PGA Tour keeping eye on possible fall Asian swing

The PGA Tour already has the West Coast Swing, the Florida Swing and now the Texas Swing. It might not be long before it has an Asian Swing after the FedEx Cup portion of the season is over.

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Welcome to the Internet, HealthCare.gov—There Is No Cure

Buzzy dotcom start-up the United States government introduced a new Web site, HealthCare.gov, conveniently located at the Web address HealthCare.gov. (The July 1 launch of the site was actually written into the health-care reform bill.) HealthCare.gov allows users to input their personal information—for instance, New York residency, under-26 age bracket—and browse and compare available coverage plans. Let’s play around with this. So, for our fictive 22-year-old New York resident, option No. 1 suggests attempting to seek (or keep) coverage through a parent’s plan for the next four years. Check, and check. But what if you’re a senior who has a medical condition but is not sufficiently covered by Medicare? Option No. 1, in that case: use Medicaid to help pay for Medicare. (Hey, we never said this was a fun game.)

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The Top Five Most Outrageous Republican Primary Ads of 2010

With Tea Party momentum going strong and a whiff of grapeshot hanging around the midterm elections, G.O.P. primaries across the nation have seen an influx of homegrown candidates as well as a cascade of outrageous political advertising, as candidates vie to grab voters’ attention and prove their conservative bona fides. From taunts and tricornes to guns and God, VF Daily presents the top five most ridiculous Republican-primary campaign ads of 2010: 5. “We Are Better Than That!,” from former Alabama Agricultural Commission candidate Dale Peterson Peterson’s delivery is actually pretty great—just for a spaghetti Western, not a campaign ad. But despite his volubility, the sweeping strains of music in this commercial practically drown him out. A bit of trivia: Peterson, who failed to win his primary, went on to star in another highly entertaining campaign ad, this time endorsing his former opponent John McMillan, and also made a cameo in an additional outrageous video from the candidate who comes in at No. 4 on our list.

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Portland Police All in For Round Two of the Al Gore Sex Scandal Investigation

• President Obama will speak today about immigration reform—an issue which everyone widely agrees will not be touched by anyone until after the midterm elections. [The New York Daily News] • Police in Portland will re-investigate 2006 sexual abuse allegations against Nobel Peace Prize–winner Al Gore. Authorities did not indicate why they are doing so, though this will likely not stop everyone from trying to guess. [The Wall Street Journal] • A bitter, public fight between a Minuteman and Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) is the Internet’s most prominent Controversy™ today. [CNN] • Hurricane Alex was nothing more than a common tropical storm by the time it hit southern Texas. [The Houston Chronicle] • M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, The Last Airbender, is just terrible. This should not come as a shock, given The Village and The Happening. [Gawker]

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Conan O’Brien Decided to Follow One Person on Twitter

Conan O’Brien has 538,309 followers on Twitter. This afternoon, he randomly selected one of them to follow. Internet, meet “LovelyButton.” She already has 5,856 followers of her own. “OMG. this is Fantastically exciting,” wrote Ms. Button. It strangely sort of is!

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Bob Harig’s Birdies And Bogeys

Any pro that doesn’t bring his A-game to the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Honda Classic this week will likely be slamming the trunk on Friday afternoon. If you’re looking for birdies at PGA National, they’ll be few and far between, writes ESPN.com’s Bob Harig.

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Tebow era ends in record-setting fashion (AP)

Tim Tebow and coach Urban Meyer stood together in one corner of the Louisiana Superdome, sang the school fight song and then offered a final gesture. Tebow took off on a victory lap. Meyer saluted the Florida fans. It was Tebow's way of saying goodbye. It may have been Meyer's, too. Tebow rose above all the distractions caused by Meyer's uncertain future and capped a storied college career…

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Leach says James’ father meddled often (AP)

Fired Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said the father of the player he was accused of mistreating after a concussion meddled more than any parent he's ever come across. Leach also denied he mistreated Adam James when he spoke Friday to The Associated Press about his firing. Dismissed Wednesday, two days after being suspended by Texas Tech, Leach said it was indisputable that James' father, ESPN…

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Auburn outlasts Northwestern in Outback (AP)

Pat Fitzgerald reached into Northwestern's bag of tricks one more time, hoping to pull out the perfect play to give his team a dramatic victory over Auburn in the Outback Bowl. "I've had it in my back pocket for four years, and people tell me I'm too conservative. So I said, `What the heck.

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Bruins beat Flyers 2-1 in OT at Fenway (AP)

The Boston Bruins provided their own unique finish to Fenway Park's history of memorable endings. In the stadium where Ted Williams hit his 521st homer into the bullpen in the last bat of his career in 1960, and Carton Fisk waved his homer fair down the left field line, winning Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, Marco Sturm's overtime goal Friday gave the Bruins a 2-1 victory over the…

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