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Senate confirms former nurse to run Medicare

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 15th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs. By an overwhelming 91-7 vote, the Senate

Woman accused of faking rape now faces fraud case

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By ED WHITEAssociated Press DETROIT (AP) - A Michigan woman whose alleged trail of lies led to the release of a man convicted of raping her was charged Monday with fraud after investigators said she tricked an insurance company and sympathetic supporters into believing she had cancer. It was Sara

Ebert, nation's best-known film critic, dies at 70

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

By CARYN ROUSSEAUAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Roger Ebert had the most-watched thumb in Hollywood. With a twist of his wrist, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic rendered decisions that influenced a nation of moviegoers and could sometimes make or break a film. The heavy-set writer in the horn-

Ebert, nation's best-known film critic, dies at 70

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 4th

McGovern celebrated as 'conscience for our nation'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By BRIAN BAKST and CHET BROKAWAssociated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - George McGovern made history with his loss of the 1972 presidential election in a historic landslide, but he was praised Friday for galvanizing the Democratic party's liberal wing and inspiring a new generation to take

Photo of WWII veteran casting vote captures hearts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By AUDREY McAVOYAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) - A photograph of a 93-year-old World War II veteran casting what will likely be his last ballot has captured the hearts of tens of thousands of Internet users. The photo shows Frank Tanabe lying in a hospital bed at home as his daughter Barbara

McGovern's political career only part of legacy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 22nd

By KRISTI EATON and WALTER R. MEARSAssociated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - George McGovern never slowed down, never stopped working - not even after losing the 1972 presidential race in a historic landslide that would have politically felled many others. Instead, he met defeat with humor,

George McGovern dies; lost 1972 presidential bid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 21st

By KRISTI EATON and WALTER R. MEARSAssociated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way - and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to knock Republican

Ex-Sen. McGovern nears death, family at his side

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 18th

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. George McGovern is surrounded by his family members as he nears the end of his life. Family spokesman Steve Hildebrand tells The Associated Press that 90-year-old McGovern is peaceful and resting. He has been in hospice care since Monday. His family said he

Ex-presidential nominee George McGovern in hospice

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 15th

By CHET BROKAWAssociated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Longtime former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate who lost to President Richard Nixon in a historic landslide, has moved into hospice care near his home in South Dakota, his family said Monday. "He's coming to