Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice at the Supreme Court on Saturday on a bible borrowed from Justice Stephen Breyer.
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Eight foreign medical workers killed in Afghanistan
August 7th, 2010 
Reuters: Top News KABUL (Reuters) – Gunmen killed 10 medical workers, including eight foreigners, in Afghanistan’s remote northeast, police and officials said on Saturday, and the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistanis desperate to escape flood areas
August 7th, 2010 Reuters: Top News MUZAFFARGARH, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistanis desperate to get out of flooded villages threw themselves at helicopters on Saturday as more heavy rain was expected to intensify both suffering and anger with the government.
Two charged in ‘horrific’ Md. killings
August 7th, 2010 CNN.com Two people were charged Saturday in “very disturbing” drug-related killings of two young children and two adult relatives outside Washington D.C.
Serial slasher on loose in Michigan
August 7th, 2010 CNN.com Police in Flint, Michigan, are investigating 13 stabbings resulting in five deaths since late May that they believe have been committed by one man.
Kagan sworn in as 112th justice to Supreme Court
August 7th, 2010 Reuters: Top News WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elena Kagan became the fourth female justice in history on Saturday and the 112th Supreme Court member after President Barack Obama won Senate approval for his second appointment to the high court.
Fidel Castro speaks against war to Cuban parliament
August 7th, 2010 Reuters: Top News HAVANA (Reuters) – Former President Fidel Castro addressed Cuba’s parliament in his first public government act in four years Saturday, and appealed to world leaders, including President Barack Obama, to avoid a nuclear war.
