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01/17/2009 - Updated 11:14 AM ET
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Train trip kicks off inaugural events
Obama cites founding fathers at start of 3-state trip to D.C.
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OBAMA TO USE VINTAGE RAIL CAR
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Officials tackle logistics of lifting US Airways jet
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Israel pounds Hamas ahead of truce vote
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Bucs fire coach, promote Raheem Morris
Obama gets a hug from Patricia Stiles after she introduced him at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia on Saturday.
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Bucs fire coach, promote defensive coordinator
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Officials work on logistics for lifting US Airways jet
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More peanut butter products recalled
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1 GI dead in blast near U.S. base in Kabul
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Israel puts pressure on Hamas before truce vote
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Publicist: Patrick Swayze out of hospital
nation
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Sister of US Airways pilot: He's 'disciplined'
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Stress-free move: It helps when you're president
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Obama wants an outdoor inauguration despite cold
The latest weather report for D.C. predicts highs in the mid-30s and mostly cloudy skies.
INAUGURAL WEATHER:
D.C. set for big chill
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CNN creates 3-D image of Obama inauguration
By Nancy Blair, USA TODAY
Tech spins on the presidential inauguration are rolling in. CNN's latest is an announcement with Microsoft to produce a cool, 3-D "synth"...
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Jakes, Caldwell, Wuerl join inaugural services
Dallas pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes will preach at the private service for the president-elect.
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Salmonella investigation
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Peanut butter probe expands; Kellogg recalls products
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
Probe takes on new urgency as officials confirm contamination at a Georgia facility that ships peanut products to 85 food companies.
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Technology
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500 million iPhone app downloads
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY
Apple said Friday that some 500 million applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch have been downloaded since July.
'Miracle on the Hudson'
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Sister of US Airways pilot: He's 'disciplined and diligent'
By Thomas Frank and Alan Levin, USA TODAY
Family and friends talk about Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III as having the 'the perfect personality to be a pilot.'
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Passengers marvel that they're alive
Passengers on the US Airways flight echoed the same sentiment, amazed to be alive after their jet ditched into the Hudson River.
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ABC defends dead Denny and other 'Grey's' ills
By Gary Levin and Robert Bianco, USA TODAY
ABC programming chief Steve McPherson says he's heard the complaints about this season's Grey's Anatomy episodes, but he says creator...
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Review: 'Notorious' rationalizes Biggie Smalls' life choices
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
Notorious looks good, and facets of it shine, but behind the facade, there's not much there.
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From the past to the future, the time for 'Lost' has arrived
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Viewers who wonder where the island went at the end of the last season will get immediate answers when the ABC show returns Wednesday.
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Conference championsips: 'On a grander scale times 10'
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Same sport. Very different games. When it comes to comparing the pressure, magnitude and impact of this weekend's conference championship...
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Lions' Schwartz: 'I'm not here to exorcise any ghosts'
The Lions didn't win a single game this season, so Jim Schwartz faces a challenge.
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The Bell Tolls: Work, family lines blur for Fitzgerald's dad
By Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY
Imagine how the standard rule in sports journalism - no cheering in the press box - affects Fitzgerald, journalist and papa of a player.
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Money
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Layoffs mount at Hertz, AMD, Pfizer; Circuit City liquidates
From wire reports
Thousands of jobs will be cut at Hertz, AMD, Pfizer and defunct retailer Circuit City.
housing
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Not everyone can refinance to cut mortgage payments
By Sandra Block, USA TODAY
The average interest rate for a 30-year mortgage dipped below 5% this week, a level not seen since the Eisenhower administration.
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People
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Patrick Swayze leaves hospital
Actor has been released one week after checking himself in with pneumonia, his publicist said.
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Report: Apple's Steve Jobs considering liver transplant
Bloomberg reports that Apple exec is considering procedure because of complications from his bout with pancreatic cancer.
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American painter Andrew Wyeth dies at 91 in Pa.
By Maria Puente, USA TODAY
Andrew Wyeth, arguably the most famous, most popular and most critically panned living artist in the USA, died in his sleep early Friday.
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