President-elect serenaded at Lincoln Memorial  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Inauguration revelry began Sunday afternoon as thousands gathered on the National Mall in Washington for a free concert featuring big stars.  —  President-elect Barack Obama spoke at the concert, just after 4 p.m.

It's okay to fly the flag again!  —  Or, at least it will be after the Inauguration on Tuesday, for at least the next four years.  The flag once again is a beacon of hope and change, instead of oppression and stasis as it is any time a Rethuglican sits in the Oval Office.  Sez so in the New York Times.

Obama Reaches Out for McCain's Counsel  —  WASHINGTON — Not long after Senator John McCain returned last month from an official trip to Iraq and Pakistan, he received a phone call from President-elect Barack Obama.  —  As contenders for the presidency, the two had hammered each …

Pelosi Open to Prosecution of Bush Administration Officials  —  The House speaker suggests to “FOX News Sunday” that the law might compel Democrats to press forth on some prosecutions of Bush administration officials, saying they may not “have a right to ignore” them.  —  FOXNews.com

Obama naysayers speak out  —  With Barack Obama's approval ratings in the 70s and his visage plastered on every shop window and Metro card in Washington, it's hard to remember that 58 million Americans voted for the other guy.  —  Even President Bush — who presumably counts himself among that group …

New York Times Co. in Talks With Carlos Slim on Preferred Stock Investment  —  The New York Times Co. is in discussions with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim about investing in the newspaper publisher to help ease its financial problems, according to people familiar with the matter.

It's Your Party, And I'll Cry If I Want To  —  Recently I let a friend spoil a perfectly good night of planned debauchery by regaling me with stories of the first presidential inauguration, held here in New York City back in 1789.  —  Over frothy Belgian stouts, we sat on stools …

Wall Street Voodoo  —  Old-fashioned voodoo economics — the belief in tax-cut magic — has been banished from civilized discourse.  The supply-side cult has shrunk to the point that it contains only cranks, charlatans, and Republicans.  —  But recent news reports suggest that many influential people …

Frederick murder trial opens Tuesday in Chesapeake  —  Just three days past the one-year anniversary of the killing of Chesapeake police Detective Jarrod Shivers, a jury beginning Tuesday will be asked to decide whether a man accused of dealing marijuana intentionally fired the fatal shot.

Russia and Ukraine Reach Deal on Gas  —  MOSCOW — The prime ministers of Russia and Ukraine agreed to a resolution of their countries' gas dispute early Sunday with an understanding that Ukraine will pay prices for Russian gas pegged to the price of oil, as is the practice in Western Europe.

Hedge Funds, Unhinged  —  LAST summer, Kenneth C. Griffin and his wife, Anne, hedge fund managers both, were so rich that they did something most wealthy couples don't do until much later in life.  —  Still in their 30s, they hired a Ph.D. student in economics to help dole out their money to charities.