| Obama's ride rich with symbolism four years after first win Jan 22nd 2013, 02:06 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On a bitterly cold Inauguration Day in January 2009, Barack Obama rode in a tank-like limousine to the U.S. Capitol, giving Americans on television and in Washington their first glimpse of an African-American assuming the trappings of the presidency. Four years and another election later, the ride to the Capitol was less historic, but still a poignant reminder of Obama's place in history. The Democratic president won re-election on November 6, beating Republican Mitt Romney despite a difficult economic recovery. ... |  | Confident Obama lays out battle plan as he launches second term Jan 22nd 2013, 01:45  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A confident President Barack Obama kicked off his second term on Monday with an impassioned call for a more inclusive America that rejects partisan rancor and embraces immigration reform, gay rights and the fight against climate change. Obama's ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol was filled with traditional pomp and pageantry, but it was a scaled-back inauguration compared to the historic start of his presidency in 2009 when he swept into office on a mantle of hope and change as America's first black president. ...
| | Woman killed in massive pileup on icy Ohio highway Jan 22nd 2013, 01:18  CINCINNATI (Reuters) - One woman was killed on Monday and dozens of people injured in a 76-vehicle pileup on an icy Ohio highway, one of three major crashes that clogged roadways across the state, authorities said. Sixty cars and 16 tractor trailers slammed into one another on Interstate 275 near Cincinnati just after 11:35 a.m., said Hamilton County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Knapp. "Eighteen years on patrol, and I've never seen anything like it," he said. ...
| | New Mexico man allegedly killed by son was prison minister, friend says Jan 21st 2013, 23:02 (Reuters) - A New Mexico man who police say was shot to death by his teenage son in a multiple homicide at the family's Albuquerque home was a reformed gang member-turned-pastor who ministered to prison inmates, a friend of the man said on Monday. Nehemiah Griego, 15, is in custody on two counts of murder and three counts of child abuse resulting in death for allegedly gunning down his father, Greg Griego, mother Sara, 40, and three of his younger siblings on Saturday night. Steve Stucker, a longtime friend of Greg Griego, said Griego was an ex-convict who had turned his life around. ... | |
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