Barack Obama's Inauguration | featured news

With last week's inaugural festivities depressing ratings for Fox's "American Idol," CBS managed to sneak away with a narrow ratings win for the week ending Jan. 25.

Almost 37.8 million Americans watched the full day of television coverage of President Barack Obama's inauguration  -- less than the record numbers expected.

President Obama retook his oath of office Wednesday after Chief Justice John Roberts flubbed while delivering it at Tuesday's inauguration.

With many workers stuck at their desks during the late-morning swearing-in of President Obama on Tuesday, more people than ever went online to watch live video of the historic inauguration.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been released from the hospital after suffering a seizure during an inaugural luncheon.

Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, collapsed Tuesday afternoon during a luncheon held for President Barack Obama in the Capitol's Statuary Hall, a senator told CNN's Dana Bash.

"It was not as lofty as I would have anticipated," said CNN senior political analyst Gergen.

While much of the world celebrated the arrival of the new American president on Tuesday, some regions saw angry protests.

Authorities monitored a rush of intelligence leads Tuesday at the largest security operation in presidential inauguration history, including a possible threat from an East Africa radical Islamic terrorist group.

Nearly the entire two-mile length of the National Mall is packed. Subways are jammed, and long lines of people are waiting at platforms in below-freezing temperatures.

Crowds surged in previously unseen numbers today for the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, making it seem increasingly likely that the gathering would reach the record-setting mark of 2 million.