Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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Share your story: How well is BP handling Gulf oil-spill claims? (The Newsroom)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 07:28 PM PDT

A beachgoer looks at oil in the water on Orange Beach, Alabama, in June 2010. The X Prize Foundation launches a competition this week promising millions of dollars for winning ways to clean up crude oil from the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)The Newsroom - In the three months since oil first spewed into the Gulf of Mexico, thousands of people throughout the coastal region have lost jobs or seen their incomes slashed. Many businesses are reeling too. BP has pledged to make good on all legitimate claims for damages. But how well is the process going?

House Democrats line up TV ad buys (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:27 AM PDT

President Barack Obama walks out of the Oval Office to the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, to deliver remarks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Democrats say they are prepared to spend $49 million on TV ads during the final weeks of the midterm elections in their effort to maintain a House majority in the face of a strong challenge by Republicans and an anti-establishment bent among voters.

Several House Democrats ask New York's Rangel to resign (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:36 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Several Democrats in the House of Representatives are calling on Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., to resign instead of facing a public ethics inquiry that could damage the party's chances at the polls this fall.

US lawmakers beat back Afghan war challenge after leaks (AFP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:33 AM PDT

US soldiers patrol in the Dand district of Kandahar Province on July 26, 2010. US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)AFP - US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war.

White House briefing room may be in for a shake-up (The Upshot)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:39 PM PDT

The Upshot - The White House Correspondents Association meets this weekend to determine who'll fill the front-row vacancy that opened after Helen Thomas resigned. Recently, Fox News, Bloomberg News, and NPR have all sent letters to the board arguing why they deserve to …

No Sen. Bennet in This Race -- It's Just Michael (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 08:02 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - DENVER -- If it's all really just an act, Sen. Michael Bennet plays it well.

DNC's bet: Tea party a negative (Politico)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:19 PM PDT

Politico - It’s one of the biggest open questions of the 2010 campaign: whether the fired-up, ideologically charged tea party movement will ultimately be more of a help or a hindrance for Republican candidates.

Judge nixes key parts of Arizona law (Politico)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:49 AM PDT

Politico - She rules against its most widely publicized provision.

Calls for Rangel to quit could escalate if no deal (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 03:22 PM PDT

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., stands in the corner of the elevator as he leaves his office for to go vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The calls from fellow Democrats for New York Rep. Charles Rangel to resign could quickly turn from a trickle to a flood unless he can quickly negotiate a plea bargain to prevent a congressional trial on allegations of ethical misconduct.

FBI chief says agents assisting DOD on WikiLeaks (AP)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 08:51 AM PDT

AP - FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau is assisting the Defense Department in its criminal investigation into the release of some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents on Afghanistan.

Rebels, Russian pilot were beaten in Darfur: UN (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:39 AM PDT

German aid worker Werner Stern (L) arrives at the airport in Khartoum July 27, 2010. Two German aid workers kidnapped in Darfur more than a month ago were released on Tuesday and said on arrival in Khartoum that they had been well treated by their captors. Stern and Malthe Golla were snatched on June 22 from their residence in the South Darfur capital Nyala, where they were working for Technisches Hilfswerk (THW). REUTERS/Mohamed Nurdldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY POLITICS)Reuters - A missing Russian pilot and three rebel commanders were beaten when their U.N. helicopter landed off target in Sudan's conflict-torn Darfur region earlier this week, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.

Key parts of Arizona anti-immigration law blocked (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 02:44 PM PDT

Nora Nendivin, right, cries as she is hugged by Marcela Saragoza, both of Phoenix, as they celebrate at the Arizona capitol Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Phoenix, shortly after portions of Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070, were blocked by a federal judge. The judge has blocked the most controversial sections of Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect Thursday, handing a major legal victory to opponents of the crackdown. The law will still take effect Thursday, but without many of the provisions that angered opponents, including sections that required officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws. The judge also put on hold a part of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Reuters - A judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona's tough new immigration law hours before it was to take effect, handing a victory to the Obama administration as it tries to take control of the issue.

Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity Reformed By Congress (Huffington Post)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Huffington Post - Congress addressed a historic wrong on Wednesday afternoon, replacing it instead with a slightly lesser wrong, when the House voted to reduce the disparity in the sentencing of people caught with crack cocaine versus powder cocaine.

New Report Criticizes Focus of U.S. Defense Effort (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 11:01 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The U.S. government is not properly organized, equipped or funded to meet emerging threats to national security, according to a new report from a congressionally mandated, bipartisan commission.

Timing of stock sales by Moody's chief raises questions (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 02:00 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON_ The chief executive of Moody's Investors Service sold almost $3 million in company stock this year, and $7.1 million last year, both times right before his company's stock price fell from its peak levels, a McClatchy analysis has found.

Cocaine Sentencing Bill Nears House Passage (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:59 AM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The House was poised to clear legislation Wednesday that would narrow the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

Stalled waste site could delay nuclear plants, Congress told (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:57 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congress was warned Tuesday that the failure to build the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada could delay licensing of the country's first new nuclear power plants in a generation.
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