Where can you get a good Barack Obama-inspired ice cream? Or sneakers airbrushed with images of Obama rousing the nation forward? Fear not, shopping nation. As Tuesday's inauguration nears, the American retail scene is overflowing with Obama-themed merchandise for every taste imaginable. ...more

January 15, 2009

The historic inauguration of Barack Obama will play out live on a movie screen in Ybor City on Tuesday. ...more

January 14, 2009

The historic inauguration of Barack Obama will play out live on a movie screen in Ybor City on Tuesday. ...more

January 13, 2009

In a nostalgic final news conference, President George W. Bush defended his record vigorously and at times sentimentally Monday - and admitted mistakes, too, including his optimistic Iraq speech before a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner in 2003. ...more

January 12, 2009

Barack Obama won't be sworn in until next week as the 44th president of the United States, but the list of people naming babies after him is already growing. ...more

January 12, 2009

Barack Obama won't be sworn in until Jan. 20 as the 44th president of the United States, but the list of people naming babies after him is already growing. ...more

January 9, 2009

No one draws a crowd like President-elect Barack Obama, and more than a dozen networks are gearing up to cash in on his charisma with marathon coverage of his historic inauguration Jan. 20. ...more

January 8, 2009

The first child born at the White House was the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson. The second child born there was his property - the black baby of Jefferson's two slaves. ...more

January 4, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama and his family returned to Chicago on Friday after a 12-day holiday vacation in Hawaii. ...more

January 3, 2009

Jan. 20 marks the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. And the first time in U.S. history a black president will be sworn into office. With Inauguration Day only weeks away, Tampa residents are preparing for the trip of a lifetime. Here, they share their reasons for wanting to trek to the nation's capital. ...more

January 2, 2009