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Yahoo! News: Elections

Medicare's private eyes let fraud cases get cold (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 06:07 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009, file photo the Senate Finance Committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wears two pairs of glasses while reading during the committee's hearing regarding health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. Medicare overpayments, which can be anything from a billing error to a flagrant scam, totaled more than $36 billion in 2009, according to the Obama administration. Grassley's office, which is investigating the contracting program, obtained Medicare data for the last four years on how long it took to refer cases to federal agents. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)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

President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic Party fundraising event in Chicago, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedAP - 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

This undated handout photo provided by Benedictine Sisters of Virginia shows Sister Denise Mosier who was killed in a car crash. Prince William County, Va. Police say Carlos Martinelly Montano, the man charged with drunken driving in a crash that killed a nun was in the United States illegally. (AP Photo/Benedictine Sisters of Virginia)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

FILE - In this July 9, 2010 photo, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer attends the annual meeting of the National Governors Association in Boston. 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. All of that began to change in April, when she signed a tough new state law cracking down on illegal immigrants, which soon put Arizona at the heart of a rabid national debate on immigration. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)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

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)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

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of his successor, Elena Kagan, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. (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.

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

Posted: 07 Aug 2010 10:34 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 - 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

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Jane Norton and Arizona Sen. John McCain speak to the press at Centennial airport before flying to a campaign rally Sunday Aug. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Ford)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

Connecticut's State Attorney General and Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal speaks to reporters at a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in West Hartford, Connecticut, May 18, 2010. REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlinReuters - 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

In this Thursday Aug. 5, 2010 picture, A.C. Cooper, vice president of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, holds a bottle of oil as he pleads to Ray Mabus, U.S. secretary of the Navy, to ensure the safety of Louisiana seafood during a town hall meeting for fishermen and residents in Buras, La. Cooper said that he collected it from an inland bay in southern Plaquemines Parish earlier in the day. (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.

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