US President Barack Obama has taken the oath of office for the second time, in front of hundreds of thousands of onlookers in Washington DC. He delivered an inaugural address that called for renewed ...

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A few more random inauguration thoughts, starting with: This billion-pixel photo is strangely transfixing, and I spent half an hour looking for people I know. I found myself, looking down (tweeting??) ...