WASHINGTON-Thousands poured onto the National Mall Thursday, trampling the detritus from a presidential inauguration 48 hours previous and carrying signs that read "Yes We Can Terminate Abortions." The occasion was the annual March for Life, held on the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States.

Speakers at the march called on the President Barack Obama to defend "all Americans," including the preborn.

The glitterati from coast to coast, L.A. and D.C., turned out in the nation's capital for black-tie balls Tuesday night, celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration as the nation's first African-American president. Beyoncé sang a soulful "At Last" for the Obamas' first dance as president and first lady at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball, the first of 10 celebrations they attended that night.

WASHINGTON-Was it an innocent mistake?

That was the question on senators' minds as they held a hearing for Treasury secretary nominee Timothy Geithner Wednesday, a man who will oversee the Internal Revenue Service and who failed to pay $34,000 in self-employment taxes from 2001 to 2004, when he worked for the International Monetary Fund.

"These were careless mistakes, they were avoidable mistakes, but they were unintentional," Geithner said in his opening statement. "I have corrected these errors and paid what I owed."

WASHINGTON- The swell of 2 million voices generated an overpowering sound to the human ear as Barack Obama took the oath of office to become the next president of the United States. The ceremony on the Capitol steps began a new chapter in the story of a man with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, who Tuesday became the most powerful person on earth.

The mass of spectators, which spread a mile from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol, waved American flags and embraced each other in excitement-and to keep warm.

WASHINGTON-If you're a celebrity and you're not in Washington, D.C., you missed a memo.

BALTIMORE- Though Saturday began with thermometers dipping down to 1 degree Fahrenheit and the local health department issuing warnings about the dangers of the extreme cold, the frigid temperature didn't keep a crowd of enthusiastic people from warmly welcoming President-elect Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Vice President-elect Joe Biden, and Jill Biden to the city's main plaza, on their final public stop on their symbolic train trip to Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON-News networks didn't know what to cover Thursday at the Capitol: cabinet nominees' Senate hearings, the arrival of Roland Burris to take his seat in the Senate, the farewell speeches of Sens. Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, or the continued congressional squabbling over an economic stimulus package and more bailout funds that will eat up more dollars than it takes to run all federal agencies in a year.