A Virginia man who bought a $1 million inauguration ball package from the JW Marriott Hotel plans to invite disadvantaged people, wounded soldiers and others to the prime event on Pennsylvania Avenue.

The D.C. Council has approved emergency legislation allowing the city’s bars, nightclubs and restaurants to stay open around the clock for four days around President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.

When it came to winning the latest race for the White House, there was at least one candidate that refused to take “neigh” for an answer.

Call it the “Yes, we can” strategy. As in, yes, we can ... make a buck off the inauguration.

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