Obama: Inauguration a chance to celebrate ‘this incredible nation’  —  In a short speech at the National Building Museum on Sunday night, President Obama thanked his supporters and said his second inauguration was a chance to celebrate “this incredible nation.”

Breaking: Five Dead in South Valley Shooting … 3:41 p.m. - Prominent community members are responding to the quintuple homicide in the South Valley on Saturday night, a tragedy that they said is depriving the city's neediest from a spiritual and emotional advocate.

Lupe Fiasco: Official Statement From StartUp Rock On Organizers  —  StartUp RockOn is all about startups helping startups.  At Sunday night's Inauguration Celebration at the Hamilton Live, organizers set out to honor innovative visionaries with grants, accolades and a party worthy of the success …

GOP wants budget; Schumer warns they will get one  —  Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite, File - FILE - This Jan. 1, 2013 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walkig past reporters after a closed-door meeting meeting of House Republicans on Capitol ...more

Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime  —  University of Tennessee College of Law  —  Abstract:  —  Though extensive due process protections apply to the investigation of crimes, and to criminal trials, perhaps the most important part of the criminal process …

Golfer Phil Mickelson May Call It Quits Due To Climbing Tax Rates  —  LA QUINTA, CA - JANUARY 20: Phil Mickelson hits his second shot on the tenth hole at the Nicklaus Private Course at the PGA West during the second round of the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation …

Eric Holder Displays Extraordinary Hypocrisy on Gun Control  —  Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the U.S. Conference of Mayors Friday and said the following (numbers are mine): … My rebuttal to statements in bold above:  —  (1) While Holder prepares to use all the powers of the Department …

Obama's Campaign Manager Looks For Another Act  —  Life after the inauguration.  “He was born to run campaigns.”  —  Image by John Gara/Buzzfeed  —  Jim Messina has been at this for more than 20 years.  He started his career as a campaign manager before he even graduated college …

Managing the Oval Office  —  BARACK OBAMA's critics and supporters tend to agree: the first four years of the Obama administration have included plenty of disappointment and frustration.  —  Some of the that can be attributed to inherited challenges like the financial crisis.

Assemblyman in jail, accused of threatening fellow lawmaker  —  A Democratic assemblyman is in jail, arrested for threatening Democratic Speaker-elect Marilyn Kirkpatrick, according to North Las Vegas Police and Democratic sources familiar with the situation.

The Big Deal  —  On the day President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, an exuberant Vice President Biden famously pronounced the reform a “big something deal” — except that he didn't use the word “something.”  And he was right.  —  In fact, I'd suggest using this phrase to describe the Obama administration as a whole.