In a posh hotel in downtown D.C., Dixie, a beagle mix, is sniffing out bed bugs. She can find them in walls, under carpets, and mixed up with cockroaches inside a spinning training device. Mattresses, the most common hiding place for these seed-size suckers of human blood, pose little challenge.

“She only gets fed if she finds a bed bug,” says her trainer and handler, Blaine Lessard, as he reaches into his belted pouch for a piece of kibble. Read More "How To Figure Out If You Have Bed Bugs: Get This Dog To Come Over" »

The inauguration may not be such a boon to one local industry---the hotels. Everyone might be saying that millions will be flooding our streets, dining in our restaurants, and filling our metro cars. But there are still plenty of hotel vacancies still available. WTOP notes that there are in fact 750 rooms still up for grabs. D.C.'s tourism shop writes:

"Hotel rooms are still available in Washington, DC for the Inauguration, however, many properties require a 4 to 5 night minimum stay and pre-payment during this time period."

Maybe people checked out some of the balls and were like forget it. I'm sure those minimum stay requirements will disappear by the weekend.