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• Obama has lunch with 4 presidents 1 hr ago

  President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as an extraordinary event on Wednesday as the current occupant, President George W. Bush, reminded his predecessors and successor that the office "transcends the individual."

• Jay-Z to play concert on eve of Obama inauguration 3 hrs ago

  Jay-Z isn't performing at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, but he is planning to make a big splash on the eve of the event.

Washington Headlines

• Feinstein says she supports Panetta for CIA 7 min ago
• Obama names special watchdog for federal spending 9 min ago
• Army apologizes for hurtful message to survivors 19 min ago
• House Dems to vote on Obama-favored health plan 25 min ago
• Burris expects to join Senate 'very shortly' 28 min ago
• Energy regulator resigns 46 min ago
• Detainees in Afghanistan seeking right for release 53 min ago
• Conservative group sues Senate for barring Burris 1 hr ago
• Congressional Black Caucus wants Burris seated 1 hr ago
• Quotes on Burris: When 'no' doesn't mean forever 1 hr ago

Fresh Off The Wire

• Charges: Stolen church cash paid for vasectomy 13 min ago
• Heavy rain causing flooding across South 17 min ago
• Passenger allegedly made threat on LA-bound jet 25 min ago
• Injured vets wait for disability appeal process 30 min ago
• US appeals in Fla. lawyer money laundering case 35 min ago
• His US sentence served, Noriega fights extradition 36 min ago
• Texas seeks custody of sect leader's alleged bride 44 min ago
• Fla. defender: Evidence mishandled in Brucia case 47 min ago
• Colo. 1st state with 2 black legislative leaders 49 min ago
• Ex-Buffalo Bill, HUD secretary Kemp has cancer 1 hr ago
• Suspicious vehicle shuts streets near Obama office 1 hr ago
• Chicago fire kills 3 children; 1 sibling rescued 1 hr ago
• Jury may get ex-sheriff's case soon in California 1 hr ago
• Richardson adviser worked for firm feds probing 2 hrs ago
• Judge in Texas pleads innocent to new sex charges 2 hrs ago
• New Orleans DA can't afford $15M for ex-inmate 2 hrs ago
• Former attorney general Griffin Bell laid to rest 2 hrs ago
• Vets sue CIA, Defense over military experiments 2 hrs ago
• Spokane, Wash., residents cope with record snow 2 hrs ago
• NYC makes over City Hall marriage bureau 3 hrs ago

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