By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

Visitors coming to the nation’s capital for President Obama’s second inauguration of course can’t stay in the one place President Ronald Reagan’s family once called an eight-star hotel. That spot is the White House, and it’s booked for the next four years. Still, inauguration visitors have a range of lodging options — from crashing on a friend’s couch to rooms that cost thousands of dollars a night.
"Do we still have a TV?"
"Do we still have a TV?"
Online home rental service Airbnb says it is waiving fees for the more than 20,000 listings in areas affected by Superstorm Sandy.
Two tech startups _ one that pairs travelers with hosts and another that pairs drivers with people who need rides _ have found diverging ways to deal with demand for their services in aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.