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Today's Politics News: Supreme Court to cut costs to fight deficit Barry Zorthian, press officer in Vietnam War, dies Miller ending legal battle, conceding Senate race US helps Ukraine send enriched uranium to Russia Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation Your Medicare taxes won't cover what you'll cost US Homeland Security chief arrives in Afghanistan Obama marks anniversary of deadly attack on CIA Top 10 breakout stars of 2010 Climate PR effort heats up US charges filed in Sen. Levin pie-in-face case Medicare regulation revives end-of-life planning UK changes policy to boost organ donor numbers Obama's High-Speed-Rail Projects in California and Florida Morning Vid: Ezra Klein on the GOP's Constitution 'Gimmick' Gay Republican and possible 2012 presidential candidate Fred Karger talks to theDC New budget crises loom for states and municipalities in 2011 Alaska senate hopeful finally concedes defeat Christine O'Donnell Thinks Joe Biden, Not Witchcraft, Is After Her Supreme Court to cut costs to fight deficit Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:31 pm PST AP - The Supreme Court will join Congress and the president next year in cutting costs to reduce the federal deficit, Chief Justice John Roberts said Friday in his year-end report. Full Story Top Barry Zorthian, press officer in Vietnam War, dies Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:18 pm PST AP - Barry Zorthian, a colorful U.S. diplomat who left his mark on American policy in Vietnam as a forthright and often combative press spokesman in the early years of the war, has died. Full Story Top Miller ending legal battle, conceding Senate race Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:20 pm PST AP - Republican Joe Miller on Friday ended his legal fight over Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, conceding the race to his bitter rival, incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Full Story Top US helps Ukraine send enriched uranium to Russia Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:35 am PST AP - In a secret operation to secure nuclear material, the United States has helped Ukraine send to Russia enough uranium to build two atomic bombs. Full Story Top Obama craves familiarity on Hawaiian vacation Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:32 am PST AP - There are those who crave adventure and spontaneity during their vacations. Then, there's President Barack Obama. Full Story Top Your Medicare taxes won't cover what you'll cost Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:59 am PST AP - What you paid in Medicare taxes shows up on your W-2 income tax form every year. So when you retire, you want your money's worth. Full Story Top US Homeland Security chief arrives in Afghanistan Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:49 pm PST AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN'-oh) has arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, to spend New Year's Eve with U.S. troops and the Homeland Security officers who have been working with the Afghan government to try to secure that country's porous borders from militants, as well as weapons and drug smugglers. Full Story Top Obama marks anniversary of deadly attack on CIA Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:18 pm PST AP - President Barack Obama is marking the anniversary of last year's deadly attack at a remote outpost in Afghanistan, saying the seven CIA employees who were killed showed the true meaning of honor and selfless sacrifice. Full Story Top Top 10 breakout stars of 2010 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:19 pm PST Politico - Many of them show signs of becoming forces on the national political landscape. Full Story Top Climate PR effort heats up Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:37 am PST Politico - After a tough year, global warming experts are going back to basics. Full Story Top US charges filed in Sen. Levin pie-in-face case Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:50 pm PST AP - An anti-war protester who hit Michigan Sen. Carl Levin in the face with an apple pie has been charged with assault. Full Story Top Medicare regulation revives end-of-life planning Sat, 25 Dec 2010 09:02 pm PST AP - A new health regulation issued this month offers Medicare recipients voluntary end-of-life planning, which Democrats dropped from the monumental health care overhaul last year. Full Story Top UK changes policy to boost organ donor numbers Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:10 am PST AP - Drivers applying for new licenses in Britain will have to choose whether or not to become organ donors under a program announced Friday aimed at increasing the number of people registered. Full Story Top Obama's High-Speed-Rail Projects in California and Florida Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:50 pm PST Time.com - The Obama Administration has shifted most of the money to California and Florida, hoping to build short-term momentum toward its long-term vision of a new way to move around the country Full Story Top Morning Vid: Ezra Klein on the GOP's Constitution 'Gimmick' Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:13 am PST The Atlantic Wire - As a guest on MSNBC, The Washington Post's Ezra Klein comments on the new Republican Congress's plan to start off the next session with a full reading of the Constitution. "It's a gimmick," Klein says, arguing that the text of the Constitution is old and complicated and its meaning is subject to varying interpretations. He also references a new congressional rule requiring all subsequent bills to include a statement of their constitutional authority, pointing out that the one bill to do this before the rule was made was the health care bill--specifically in the constitutionally contested individual mandate. See more on the debate this video has started here. Full Story Top Gay Republican and possible 2012 presidential candidate Fred Karger talks to theDC Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:42 pm PST Daily Caller - “I don’t know about the next election, but I think in the near future,” said former President Jimmy Carter recently when asked about the possibility of America electing a gay president. Carter argued that because the country voted for an African-American president two years ago before coming close to nominating the first woman candidate, the country could be open to a gay one. Full Story Top New budget crises loom for states and municipalities in 2011 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:34 pm PST Daily Caller - The budget crises that have nearly paralyzed states such as California and Illinois are likely to get worse, not better, in 2011 — despite the massive cuts that have already been made. Full Story Top Alaska senate hopeful finally concedes defeat Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:23 pm PST AFP - Alaskan Tea Party Senate candidate Joe Miller finally conceded defeat Friday, nearly two months after an election result he had appealed against as far as the state's supreme court. Full Story Top Christine O'Donnell Thinks Joe Biden, Not Witchcraft, Is After Her Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:50 pm PST Time.com - She claims the issue was not confusion over the law, but a vindictive Vice President Joe Biden, who beat O'Donnell by nearly 30 percentage points in the 2008 elections. Full Story Top

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