Obama's Inauguration So Popular Because Of Decemberists
President Obama is expected to sign executive orders decreeing free foot massages and cookies for Guantanamo detainees, just like his opponents always warned us. [ UPI ]
People who work in the downtown, Mall and Capitol Hill areas will be treated to rolling street closures and anti-abortion protests today. [ Washington Post ]
Hillary Clinton was very predictably approved as secretary of state, but you already knew that. [ Los Angeles Times ]
Ha ha suck it LBJ: Obama's inauguration drew a crowd of 1.8 million, which is 600,000 more than Johnson's record-setting 1965 inauguration. [ Washington Post ]
Violence continues in Sri Lanka, where the military took over a Tamil Tiger command hub in the north. [ BBC ]
The parties most closely associated with China's melamine-tainted milk scandal were sentenced to death (the men) and to life in prison (the women). [ Reuters ]