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FILE - This Jan. 17, 2009 file photo shows a Washington Metropolitan police officer directing traffic in Washington. From a transportation perspective, Inauguration Day won't be all that different from most regular workdays in the nation's capital: If you want to get downtown on time, you're probably better off not driving. Instead, the hundreds of thousands of people spilling into the city are encouraged to travel by rail, bus or bicycle. And no matter what they choose, they'll eventually end up on foot _ and possibly walking several miles _ to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks

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FILE - In a Sept. 30, 2000 file photo, U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong waves after receiving the bronze medal in the men's individual time trials at the 2000 Summer Olympics cycling road course in Sydney, Australia. Officials familiar with the decision tell The Associated Press the IOC has stripped Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping. Two officials say the IOC sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night, Jan. 16, 2013, asking him to return the medal. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

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IOC strips Lance Armstrong of Olympic bronze medal

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Nigeria battalion 1 troops, part of the African led international support mission to Mali are seen before their departure, at the peace keeping centre in Jaji, Kaduna, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The Federal Government has approved the immediate deployment of 900 troops as part of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States ) force to push for the emancipation of Northern Mali from the grip of Islamists. (AP Photo)

Mali towns marked by fighting, airstrikes

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Maryland suspends plans for new jail for youths

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FILE - This Nov. 28, 2012 file photo shows House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. walking on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans say they may seek a short-term extension of the government's debt limit in the next few weeks, a move that would avoid an immediate default by the Treasury. Ryan provided no details on the duration of any extension or conditions that might be attached as he appeared at a news conference during a break at a three-day retreat of the rank and file in historic Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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House GOP may seek short-term debt limit extension

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Obama to focus on renewable energy, climate change

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Inmate indicted in cellmate’s death in western Maryland

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In this image released by the White House, first lady Michelle Obama greets David Hall, one of eight citizen co-chairs for the Inauguration, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The photo is showing something different about Obama - bangs in her hair. (AP Photo/The White House, Lawrence Jackson)

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Michelle Obama shows off new hairstyle: bangs

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A sign of Tesco supermarket is seen at a branch in Purley, south London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The Irish food safety watchdog said Tuesday that it had discovered traces of horse and pig DNA in burger products sold by some of the country's biggest supermarkets. Tesco that authorities said was made of roughly 30 percent horse. Tesco, the country's biggest supermarket chain, took out full-page newspaper ads Thursday Jan. 17, 2013 to apologize for an unwanted ingredient in some of its hamburgers: horsemeat. Ten million burgers have been taken off shop shelves after the revelation that beef products from three companies in Ireland and Britain contained horse DNA. Most had only small traces, but one type of burger sold by Tesco was 29 percent horse. The contrite grocer told customers that

Just say neigh: Horsemeat in burgers horrifies UK

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Virginia lawmakers to consider utility regulation

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Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks

IOC strips Lance Armstrong of Olympic bronze medal

Mali towns marked by fighting, airstrikes

Maryland suspends plans for new jail for youths

House GOP may seek short-term debt limit extension

Obama to focus on renewable energy, climate change

Inmate indicted in cellmate’s death in western Maryland

Michelle Obama shows off new hairstyle: bangs

Just say neigh: Horsemeat in burgers horrifies UK

Virginia lawmakers to consider utility regulation

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