Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Medicare's private eyes let fraud cases get cold (AP)
• Basketball stars, Obama play hoops for troops (AP)
• Nun's death rallies anti-immigration forces (AP)
• Immigration issue boosts Brewer in Arizona race (AP)
• Clinton condemns slaying of aid workers (AP)
• US commander says Iraqis ready to handle security (AP)
• Kagan sworn in as fourth woman on Supreme Court (AP)
• 3 women on high court: Historic but impact unclear (AP)
• Basketball stars play hoops with Obama (Reuters)
• McCain stumps for Senate candidate Norton in Colo. (AP)
• Smackdown looms in Connecticut Senate race (Reuters)
• Well capping brings relief but fear of abandonment (AP)

Medicare's private eyes let fraud cases get cold (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 06:07 AM PDT AP - They don't seem that interested in hot pursuit. It took private sleuths hired by Medicare an average of six months last year to refer fraud cases to law enforcement.

Basketball stars, Obama play hoops for troops (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:35 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama pulled together an informal dream team of current and former basketball superstars Sunday. But only a few people got to see it.

Nun's death rallies anti-immigration forces (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:47 PM PDT AP - In 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.

Immigration issue boosts Brewer in Arizona race (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:36 AM PDT AP - As 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.

Clinton condemns slaying of aid workers (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:24 AM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is condemning the slaying of 10 medical aid workers in Afghanistan, six of them American volunteers, whose murders have been claimed by the Taliban.

US commander says Iraqis ready to handle security (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:17 AM PDT AP - Iraq's military is ready and able to take over security operations as the United States ends it combat role and prepares for a major troop withdrawal, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Sunday.

Kagan sworn in as fourth woman on Supreme Court (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:24 PM PDT AP - Elena Kagan was sworn in Saturday as the 112th justice and fourth woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court.

3 women on high court: Historic but impact unclear (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 10:34 PM PDT 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.

Basketball stars play hoops with Obama (Reuters) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:36 PM PDT Reuters - A star-studded team of professional basketball players joined President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan in a game for U.S. troops and young people on Sunday.

McCain stumps for Senate candidate Norton in Colo. (AP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 01:30 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate candidate Jane Norton has been criticized throughout her campaign for being too cozy with Arizona Sen. John McCain.

Smackdown looms in Connecticut Senate race (Reuters) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - Connecticut's tough-on-crime attorney general looked set for an easy election to the Senate, retaining a vital Democratic seat, but a strong challenge from a wealthy one-time female wrestler has made it one of the most dramatic political races in the country.

Well capping brings relief but fear of abandonment (AP) Posted: 07 Aug 2010 09:01 PM PDT 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.

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