Eva Longoria to host Latino inaugural salute to Obama

Brett Zongker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Following an election when Latinos showed their growing political influence, a coalition of groups is coordinating a gathering of top Latino entertainers at the Kennedy Center...

$60 inaugural ball tickets sell out ahead of time

Nedra Pickler, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The low-cost tickets to President Barack Obama's inaugural ball were mistakenly put on sale a day early and are now sold out...

Obama's 2nd inauguration to draw smaller crowds

Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Visitors coming to the nation's capital for President Barack Obama's second inauguration can't stay in the one place President Ronald Reagan's family once called an eight-star hotel...

Marion Barry: DC police need to 'get in the gym, go on a diet'

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

Washington DC mayor and current Democratic council member for Ward 8 is not the most diplomatic when it comes to expressing his feelings.

MLK Memorial quote to be removed

Brett Zongker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, rather than cut into the granite to replace it with a fuller quotation...

Corporate money to help pay for Obama inauguration

Philip Elliott, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a reversal from four years ago, President Barack Obama will accept unlimited sums of money from corporations and individuals to pay for events surrounding his inauguration...

Obama's 2nd inaugural seems almost an afterthought

Nedra Pickler, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Four years ago, Barack Obama's swearing-in drew a record crowd to the National Mall. There were 1.8 million people eager to witness history: the country's first black president taking the oath of office...

Frederick Douglass statue settles in new home

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - A statue of Frederick Douglass, orator, writer, abolitionist, and advocate for equality of all people, will move from the atrium of a government office building to Capitol Hill's Emancipation Hall...

Queen of Soul performs for first lady

Oscar Wells Gabriel II, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Aretha Franklin says "it was fabulous" to have first lady Michelle Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder attend her show in Washington, DC...

Obama's health care law advances in the states

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Threatened with repeal just weeks ago, President Barack Obama's health care law now appears on track in close to half the states, with others playing catch-up...

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