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GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season (AP)
7/30/2010 8:57:18 AM

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go for a vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 29, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.


House to take up offshore drilling reform bill (Reuters)
7/30/2010 8:44:47 AM
Reuters - Three months after the catastrophic oil rig explosion that sent millions of gallons of crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Friday to debate legislation clamping down on the industry's offshore drilling practices.
Crist holds small lead in Fla. US Senate contest (AP)
7/30/2010 7:01:43 AM
AP - Gov. Charlie Crist is slightly ahead of Republican Marco Rubio in a three-way general election matchup for the U.S. Senate while the race to succeed Crist as governor is about even, a poll released Friday suggests.
Ethics charges against Rep. Charles Rangel (AP)
7/30/2010 3:43:33 AM
AP - A House investigative panel filed 13 charges of ethical wrongdoing against Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Among them are allegations that Rangel:
As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up (AP)
7/29/2010 11:17:52 PM

Stones with the word 'hero' written on them lay on a grave stone in Section 60, where many soldiers from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried, Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.


Bill to aid sick 9/11 responders fails in House (AP)
7/29/2010 9:54:26 PM

Workers continue construction on the World Trade Center site in New York City. Two US networks are refusing to air a slick, highly confrontational ad by a group protesting plans for a mosque near Ground Zero in New York, US media reported Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/Eric Thayer)AP - The House has rejected a bill that would pay up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by toxic dust from the World Trade Center.


Dems, GOP warily eye Arizona immigration ruling (AP)
7/29/2010 9:29:06 PM

A woman waves a U.S. flag as protesters gather Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP - On the surface, a judge's decision to block tough provisions of Arizona's immigration law was a defeat for the state's Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond.


Voting twice for Senate OK in Illinois this year (AP)
7/29/2010 9:04:42 PM

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 16, 2009  file photo, Sen. Roland Burris  D-Ill., leaves Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church after a news conference in Chicago. Vote early, vote often. It's an old joke about Illinois politics but state residents will be choosing twice in November to fill President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)AP - Vote early, vote often. It's an old joke in Illinois politics but state residents will be choosing twice in November to fill President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.


Lockerbie investigators may travel to Britain: US Senator (AFP)
7/29/2010 8:53:36 PM

Democratic Senator Robert Menendez (pictured in April) said on Thursday investigators could be sent to Britain to quiz witnesses who refused to travel to Washington to testify at a Senate probe into the release of the Lockerbie bomber.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mark Wilson)AFP - A US senator said investigators could be sent to Britain to quiz witnesses who refused to travel to Washington to testify at a Senate probe into the release of the Lockerbie bomber.


Republicans block small business plan in Senate (Reuters)
7/29/2010 7:38:19 PM

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington in this January 20, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - Senate Republicans blocked a $30-billion plan to help community banks boost lending to small businesses, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's election-year battle to reduce unemployment.






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