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TRANSITION WATCH

The senator overseeing President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony introduced legislation yesterday to criminalize scalping tickets to the historic event. House offices swamped with demand were being limited to just 198 tickets apiece and most had stopped taking requests. Senate offices were expecting a larger allotment - 300 to 400 each - but they, too, had many more requests than they...

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