Ron Barber defeats Martha McSally in race for Giffords’s former seat

PHOENIX — Democrat Ron Barber has won a full term representing Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, squeaking out a win over Republican Martha McSally and giving Democrats a sweep of the state’s three competitive races for U.S. House seats. Voters decisively picked Barber to fill out the remainder of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords term in a special election in June, but last week’s election...

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Rugby: France beat Argentina

LILLE, France: France won their second successive test on Saturday following up victory over the Australians with a deserved 39-22 win over traditional bogey team Argentina.The French outscored their opponents by three tries to one including a double by Vincent Clerc, who moved onto 34 for his country, passing coach Philippe Saint-Andre's total of 32.The Toulouse flyer's brace came at...

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Government, 2G auditor fought it out in House panels too

NEW DELHI: The bitter fight over the poor response to the 2G auction is only the latest episode of a dispute that has played out in Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on telecom where Congress and the federal auditor have clashed fiercely. The PAC draft report remains disputed while minister of state for information and broadcasting Manish Tewari...

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Lonesome George Not the Last of His Kind, After All?

The tide may be turning for the rare subspecies of giant tortoise thought to have gone extinct when its last known member, the beloved Lonesome George, died in June.A new study by Yale University researchers reveals that DNA from George's ancestors lives on—and that more of his kind may still be alive in a remote area of Ecuador's Galápagos Islands. This isn't the first time Chelonoidis...

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GOP Mourning for Mitt Romney? Not So Much

Republicans are over it.And most of them aren't doing much mourning for Mitt Romney.Just over a week since the two-time Republican presidential hopeful failed to deny President Obama a second term, instead of offering up condolences for a candidate who garnered 48 percent of the popular vote, GOP leaders seem to be keeping Romney at arm's length."I've never run for president --...

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