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Published 1/20/2009 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

(CNN) — Wireless service was spotty in downtown Washington on Tuesday morning as hundreds of thousands of people tried to share Barack Obama's historic inauguration through cell-phone calls and text messages to family and friends. "I got some photos through earlier. But now they're just not going through," said Barbara Talisman of Chicago, Illinois, standing [...] (link)

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