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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

U.S. Top News: Wildfire nears Idaho resort town as some residents refuse to leave

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08/21/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Wildfire nears Idaho resort town as some residents refuse to leave

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A 91,000-acre (38,800-hectare) wildfire in the Boise National Forest closed in from three directions on an Idaho mountain town on Monday as authorities worried about the safety of roughly 30 residents who have refused to evacuate.

U.S. Army battling racists within its own ranks

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - They call it "rahowa" - short for racial holy war - and they are preparing for it by joining the ranks of the world's fiercest fighting machine, the U.S. military.

Inaction in Congress could delay tax refunds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress could delay billions of dollars in 2013 U.S. tax refunds, dealing a blow to the economy, if it waits too long after the November 6 elections to finalize tax law, a top tax oversight official said.

U.S. Air Force begins using Boeing surveillance satellite

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force on Monday said it would begin operational use of a new Boeing Co surveillance satellite built to monitor debris and other satellites in space -- nearly two years after the satellite was first launched.

Arizona, immigrants' attorneys to spar in court over police stops

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge in Phoenix will begin considering on Tuesday whether Arizona's tough "show me your papers" immigration law can go into effect, as the state grapples with hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.

Safety board says Chevron California fire "close call": local media

* Board releases photo of vapor cloud prior to Aug 6 blaze

Former head of Border Patrol union pleads innocent in fraud case

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The former head the U.S. Border Patrol agents union pleaded innocent on Monday to siphoning off union and government funds to enrich himself, claiming outside court that the charges were retaliation against him for speaking out against the government.

Court allows "show me your papers" laws in Alabama, Georgia

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that Alabama and Georgia could enforce key aspects of their laws against illegal immigration that allow police to check the status of criminal suspects.

Mormon, Bible-Belt states are top givers to charities: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans in Utah, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and Idaho gave the highest percentage of their income to charities in 2008, according to a report released on Monday analyzing the most recent comprehensive data from the Internal Revenue Service.

Judge dismisses clergy abuse case that accused Vatican

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge in Oregon dismissed a clergy sexual abuse case on Monday that was the first to try to hold the Vatican responsible for moving an offending priest into unsuspecting parishes, lawyers in the case said.