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Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Chicago police say two gang members charged in the death of a 15-year-old honor student mistook her and her friends for members of a rival gang.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  Obama and his aides approached the inaugural speech with a belief that the president had replenished his political strength with his re-election and with his end-of-year deal with Republicans that raised upper-income tax rates on some of the wealthiest Americans.

Monday, January 21, 2013  President Obama previewed an ambitious second-term agenda, devoting several sentences to the threat of global climate change and saying that failure to confront it "would betray our children and future generations."

Monday, January 21, 2013  The president plans to use the moment as it traditionally has been in most of the 56 previous inaugurations — to talk about founding American values and their importance to the country's success today.

Monday, January 21, 2013  President Obama's inauguration speech sets the stage for looming policy fights.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010  No victory lap for Obama: One year in, hope and optimism of Inauguration Day is hard to find

Tuesday, January 20, 2009  Placing his hand on the Bible once used by Lincoln, Barack Obama took the Oath of Office at 12:05 p.m. on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Immediately following, he delivered his Inaugural Address to a sea of Americans stretching down the National Mall to the Lincoln Memorial and beyond. The full text of his address is below.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009  Brenda Scott and Phyllis McClellan are two long-time Columbia friends who are anxious to see Barack Obama's inauguration.

Friday, December 26, 2008  One of South Carolina's historically black colleges has been picked to participate in a debate series as part of the events surrounding President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration next month.