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De Soto boys advance
By Jeff Deters
January 19, 2009
De Soto freshman Mason Wedel scored 22 points and hit four threes off the bench to lead the Wildcats to a 68-47 opening round win over Jeff West in the Tonganoxie Invitational Monday night.

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Obama says he’s taking oath of office in ‘midst of crisis’
The Associated Press
January 20, 2009
President Barack Obama says he’s taking the helm of a nation that is “in the midst of crisis.”
Joe Biden becomes vice president
The Associated Press
January 20, 2009
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 47th vice president of the United States.
Obama takes office
By Robert Barnes — The Washington Post
January 20, 2009
Stepping into history as America’s first black president, Barack Hussein Obama said in his inaugural address Tuesday that the nation must choose “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord” to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Obama tells crowd that we ‘must choose hope over fear’
Says it’s time to being rebuilding America
The Associated Press
January 20, 2009
Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president on Tuesday, saying the nation must choose “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord” to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Police begin to turn away spectators from parade route
The Associated Press
January 20, 2009
Law enforcement officials have begun closing entrances to the inauguration parade route because it is reaching capacity.
More than a million turn out for inauguration, parade
The Associated Press
January 20, 2009
More than 1 million people crammed onto the National Mall and along the Pennsylvania Avenue inauguration parade route Tuesday to witness the swearing-in of the nation’s first black president.
Text of Barack Obama’s inaugural address
The Associated Press
January 20, 2009
Text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address on Tuesday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.