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Kagan sworn in as fourth woman on Supreme Court
AP – Sat Aug 7, 8:24 pm ETElena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court. Full Story »
Basketball stars, Obama play hoops for troops
AP – 1 hr 10 mins ago- Why Is Obama's Top Economic Adviser Leaving? The Atlantic Wire – Fri Aug 6, 7:36 am ET
- Incoming czar of spill claims will drop BP’s contractor The Newsroom – Fri Aug 6, 1:31 pm ET
- Election-year politics has state budgets in limbo Reuters – Fri Aug 6, 2:15 pm ET
- Poll shows California governor's race still tight Reuters – Fri Aug 6, 2:49 pm ET
- Greene pushes Meek on Rangel at Politico – 1 hr 6 mins ago
- Carbon cap bills go into deep freeze at Politico – Sat Aug 7, 5:53 pm ET
- Medicare's private eyes let fraud cases get cold AP – Sun Aug 8, 9:07 am ET
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14 charged for supporting Somalia terrorist group
AP – Thu Aug 5, 8:13 pm ET
AP WASHINGTON - The government announced Thursday that it has charged 14 people as participants in "a deadly pipeline" to Somalia that routed money and fighters from the United States to the terrorist group al-Shabab. Full Story »
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Pakistan president heckled at UK political rally
AP – Sat Aug 7, 3:29 pm ET
AP BIRMINGHAM, England - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari wrapped up his to Britain by addressing a political rally Saturday, facing criticism and protesters for touring overseas as floods killed more than 1,500 people in his country. Full Story »
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Chavez: US diplomat won't be accepted as envoy
AP – 2 mins agoCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has gone through with his threat to reject the diplomat nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. ambassador to Caracas. Full Story »
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Boehner, Pence: Raising Social Security Retirement Age An Option
Huffington Post – Sun Aug 8, 12:37 pm ETTop Republican leaders in the House offered a fairly strong signal on Sunday that they would favor a down-the-road raising of the Social Security retirement age as part of an effort to revamp the entitlement program. Full Story »
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Boehner: GOP Taking Back the House 'A Challenge'
CQPolitics.com – Sun Aug 8, 1:14 pm ETHouse Minority Leader John A. Boehner said Sunday that the GOP would lay out an agenda after the August recess that reflects the sentiment of constituents back home. Full Story »
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Stimulus weatherization program off to slow start
McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Aug 8, 12:01 pm ETWASHINGTON — In March 2009, the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority gave the Department of Energy its plan to use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money for weatherization projects, expecting approval in a month, maybe two. Full Story »
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Pence: Rangel Should Resign If Charges Are True
CQPolitics.com – Sun Aug 8, 12:50 pm ETHouse Republican leaders weighed in Sunday on embattled Rep. Charles B. Rangel's upcoming ethics trial, stopping short of saying the New York Democrat should step down immediately. Full Story »
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Stimulus money helps homeless schoolchildren
McClatchy Newspapers – Sun Aug 8, 12:01 pm ETROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Downtown Rocky Mount in eastern North Carolina offers a horizon of shuttered businesses, along with a stretch of houses with boarded-up windows and vacant porches. Full Story »
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Nun's death rallies anti-immigration forces
AP – 1 hr 57 mins agoIn Arizona, the shooting death of a rancher blew the lid off simmering anger over border security and helped solidify support for a tough new immigration law. A similar eruption threatens in Virginia following the death of a Catholic nun in a car accident involving a man in the country illegally and accused of drunken driving. Full Story »
Immigration issue boosts Brewer in Arizona race
AP – Sun Aug 8, 1:36 pm ETAs the year began, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer faced a competitive field of fellow Republicans who wanted her job, with some GOP critics sensing she was particularly vulnerable as she sought voter approval of a sales tax increase she'd proposed to shore up the state budget. Full Story »
Obama's home-field disadvantage
Politico – Fri Aug 6, 5:31 am ETCHICAGO — Replacing President Barack Obama in the Senate was always going to be a tall order for Illinois Democrats. But never has the scale of that challenge been so clear as it was this week, when Obama embraced the man nominated to fill his seat and pleaded with voters to make Alexi Giannoulias “the next senator of the great state of Illinois.” Full Story »
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