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• Medicare fund will last extra 12 years — maybe (AP)
• Senate approves $600 million for border security (AP)
• Senate confirms Kagan as 112th justice (AP)
• 14 charged for supporting Somalia terrorist group (AP)
• Whitman's play for the Hispanic vote (Politico)
• Senate approves Clapper nomination as intel chief (AP)
• Senate approves jobs bill to stop teacher layoffs (AP)
• Obama bets prestige on Senate seat he once held (AP)
• US wades into BlackBerry disputes overseas (AP)
• Poll: Language a barrier for Latinos in schools (AP)
• WA race: Rossi has $1.8M on hand, Murray $3.2M (AP)
• AP Exclusive: Angle outlines views on gays, clergy (AP)
• Singer Wyclef files to run for Haiti's presidency (AP)
• Obama courts GOP's McConnell _ a vision of life after November? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Plane violates Chicago airspace during Obama visit (AP)
• Senate passes bill to make school lunches healthy (AP)
• Wyclef Jean files as Haiti presidential candidate (Reuters)
• Kagan confirmed as Obama's second Supreme Court justice (AFP)
• Pentagon demands return of leaked war documents (AP)

Medicare fund will last extra 12 years — maybe (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:58 PM PDT AP - Medicare is in better shape because of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul and will stay afloat a dozen years longer than earlier projected, trustees forecast Thursday. But that depends on cuts in care that the system's top analyst says are highly doubtful.

Senate approves $600 million for border security (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:12 PM PDT AP - The Senate agreed Thursday to add $600 million to the effort to stop the flow of illegal immigrants across the U.S. Mexican border.

Senate confirms Kagan as 112th justice (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:19 PM PDT AP - The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the Supreme Court's 112th justice and the fourth woman in its history, granting a lifetime term to a lawyer and academic with a reputation for brilliance, a dry sense of humor and a liberal bent.

14 charged for supporting Somalia terrorist group (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:13 PM PDT AP - 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.

Whitman's play for the Hispanic vote (Politico) Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:37 AM PDT Politico - SOUTH GATE, Calif. — Pete Wilson, a former Republican governor reviled by many Latinos here, promised in a May advertisement that Meg Whitman would be as “tough as nails” on illegal immigration.

Senate approves Clapper nomination as intel chief (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT AP - The Senate late Thursday confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper as the next director of national intelligence, voting him oversight of the nation's 16 spy agencies.

Senate approves jobs bill to stop teacher layoffs (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:44 PM PDT AP - Congress is moving rapidly just weeks before the start of the school year to speed billions of dollars in emergency education aid to states in hopes of reversing the layoffs of tens of thousands of teachers.

Obama bets prestige on Senate seat he once held (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:55 PM PDT AP - Risking personal prestige and political capital, President Barack Obama took a high-profile plunge Thursday into the race for his former Senate seat, on behalf of a candidate who could embarrass Democrats — and the president himself — if he loses.

US wades into BlackBerry disputes overseas (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:21 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration waded into the growing international dispute over the banning of BlackBerry services on Thursday, saying it is seeking to broker compromises between the company that makes the popular smartphones and foreign governments that say they pose a security risk.

Poll: Language a barrier for Latinos in schools (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:09 PM PDT AP - English only?

WA race: Rossi has $1.8M on hand, Murray $3.2M (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:21 PM PDT AP - Republican Dino Rossi has $1.8 million in the bank in his effort to oust Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, who is still leads in campaign cash with $3.2 million on hand.

AP Exclusive: Angle outlines views on gays, clergy (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT AP - Republican Sharron Angle believes the clergy should be allowed to endorse candidates from the pulpit and opposes laws allowing gays to adopt children, according to a questionnaire by the Nevada Senate hopeful that was obtained by The Associated Press.

Singer Wyclef files to run for Haiti's presidency (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - Singer Wyclef Jean submitted the paperwork Thursday to run for president of Haiti, formally thrusting himself into what is expected to be a highly competitive race and ending years of speculation about his political ambitions.

Obama courts GOP's McConnell _ a vision of life after November? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:24 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Is President Barack Obama preparing for a new political balance in Washington if Democrats lose or significantly narrow their congressional majorities in November's elections and he'll need more Republicans to get anything done?

Plane violates Chicago airspace during Obama visit (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:36 PM PDT AP - The military says fighter jets escorted a small biplane out of protected airspace above Chicago during President Barack Obama's visit there Thursday.

Senate passes bill to make school lunches healthy (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 03:30 PM PDT AP - Pizzas and hamburgers in the school lunch line would be healthier under child nutrition legislation passed by the Senate Thursday, a key part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood obesity.

Wyclef Jean files as Haiti presidential candidate (Reuters) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:32 PM PDT Reuters - Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean registered as a candidate on Thursday for Haiti's November presidential election, a party official said.

Kagan confirmed as Obama's second Supreme Court justice (AFP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:27 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama's second US Supreme Court pick, Elena Kagan, won Senate confirmation Thursday as just the fourth woman to reach the high bench, giving Democrats a welcome election-year boost.

Pentagon demands return of leaked war documents (AP) Posted: 05 Aug 2010 02:24 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon demanded Thursday that a website that solicits leaked government secrets cancel any plan to publish more classified military documents and pull back tens of thousands of secret Afghan war logs already posted on the Internet.

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