20, 2009 2:12 PM CST

First Family: Day 1

(Newser) - Guess who beat out the world's media to snag the best vantage point to film today's historic inauguration? Malia Obama not only watched her father from a front-row seat, but also brought along her camera, reports Australia's News Network. The 10-year-old and her sister, Sasha, 7, lit up the stage...

Obama Rebukes Bush, Assures World in Speech

Jan 20, 2009 12:44 PM CST

Obama Rebukes Bush, Assures World in Speech

Rejects policies, advocates diplomacy, warns enemies

(Newser) - Barack Obama offered a clear rebuke of George Bush's policies and signaled a sharp break with his predecessor's strategy abroad in his inaugural address today. “We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals,” the new president said, referring obviously to torture of detainees and...

Obama Steps
Into History

inauguration slideshow

Jan 20, 2009 12:16 PM CST

Obama Steps Into History

(Newser) - "All are equal, all are free and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness," declared the 44th president of the United States in his first inaugural address. Invoking the memories of slaves, soldiers and the generations of Americans who toiled before him, the nation's...

Obama
Headlines
Worldwide

Jan 20, 2009 12:10 PM CST

Obama Headlines Worldwide

Papers reveal 'great expectations' for America's next president

(Newser) - The world was watching as Barack Obama took the oath of office. A sampling of headlines from around the globe:

National Post (Canada): The Ascension of Obama
Guardian (UK): Magical Spell That Will Open a New Obama Era
La Repubblica (Italy): America Celebrates Obama's Oath
Der Tagesspiegel (Germany): The World

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Obama: 'We Are
Ready to Lead'

Jan 20, 2009 11:40 AM CST

Obama: 'We Are Ready to Lead'

Aide calls it 'sober dose of hope'

(Newser) - Barack Obama wowed crowds in Washington today with a moving inaugural address calling the US to a new sense of shared responsibility and service, CNN reports. “We must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America,” Obama said. “Today I say...

President Obama Takes Office

Jan 20, 2009 11:05 AM CST

President Obama Takes Office

Chief justice swears in US' first black president

(Newser) - Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States. In front of record crowds and with his hand on the Bible used by Abraham Lincoln, Obama took the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts. The new president swore: “I will faithfully execute the office of president...

Rev. Warren References MLK in Invocation

Jan 20, 2009 10:58 AM CST

Rev. Warren References MLK in Invocation

Obama's pick sparked gay-rights controversy

(Newser) - Offering the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration, Rev. Rick Warren called the moment “a hinge-point in history: the first inauguration of an African American as the 44th president.” The controversial pastor added, “We know that today Dr King and a great cloud of witnesses are shouting in...

What Today
Means

OPINION Roundup

Jan 20, 2009 10:52 AM CST

What Today Means

Pundits take on magnitude of the moment

(Newser) - Barack Obama is the story today for editorial pages across the country. Here’s what the professional pundits are saying:

The excitement is feverish in Washington, writes Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian, a sense that this inauguration is special, that Obama will be magically transformed into “the embodiment

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Witness to a Century, 105-Year-Old Goes to Capitol

Jan 20, 2009 10:49 AM CST

Witness to a Century, 105-Year-Old Goes to Capitol

'My hope for him is my hope for the country,' she says

(Newser) - Today’s inauguration of Barack Obama marks an important milestone in an African-American struggle that lasted more than 200 years—and Ella Mae Johnson isn’t going to miss it, NPR reports. After all, she’s been around for nearly half of that struggle. The 105-year-old Cleveland resident will brave...

Youth, Ambition Will Meet Over Lincoln's Bible

Jan 20, 2009 10:24 AM CST