Virginia is getting back from the federal government about half the $5.7 million it spent buttressing security at the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Virginia spent half a million dollars to carry more than 72,000 transit passengers free to President Barack Obama’s inaugural.

The inauguration of President Barack Obama cost Virginia $3 million to $5 million, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine estimates.

Shares of J. Crew Group Inc. jumped yesterday after news spread that many items worn by the first family during this week’s inauguration events were from the national retailer.

President Barack Obama is making good on his promise to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and appears ready to name a veteran politician to guide his new administration in the Middle East conflict.

It was like a senior prom for adults, except that Gail Morrison didn’t know everybody there.

In fact, she hardly knew anyone when she arrived at the Environmental Ball at Washington’s Sequoia Hotel on Tuesday night. As it turned out, though, it didn’t matter.

BEIJING (AP) - China censored its translation of President Barack Obama’s inauguration speech, removing references to communism and dissent, and quickly halted state television’s live broadcast of the address when Cold War-era animosities were mentioned.

They came from all over the world—from as close-in as the Washington suburbs to as far away as London. No matter where their home, though, people on the National Mall Tuesday had one goal in mind – to be part of President Barack Obama’s historic swearing-in.

President Barack Obama is turning from the star-studded, crowd-pleasing pomp of his inauguration to the workaday task of governing a hurting nation of 304 million and meeting the soaring expectations that he and others have put on his shoulders.

Cynthia Hurt, 42, has an Obama hat, an Obama shirt, a jacket, a belt, and also a watch bearing not only the image of the new president but also his wife, now the first lady.

“I do believe now that I can be president.”

Micky Ferguson didn’t need a crowd Tuesday afternoon.

Slideshow of photos from President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Thousands of people streamed through the streets of Washington, D.C., to make their way to the National Mall to be a part of the historic inauguration Barack Obama.

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