Want a guaranteed seat along Pennsylvania Avenue so you can wave to Barack Obama after he takes the oath of office Jan. 20? Better act fast. ...more

January 9, 2009

Want a guaranteed seat along Pennsylvania Avenue so you can wave to Barack Obama after he takes the oath of office Jan. 20? Better act fast. ...more

January 9, 2009

Whether it's the shiny new convention center or the historical Union Station in the nation's capital, the locations of some official inaugural balls Jan. 20 will give bragging rights to the states chosen for those venues. But for Florida, Texas and nine other Southern states, Barack Obama's presidential inauguration committee has selected a ball site with a more earthy pedigree: D.C.'s National Guard armory. ...more

January 7, 2009

It turns out that Floridians will be holding two – not just one – major social event in the nation's capital in conjunction with next month's presidential inauguration festivities. ...more

December 22, 2008

The calls started around 7 on Monday morning, the day Jason's photograph and a story about his mom's wish for a daughter-in-law graced The Tampa Tribune's front page. ...more

December 18, 2008

WASHINGTON - A Tampa Bay father and his two sons are among the biggest donors nationally to the presidential inauguration committee. ...more

December 17, 2008

If she had the chance to pose one question to Barack Obama, Lake Placid High junior Elizabeth Barragan would ask about his plans for turning the economy around. ...more

November 19, 2008

Lawmakers learned Monday how many tickets they'll get for Barack Obama's presidential inauguration Jan. 20: ...more

November 18, 2008

Hundreds of thousands of Floridians are asking congressional offices for tickets to President-elect Barack Obama's presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. ...more

November 17, 2008

You think you know a guy, and then he goes and puts out an album like "Amplified." Q-Tip's 1999 solo debut, released on the heels of A Tribe Called Quest's breakup, had the MC ready to dumb things down to marketplace levels. It wasn't as bad as that, not all of it, anyway, but "Amplified" lacked the wit, the versatility and the good vibes of the Tribe. ...more

November 13, 2008