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• New media options air their own inaugurations

  At Barack Obama's inauguration, every twelve-year-old with a cell phone will be a reporter. Bloggers will be blogging, YouTubers will be YouTubing, Twitterers will be tweeting. But among the many media services, amateur and otherwise, a few fresh options stand out.

• Leonard Pitts: Lincoln might not have welcomed Obama's election

  When Obama was elected in November, every third political cartoonist seemed to use an image of a celebrating Lincoln to comment upon the milestone that had occurred. But Lincoln likely would have been appalled. He was a 19th century white man who famously said in 1858 that "there is a physical difference between the white and black races, which ... will forever forbid the two races living together upon terms of social and political equality.''

• Celebrations begin as Obama's inauguration nears

  Barack Obama officially arrived in Washington on Saturday aftera four-stop train ride from Philadelphia that drew thousands of spectators along the way. Throughout the trip, Obama invoked themes of history, determination and common purpose, echoing the language of his campaign and perhaps previewing his inaugural address on Tuesday.

• Obama will face thorny issues of the racial divide

  For black America, the extraordinary election of Barack Obama -- that psychologically charged, affirming moment -- inspired hopes that issues historically important to the community will have a fair shot.

• Live video of Obama's inauguration

  Program schedule:
  11:30 a.m.: Bush departure/swearing in
  12:05 p.m.: Obama's address
  1 p.m.: Luncheon
  2 p.m.: Parade
  3 p.m.: 2 discussion panels - domestic issues and foreign policy

• CORAL SPRINGS

  Follow the Taravella High band's Washington D.C. visit

  This story will be updating regularly with details from their journey. The students toured the National Air and Space Museum, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Arlington National Cemetery.

• VOLUNTEERISM

  Volunteer service projects planned across South Florida to honor King

  As volunteers gather for a weekend of service in South Florida, the Presidential Inaugural Committee is asking Americans to make community service a habit.

• CREDITS: McCLATCHY DC

• Once again, National Mall will take its place in history

  Bruce Lightner was still in high school when he sneaked out of his home in Raleigh, N.C., before dawn the morning of Aug. 28, 1963.
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  Inauguration night is all about Michelle Obama

  Inauguration Day will belong to President Barack Obama, but that night will be wife Michelle's turn in the spotlight, as all eyes will be on her -- and her choice of ball gown.

• Where does Obama fit in the Pantheon of presidential eaters?

  If the characters of American leaders are revealed in their appetites, Barack Obama is the president from Whole Foods. His recipe for chili includes a ground turkey option instead of beef — only a pound in either case, mind you — and calls for barely enough chili powder to make a parakeet sneeze.

• Despite predictions, housing still to be found in D.C.

  For all the procrastinators who've decided at the last minute that history is worth braving monumental crowds, bitterly cold weather and congressional-caliber gridlock, there's good news.

• THE INAUGURATION | SCHOOLS

  Hialeah Middle School bands headed to Washington

  Members of the Hialeah Middle School symphonic and jazz bands will participate in a music festival in Washington. And they'll catch the inauguration from the National Mall.

• Inauguration of Obama as president resonates in South

  Keylon Simpkins, cooking catfish and country-fried steak at Ajax Diner in Oxford, Miss., said he really won't believe the United States has its first black president until Barack Obama takes the oath of office.

• Lawmakers flooded with inauguration ticket requests

  Millions will be able to watch President-elect Barack Obama taking the oath of office on television -- but front-row seats to history are the hottest tickets in town.

• THE INAUGURATION

  'Yes We Can' inauguration cruise becomes a bus ride

  The ''Yes We Can 2009 Cruise'' was canceled because of sluggish sales, but those who wanted to go may get another chance -- by bus.

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• BETH REINHARD | COLUMNIST

  Activist determined to bring kids to Obama inauguration

  President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural committee trumpets that it is committed to "making this the most open and accessible inauguration in history.''

• Dawn of Obama era forces Republicans to take stock

  Republicans who just four years ago boasted of nearing "permanent majority rule" now watch a dynamic leader move into the White House at the helm of a resurgent Democratic Party with new footholds in longtime Republican bastions.

• Getting around D.C. during inauguration requires planning

  All roads will lead to Washington on Inauguration Day, but many of them will be closed. With packed trains, buses and planes, how will as many as 2 million people who are hoping to witness history crowd into a city whose subway system usually accommodates 718,000 a day?

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