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Today's Politics News: Franken wins Minn. Senate race; Coleman concedes OAS gives 3-day deadline to Honduran coup leaders Court: Stay tuned on campaign funds, civil rights House passes climate change bill Palin story sparks GOP family feud Source: NKorean ship headed back to north Analysis: US role in Iraq doesn't end just yet AP sources: Group sends Sotomayor docs to Senate Foes of Sotomayor emboldened by discimination case US warns citizens to avoid travel to Honduras Old airliners scrapped due to economics, not age Russian corruption reporter dies from head injury Obama aide says no more troops to Afghanistan Social Security audit finds dead people getting checks Democrats Saved Senate Committee Seats for Franken Lawmakers Face Pressure to Resolve U.S. Health Issues Franken wins Minn. Senate race; Coleman concedes Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:23 pm PDT AP - Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate. Full Story Top OAS gives 3-day deadline to Honduran coup leaders Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:05 pm PDT AP - Honduran coup leaders have three days to restore deposed President Manuel Zelaya to power, the Organization of American States said Wednesday, before Honduras risks being suspended from the group. Full Story Top Court: Stay tuned on campaign funds, civil rights Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:26 pm PDT AP - On civil rights and campaign cash, the Supreme Court earned an "incomplete" grade in the term that just ended. There is a good chance the court will have a new member but the same right-of-center tilt when the justices return in late summer to deal with unfinished business. Full Story Top House passes climate change bill Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:43 pm PDT Politico - A close vote after intense debate. Full Story Top Palin story sparks GOP family feud Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:06 pm PDT Politico - Vanity Fair piece has started a blistering exchange between high-profile Republicans. Full Story Top Source: NKorean ship headed back to north Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:11 pm PDT AP - U.S. officials said Tuesday that a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back toward the north where it came from, after being tracked for more than a week by American Navy vessels on suspicion of carrying illegal weapons. Full Story Top Analysis: US role in Iraq doesn't end just yet Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:10 pm PDT AP - U.S. troops are out of Iraq's cities but not its future. Even a best-case scenario is likely to feature an American role there for years — militarily as well as diplomatically. Full Story Top AP sources: Group sends Sotomayor docs to Senate Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:03 pm PDT AP - A Puerto Rican legal advocacy group late Tuesday sent a trove of documents from Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's past to the Senate panel considering her nomination. Full Story Top Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:38 pm PDT AP - The Organization of American States says Honduras coup leaders have three days to restore deposed President Manuel Zelaya to power. Full Story Top Foes of Sotomayor emboldened by discimination case Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:16 pm PDT AP - Foes of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor celebrated the high court's reversal of her decision in a reverse discrimination case. Full Story Top US warns citizens to avoid travel to Honduras Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:49 pm PDT AP - The State Department on Monday warned U.S. citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Honduras due to the "current unstable political and security situation" there. Full Story Top Old airliners scrapped due to economics, not age Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:25 am PDT AP - The Airbus 310 that crashed Tuesday was 19 years old, yet experts say older planes can keep going strong for years as long as companies are willing to invest what it takes to keep them sky-worthy. Full Story Top Russian corruption reporter dies from head injury Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:40 am PDT AP - A local corruption reporter in Russia died of head injuries on Monday in what police said Tuesday was a drunken fall. Colleagues, on the other hand, are sure it was a revenge attack for muckraking journalism. Full Story Top Obama aide says no more troops to Afghanistan Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:30 pm PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's top security adviser has told U.S. military commanders there are no plans to send more troops to Afghanistan for now and that the focus instead will be on economic development and reconstruction, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Full Story Top Social Security audit finds dead people getting checks Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:08 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ The Social Security Administration has continued to pay millions of dollars in benefits to dead Americans, and other elderly U.S. residents are at risk of losing badly needed aid because they're improperly recorded as deceased, federal investigators warn in a new report. Full Story Top Democrats Saved Senate Committee Seats for Franken Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:53 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - Democrats in the Senate are more than ready for Al Franken to join their ranks. Full Story Top Lawmakers Face Pressure to Resolve U.S. Health Issues Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:26 am PDT Bloomberg - June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Lawmakers working to overhaul the U.S. health-care system face a pressure-filled July after leaving town this week without resolving the biggest questions dividing Democrats and Republicans. Full Story Top

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