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Obama rides the rails to DC for inaugural kickoff (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST AP - Invoking hope and history, President-elect Barack Obama rolled into the capital city Saturday night after pledging to help bring the nation "a new Declaration of Independence" and promising to rise to the stern challenges of the times. He kicked off a four-day inaugural celebration with a daylong rail trip, retracing the path Abraham Lincoln took in 1861.

Obama stimulus plan not sure bet to heal economy (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:54 AM CST AP - Barack Obama and his congressional allies are gambling that the largest public spending program since World War II and a new round of tax cuts will pry the economy from the recession's iron grip and avert another Depression.

Economic stimulus bill to fuel Obama's priorities (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:02 AM CST AP - The economic crisis that will dominate Barack Obama's first 100 days as president, and beyond, will give him a rare chance to enact big portions of his agenda that otherwise might have languished for months or years.

Obama seeks help in surmounting country's problems (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:26 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama is challenging Americans to show the fighting spirit of Revolutionary War era patriots and resist getting discouraged by the country's problems.

Throngs witness Obama's whistle stop tour to DC (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 02:36 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama is promising that he and Vice President-elect Joe Biden "will fight for you every single day we're in Washington" as the pair visited Delaware en route by train to the capital.

Biden in spotlight at hometown whistle stop visit (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 11:53 AM CST AP - Vice President-elect Joe Biden is promising that the Obama administration will "change this nation" for the better, despite the weight of problems facing America.

Obama aide: Military advisers to meet on first day (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 04:11 PM CST AP - On his first full day as president, Barack Obama will meet with high-ranking military officers to discuss the Iraq war, a conflict he has vowed to end after six years of fighting, a top adviser to Obama said Saturday.

MLK's dream also included economic justice (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 11:37 PM CST AP - The focus of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 wasn't what had been accomplished — but rather his view of what still needed to be done.

Tips to FBI about suspicious activity on the rise (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:08 PM CST AP - The FBI said Saturday it is receiving more and more tips about suspicious activities and items as the inauguration approaches, though there have been no specific or credible threats.

Obama rolls into Washington, sees challenges ahead (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:38 AM CST Reuters - Barack Obama warned Americans on Saturday of the vast challenges ahead as he rolled by train into Washington, kicking off three days of celebration of his inauguration as the 44th president of the United States.

Lance Armstrong has high hopes for Obama (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 12:26 AM CST AP - Lance Armstrong said Sunday he has high hopes the presidency of Barack Obama will see health-care reform in the United States and more money for the fight against cancer.

FDA urges people to avoid peanut butter products (AP) Posted: 18 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST AP - Federal health authorities on Saturday urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination.

Crowd endures cold to cheer Obama in Baltimore (AFP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:20 PM CST AFP - A jubilant crowd greeted president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday for a pre-inaugural rally in Baltimore despite enduring hours of bone-chilling cold.

Obama Arrives in Washington for Historic Inauguration (Bloomberg) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 05:33 PM CST Bloomberg - Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama called on Americans to revive the spirit and courage of the patriots who founded the nation to confront historic challenges ahead, as he kicked off inaugural celebrations.

Obama completes train tour; presidency looms ahead (AP) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 05:28 PM CST AP - Barack Obama has arrived in Washington at the end of a majestic train ride across the frigid mid-Atlantic seaboard, moving another step closer to the presidency.

Obama team seeks fresh approach to bank crisis (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 05:28 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is seeking new ways to end a credit crisis that is roiling world economies and he warned on Saturday of the vast challenges a worsening economy poses for Americans.

Obama team weighs government bank to ease crisis (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jan 2009 05:09 PM CST Reuters - The incoming Obama administration is considering ways of using government capital to acquire bad assets and unclog the financial system, people familiar with the Obama team's thinking said on Saturday.

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