Reuters - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.| Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings
(Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades. |
Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit?
(Time.com)
 Time.com - Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next? |
Is the tea party becoming the new Grand Old Party?
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 AP - Is the tea party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarian voters displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's GOP primary. Political novice Joe Miller is the fifth tea party insurgent to win a GOP Senate nominating contest, an upset that few, if any, saw coming. |
Economy tops 1st Boxer, Fiorina Senate debate
(AP)
 AP - Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina exchanged feisty jabs on taxes, the economy and their records in Congress and corporate America during the first debate in their Senate race. |
| Some Democrats See Competitive Opportunity in Alaska
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - With Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceding the Alaska GOP primary Tuesday night to lawyer Joe Miller, some Democrats now believe they have a chance to pick up a seat in a state no one thought could be in play in a cycle where Democrats are facing a significant loss of seats. |
Latest distraction for CO candidate: Kansas resume
(AP)
 AP - Colorado gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes' murky past in law enforcement in neighboring Kansas has become the latest distraction in his gaffe-ridden campaign. |
| Gates: Iraq outcome 'will always be clouded by how it began'
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The U.S. military Wednesday marked the end of its combat mission in Iraq amid a series of conflicting messages that underscored the mixed feelings many here, both American and Iraqi, have toward a seven-and-a-half-year effort that cost tens of thousands of lives but left the political outcome undecided. |
| 'Don't tread on me' flag starts disputes around the country
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| Senate GOP's new gender gap
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| O'Donnell plays defense on radio
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| Arizona governor stumbles during debate
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| Jordan's king: Terrorists want to derail talks
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| 6 years on, Portugal child sex trial reaches end
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