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Yahoo! News: Elections

Kagan sworn in as fourth woman on Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:24 PM PDT

Elena Kagan is sworn in as the Supreme Court's newest member as Chief Justice John Roberts, right, administers the judicial oath, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. The Bible is held by Jeffrey Minear, center, counselor to the chief justice. Kagan, 50, who replaces retired Justice John Paul Stevens, becomes the fourth woman to sit on the high court, and is the first Supreme Court justice in nearly four decades with no previous experience as a judge. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Elena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court.

Come and see Colorado's 3-ring political circus (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:35 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2010 file photo, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis speaks in Loveland, Colo. In an election year already notable for anti-establishment fervor and spoiler candidates, nothing beats Colorado's political circus. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)AP - In an election year already notable for anti-establishment fervor and spoiler candidates, nothing beats Colorado's political circus.

Obama touts benefits to Medicare from health law (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:23 PM PDT

President Barack Obama returns to the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, after touring a local sign factory where he talked about creating more jobs. Friday's government report on the nation's employment situation indicates that private companies hired workers at a weak pace for the third straight month, not nearly enough for healthy economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama says Medicare will exist for many more years, thanks to new legislation that helped put the health care program for America's seniors on stronger financial footing.

3 women on high court: Historic but impact unclear (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 12:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is photographed in her chambers in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)AP - At least once a term for 13 years, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recalled, some lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court would mistake her for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, or vice versa.

Obama caps birthday week with golf, plans for BBQ (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 02:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama waves as he walks to board his helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, for a short flight to Andrews Air Force Base then onto Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama is capping his birthday week with an afternoon of golfing on Saturday and a barbecue on Sunday.

What to do about WikiLeaks? Not much can be done (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:55 PM PDT

Mikael Viborg the owner of the Web hosting company PRQ stands outside the entrance to the basement where servers hosting the Wikileak site are kept in Stockholm, Sweden, Friday Aug. 6, 2010. A Swedish Internet company linked to file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay says it's helping online whistle-blower WikiLeaks release classified documents from servers located in a basement in the Stockholm suburb of Solna. (AP Photo /Fredrik Persson) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - An online whistle-blower's threat to release more classified Pentagon and State Department documents is raising difficult questions of what the government can or would do, legally, technically or even militarily to stop it.

US-Vietnam nuke deal will likely allow enrichment (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 02:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks to board his helicopter at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, for a short flight to the facilities of Gelberg Signs in the District of Columbia where he will publicly applaud the company for its efforts to expand and hire more workers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The Obama administration has told U.S. lawmakers that a nuclear cooperation deal with Vietnam is unlikely to include a coveted promise by the Hanoi government not to enrich uranium, congressional aides say.

AP Exclusive: CIA flight carried secret from Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 11:26 PM PDT

This undated image made available by the U.S. District Court shows Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi. (AP Photo/U.S. District Court)AP - A white, unmarked Boeing 737 landed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before dawn on a CIA mission so secretive, many in the nation's war on terrorism were kept in the dark.

Coats tries to go back through D.C. revolving door (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:19 PM PDT

In this Aug. 3, 2010 photo, Dan Coats, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, speaks with healthcare professionals during a roundtable discussion on healthcare at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis. In a campaign year dominated elsewhere by the recession and the deficit, Coats' career after leaving the Senate in 1999 has now become an issue in his bid to replace Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, who announced his retirement earlier this year. Democrats and Coats' Democratic opponent, Rep. Brad Ellsworth, have hammered away at Coats' lobbying in an effort to tap into the exceptionally dark mood among voters about the way Washington works. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)AP - The lobbying office Dan Coats left in February to pursue a return to the U.S. Senate is only about two miles from the Capitol, but the path from the lobbying world back to Congress is rarely traveled.

Well plugging brings relief but abandonment fears (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:38 PM PDT

In this Aug. 5, 2010 photo, Dan Wolfrer prepares to paint the hull of a shrimp boat in a boat yard in Empire, La., to ready the vessel for the opening of brown shrimp season in Louisiana. (AP Photo/Chuck Cook)AP - The gusher has finally been beaten back, and from 400 miles up government satellites assure that the oil in the Gulf of Mexico is disappearing. But Dave Marino only wishes he could put that kind of distance between himself and the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Targeting seniors, Obama touts Medicare report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:15 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic Party fundraising event in Chicago, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - President Barack Obama reached out on Saturday to retired Americans, an important group of voters, touting a report that showed healthcare reform had brightened prospects for the Medicare hospital trust fund.

'Birthers' fade after passage of law against them (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 10:31 AM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic Party fundraising event in Chicago, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedAP - The persistent quest for President Barack Obama's Hawaii birth certificate has died down since the state passed a law allowing it to ignore repetitive requests for the document.

Latest jobs data is blow to Obama election hopes (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2010 11:36 PM PDT

A man uses a computer to fill out paperwork at an employment centre in Oakland, California. The latest grim data on unemployment has dealt a new blow to President Barack Obama as he struggles to maintain his party's majority in Congress in November elections.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - The latest grim data on unemployment has dealt a new blow to President Barack Obama as he struggles to maintain his party's majority in Congress in November elections.

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