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Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings (Reuters)
President Barack Obama (2nd R) walks in with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak (L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) before making a statement on Middle East Peace talks in the East Room of the White House in Washington September 1, 2010. REUTERS/Jason ReedReuters - 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)
US President Barack Obama delivers an address to the nation on the end of combat operations in Iraq from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on August 31, 2010.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)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? (AP)
Members of the The Daisy Mountain Tea Party Patriots attend a town hall meeting in Phoenix August 17, 2010. Radio personality and former U.S. Congressman JD Hayworth, who will challenge current U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) during the primary election August 24 spoke during the event. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)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)
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, left, shakes hands with Republican Carly Fiorina before a debate at St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)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)
This photo taken Aug.17, 2010 shows Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes at his campaign headquarters in Englewood, Colo. Dan Maes' murky past in law enforcement in neighboring Kansas has become the latest distraction in his gaffe-ridden campaign. Maes has claimed he was fired by the police department in Liberal in the 1980s because police and politicians were corrupt, and told supporters that he worked undercover for state investigators gathering information on a local bookmaking ring. But the Kansas Bureau of Investigation denies Maes ever worked for them, and Liberal's police department won't talk about Maes. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)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 (The Upshot)

Senate GOP's new gender gap (Politico)

O'Donnell plays defense on radio (Politico)

Arizona governor stumbles during debate (AP)

Jordan's king: Terrorists want to derail talks (AP)

6 years on, Portugal child sex trial reaches end (AP)