Barack Obama Takes Office as President: Inauguration Blog

Barack Hussein Obama has been sworn in as President of the United States, marking him as the 44th president and the first African American to be elected to the United States highest office. Obama said in his speech...

Obama inauguration tickets sell for high price

The January inauguration of US president-elect Barack Obama is proving to be an even bigger draw than his victory rally at Grant Park in Chicago last week. Some 250,000 tickets have already been printed for the...