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Inauguration Aggregation
Happy Friday! Here are your must-read inauguration headlines for today.
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Emily Leaman
Published Friday, December 05, 2008
NPR has a sweet story about 100-year-old Lillian Allen of Pittsburgh who's gearing up to travel to Washington for the inauguration. In other feel-good news, 10-year-old Avery Jordan scored a pair of inauguration tickets from Oklahoma congressman Tom Cole after he wrote the congressman a letter citing how much Obama has inspired him. "I kept praying and praying and praying," he said. Latina magazine reports that Columbian singer/dancer Shakira will perform at the inauguration. Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton notes that the Obama camp won't confirm or deny the report. >> All Washingtonian.com inauguration coverage More>> Capital Comment Blog | News & Politics | Society Photos
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It is interesting that Avery Jordan wishes to be an inventor or scientist or singer.
Oklahoma’s two Senators are Republicans, as are all but one of its five Representatives.
Posted by: Candadai Tirumalai, Dec 06, 2008 07:00:09 AM
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