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IF YOU CAME here looking for my take on the Presidential Inauguration, I am sorry to disappoint.  You can find excellent coverage of the event here.  My good friend Chloe is part of the CNN crew on site, and she will no doubt be writing about her experience.






In other news, everyone is using the "Har-Bowl" headline today to signify that the coaches of both Super Bowl teams are the brothers Harbaugh.  I prefer "Super Harbaugh Bros."  At any rate, I won't be watching the game.


STORIES I WORKED ON TODAY

• A U.S. Navy ship ran aground near the Philippines.  Unfortunately, it's crushing an extremely rare coral reef filled with endangered species.
• An Australian cruise ship detoured away from its Antarctic destination to rescue a French yacht sailor who'd been adrift in a life raft for three days.

READ THIS
Bill O'Reilly has a very interesting idea on gun control that merits consideration.  I'm serious.

In North Carolina, a teacher accused of child rape took advantage of a legal loophole in that state that allowed her to dodge the charges -- by marrying her alleged victim.

More bad news for the U.S. Navy: a sailor stationed in Japan is detained on charges he engaged in a drunken game of ding-dong ditch gone awry.

The bats are sick and they're going to destroy us all.  I, for one, welcome our new bat overlords.  I’d like to remind them that as a trusted TV news journalist, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground caves.


WATCH THIS
A wild fur seal living off the Australian coast is very friendly!



NUMBER OF THE DAY
2
The number of Presidents of the United States who have been sworn in to office four times: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the only president elected to four terms; and Barack Obama, who was "accidentally" sworn in with two separate ceremonies in 2009; was officially sworn in yesterday due to a Constitutional requirement; and will be sworn in for the fourth time today at his inauguration.


QUOTE OF THE DAY
"So help me God."
-President Barack Obama, in a statement he will add at the end of his Oath of Office today; the words are not constitutionally mandated but have been inserted by most presidents dating back to George Washington.


TODAY'S OBSCURE MOMENT IN HISTORY
On January 21, 1959, Charles Switzer, the first actor to portray "Alfalfa" in the groundbreaking film series "Our Gang" (later "The Little Rascals"), is murdered in California.


MUSIC MONDAY
This Elvis song is about things happening in Chicago in the winter, and President Obama is sort of from Chicago, and it's currently winter, so I guess this is tangentially meaningful today?