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Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration
By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Moreno doesn't want to miss this presidential inauguration, even if it won't be the history-making event that drew 1.8 million people in 2009. After Election Day, the 23-year-old, Los Angeles-based artist began an online campaign on

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration
By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Moreno doesn't want to miss this presidential inauguration, even if it won't be the history-making event that drew 1.8 million people in 2009. After Election Day, the 23-year-old, Los Angeles-based artist began an online campaign on

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration
By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Moreno doesn't want to miss this presidential inauguration, even if it won't be the history-making event that drew 1.8 million people in 2009. After Election Day, the 23-year-old, Los Angeles-based artist began an online campaign on

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration
By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Moreno doesn't want to miss this presidential inauguration, even if it won't be the history-making event that drew 1.8 million people in 2009. After Election Day, the 23-year-old, Los Angeles-based artist began an online campaign on

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration

Big crowd, but not a record, seen for inauguration
By BRETT ZONGKERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Oscar Moreno doesn't want to miss this presidential inauguration, even if it won't be the history-making event that drew 1.8 million people in 2009. After Election Day, the 23-year-old, Los Angeles-based artist began an online campaign on

Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday

Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday
By ANDREW MIGA and LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Under intense pressure from angry Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday to a vote this week on aid for Superstorm Sandy recovery. The speaker will schedule a vote Friday for $9 billion for the national flood

Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday

Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday
By ANDREW MIGA and LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Under intense pressure from angry Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday to a vote this week on aid for Superstorm Sandy recovery. The speaker will schedule a vote Friday for $9 billion for the national flood

Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill

Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill
By ANDREW MIGAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats. Democrats had to turn back Republican efforts to cut programs such as $150 million in fisheries aid

Texas builds 'hurricane domes' for double-duty

Texas builds 'hurricane domes' for double-duty
By JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated Press EDNA, Texas (AP) - Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching basketball and volleyball games. But come hurricane season, the structure that resembles a miniature

Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; 3 dead

Snowstorm heads east after South twisters; 3 dead
By JIM VAN ANGLENAssociated Press MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South has begun punching its way toward the Northeast, slowing holiday travel. Post-Christmas travelers braced