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If Harry Truman's inauguration had been proclaimed by one of the theaters lining Washington's black U Street in 1949, the marquee might have read: ''The Truman Inauguration, starring Lionel Hampton.''

''The overall serious crime arrest rate for juveniles declined 24% between January 2004 and August of 2008.''

''I was dumbfounded because I didn't understand how he [could] go from stable . . . in an emergency room to dead in three hours.

Dogs in animal shelters have it better. At least they sleep alone at night.

In his Tuesday night acceptance speech, President-elect Barack Obama appropriately offered ''thank-yous'' to his family, campaign aides and voters who supported the Democratic ticket.

Tuesday's local election results will have a heavy bearing on the political future of an elected official whose name is not on the ballot.

''Kill him'': the battle cry of a lynch mob and words yelled out by a man at a Sarah Palin rally in Clearwater, Fla., this month, according to my Post colleague Dana Milbank.

The D.C. Council held hearings this week on youths who are released from the Oak Hill detention facility before they are ready to rejoin the community -- an issue I have addressed in several columns.

A sentence of four consecutive life terms in prison ensures that Anthony Kelly will die in jail. He deserves nothing less.

I get the part about feeling disappointed and bitter. I can even understand their impulse to sit this one out. After all, this was supposed to be Hillary Clinton's time.