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Judge overturns California's gay marriage ban
The Starting Point – 15 mins ago[Read Twitter reports from Yahoo! News editor Laura Davis and interns Alexandra Baum and Chloe Stepney from a post-decision rally in West Hollywood, California.] Full Story »
BP leaves many damage claims waiting in limbo
The Newsroom – Tue Aug 3, 6:01 pm ET- Missouri's Prop C: Voters Set to Challenge Health Reform Time.com – Wed Aug 4, 6:35 pm ET
- Liberals Cheer Bloomberg's Speech Defending NYC Mosque The Atlantic Wire – Wed Aug 4, 8:46 am ET
- Obama seeks to rally labor ahead of key elections AP – Wed Aug 4, 4:46 pm ET
- Republicans detail wasteful U.S. stimulus spending Reuters – Wed Aug 4, 7:31 am ET
- BP's 'Static Kill' Is Working, Except for the Name The Atlantic Wire – Wed Aug 4, 9:01 am ET
- Ariz. senator targets immigrants' kids at Politico – Wed Aug 4, 7:40 pm ET
- GOP website touts 14th amendment at Politico – Wed Aug 4, 5:19 pm ET
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Jobs bill to stop teacher layoffs nears approval
AP – Wed Aug 4, 6:17 pm ET
AP WASHINGTON - Last-minute money to save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday and sped toward Senate passage. The House, under pressure to help hard-pressed schools nationwide, was being called back from its summer break for an expected final vote next week. Full Story »
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Official: No evidence of oil on Gulf sea floor
AP – Wed Aug 4, 2:33 pm ETWASHINGTON - A top official monitoring the Gulf oil spill says there is no evidence that oil is accumulating on the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story »
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ROME - Italy's Berlusconi survives first test in parliament since breaking with key ally. Full Story »
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Missouri vote puts health care back in crosshairs
AP – 2 hrs 38 mins ago
AP WASHINGTON - Missouri voters' overwhelming opposition to requiring nearly all Americans to buy health insurance puts one of the least popular parts of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law back in the political crosshairs. Full Story »
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ENFORCEMENT OF ETHICS RULES IS EXACTLY WHAT CONGRESS NEEDS
Cynthia Tucker – Wed Aug 4, 6:05 pm ETWASHINGTON -- Charlie Rangel is right about this much: A clubby Congress has long basked in an atmosphere of privilege, lent a hand to the powerful and ignored the rules of propriety. Rangel's behavior, while egregious, is hardly unique. Full Story »
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Tenn. Primary Action Largely on the GOP Side
CQPolitics.com – 1 hr 39 mins agoTennessee voters are headed to the polls today after an especially active primary season for Congressional races in the Volunteer State. Full Story »
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Obama asks Senate to restore full rank to disgraced Vietnam-era general
McClatchy Newspapers – Wed Aug 4, 7:44 pm ETWASHINGTON — It was the scandal du jour. The year was 1972, the Vietnam War was still raging, nearing its bitter finale, and the Congress and press were in full-throated pursuit of a supposedly "rogue" general who'd exceeded his authority and waged his own air war over North Vietnam. There were false intelligence reports from the battlefield, to boot. Full Story »
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Pa. Will Be Key Steppingstone for GOP Majority
CQPolitics.com – 1 hr 39 mins agoThere are many states that will have ballots chock-filled with exciting and competitive races, but if you are looking for a place where a big GOP political wave might show up early in the evening of Nov. 2 -- or for evidence that it won't be as big as some Republicans hope -- you could do worse than focusing on Pennsylvania. Full Story »
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Insurgents surging in Colorado's Democratic Senate primary
McClatchy Newspapers – Wed Aug 4, 6:23 pm ETDENVER — He won there himself, but Colorado may be the next state where President Barack Obama loses a fellow Democrat from the Senate. Full Story »
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Gov't has 'high confidence' oil spill almost over
AP – Wed Aug 4, 5:34 pm ETNo more oil is likely to leak into the Gulf of Mexico now that efforts to plug the blown-out well are succeeding, the government's point man on the spill declared Wednesday. A relieved President Barack Obama said the fight to stop the leak is "finally close to coming to an end." Full Story »
Obama restores rank of disgraced Vietnam general
AP – 1 hr 40 mins agoMore than 30 years after his death, an Air Force general has been exonerated of charges that he violated presidential restrictions on aerial bombing during the Vietnam War and that he ordered the falsification of records to conceal the missions. Full Story »
K Street bets on Reid
Politico – Wed Aug 4, 5:32 am ETK Street has placed a big bet in the Nevada Senate race, putting a bundle of cash behind Harry Reid. Full Story »
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