Ten-year-old Nigel Sanders summed up the mood of black Americans when Barack Obama attended services at Washington’s Nineteenth Street Baptist Church last Sunday. “Martin Luther King walked so Barack Obama could run,” Sanders said to a 170-year-old congregation where slaves ...

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That’s enough of the hype. Today, new U.S. President Barack Obama needs to roll up his sleeves and start getting on with the hard slog of saving the economy from the mess that has been made. At least in Europe, ...

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Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States, vowing to restore the nation's leadership in the world and calling on Americans to take responsibility for rebuilding the faltering economy together. "Our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions - that time has surely passed," Obama, 47, said in his inaugural address after being sworn in. "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking America."

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Ten-year-old Nigel Sanders summed up the mood of black Americans when Barack Obama attended services at Washington’s Nineteenth Street Baptist Church last Sunday. “Martin Luther King walked so Barack Obama could run,” Sanders said to a 170-year-old congregation where slaves ...

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Recently, hundreds of thousands of American households found an impressive cream-colored envelope in their mailboxes, marked “handle with care” in the bottom left hand corner. The return address: The Presidential Inaugural Committee, Washington, DC 20599. Upon opening, there it was ...

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While many of the state’s court staff might have hoped to have the day off for Gov.-elect Jay Nixon’s swearing-in, only those lucky enough to be working in Jefferson City are not in their offices today. It has been fairly ...

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At an early November rally before a parking lot full of bright-eyed canvassers, Chris Koster stands shoulder to shoulder with Jay Nixon and addresses the crowd. “My job is to fly under Jay’s wing,” he said, his voice booming over ...

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If you’ve ever wanted to share your world famous brownies or family recipe apple pies with the governor of Missouri, you’ll get your chance Jan. 12. Governor-elect Jay Nixon has laid out his inauguration day activities in Jefferson City, among ...

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