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• Photos: Obama's whistle-stop tour • High-tech security bubble wraps D.C. • Fantasy, reality collide at inaugural balls • No D.C. plans? You can still have a ball

• Video: Obama's 11-year journey • John Kass: Names only thing to change • Quincy Jones: Nation's hope with you • Obama may lose luster come Tuesday

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