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The text of President Barack Obama's inauguration speech today at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

A senior Intel Corp. executive says the American chipmaker is studying ways to help renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking overcome his slowing speech....

President Barack Obama on Wednesday agreed to unveil new jobs proposals in an address to Congress on September 8, bowing to pressure from Republicans, who objected to the original date set for his high-profile speech.

A British man who will lose his voice because of disease said Sunday that he is recording thousands of words so he can continue to read his son bedtime stories. Laurence Brewer, from Bolton, northern England, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) three years ago and expects to lose his speech as his condition worsens.

Correspondents offer their takes on President Obama's speech.

President Barack Obama's chief political adviser says the president will focus on job-creating plans in his State of the Union address Wednesday night.

Strategist David Axelrod says the White House takes only "cold comfort" from the fact that the president's stimulus program saved about 2 million jobs – given the millions lost in the deepest economic downturn in decades.

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