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For anyone grasping for those impossible-to-get tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration, there may be hope.
EBay Sites Will Ban Sales of Tickets to Obama's Swearing-In
washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) EBay Sites Will Ban Sales of Tickets to Obama's Swearing-In
Consumers warned about offers to sell tickets to Obama inauguration
Consumers warned about offers to sell tickets to Obama inauguration
latimes.com — Swearing-in ceremony tickets, which are supposed to be free, haven't even been issued, and there's evidence that... scam artists may be trying to sell fakes. >  ... (more) Consumers warned about offers to sell tickets to Obama ...
Sales of Inaugural Tickets Banned on eBay
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — The online auction site and its subsidiaries have decided not to allow the sale of coveted tickets... to the Jan. 20 swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama. (more) Sales of Inaugural Tickets Banned on eBay
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Can they Invesco the Inauguration?
Daily Kos — With inauguration tickets pretty much unobtainable, Senator Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who is chairing the committee, said today that Congress was hoping to find some "creative" ways to accommodate more people because the demand for tickets is vastly outstripping the supply. Committee aides said they were looking at maps with the architects "and trying to see if more people can be squeezed in." The configuration will be slightly different from previous years. Whatever their solution, it's not going to be ...

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