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18 min ago | The Boston Globe

Israelis, Palestinians resume direct talks

Seeking to broker a Mideast peace agreement that has eluded U.S. presidents for decades, the Obama administration is overseeing the first direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US Politics, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Democrat, Hamas (Palestine)

4 hrs ago | The Topeka Capital-Journal

Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash

Rep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart of Republican territory, finds exiting American Legion Post No.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Chet Edwards, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jim Marshall, John Spratt, Ike Skelton, Nancy Pelosi

4 hrs ago | WTKR-TV Norfolk

Political Insider: Bill Clinton comes to aid of endangered Democrat Lincoln in Arkansas

Former President Bill Clinton is coming to the aid of endangered Democratic Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Boozman, Blanche Lincoln, Representative Paul Hodes, US Senate, Arkansas, Democrat, Senator Michael Bennet

5 hrs ago | Herald-Standard

Fired aide to ex-Mo. gov runs for gov's dad's seat

It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after pointing out that his then-boss, former Gov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Roy Blunt, Republican, US House of Representatives, Russ Carnahan, Democrat, Matt Blunt, US Governors, Missouri State University

6 hrs ago | NorthJersey.com

Tea Party spoiling GOP strategy

WASHINGTON a ' Is the Tea Party the new Republican Party? The grass-roots network of fed-up conservative-libertarians displayed its power in its biggest triumph of the election year: the toppling of Sen.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Tea Party, Tea Party, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Chris Chocola, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Lisa Murkowski

Wed Sep 01, 2010

KWTX

Texas Congresswoman Repays Foundation For Scholarships

A veteran Democratic Texas congresswoman who admitted she awarded Black Caucus Foundation scholarships to relatives and the children of a top aide has repaid the organization.

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Related Topix: Eddie Bernice Johnson, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, Texas

www.newyorker.com | Mr_Bill

A Milestone with No Meaning

What President Obama called the end of the combat mission in Iraq is a meaningless milestone, constructed almost entirely out of thin air, and his second Oval Office speech marks a rare moment of dishonesty and disingenuousness on the part of a politician who usually resorts to rare candor at important moments.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs

www.ips-dc.org | Mr_Bill

CEOs Who Cut the Most Jobs Earn More than Peers

CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off the most workers since the onset of the economic crisis took home 42 percent more pay in 2009 than their peers at S&P 500 firms, according to " CEO Pay and the Great Recession , " the 17th in a series of annual Executive Excess reports from the Institute for Policy Studies.

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Related Topix: Schering Plough, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Johnson and Johnson, American Express, Financial Services

www.theatlantic.com | Mr_Bill

The Hollowing Out of America's Middle Class

Sep 1 2010, 10:34 AM ET Comment The common and responsible thing to say about college is: go! The statistics are persuasive.

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www.bloomberg.com | Mr_Bill

Prostate Cancer-Linked Chemical Prompts Alert on Packaging for Baby Food

A chemical linked with prostate cancer and infertility should be eliminated from cans and plastics used to package food for babies and young children, a consumer advocacy group said.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Heinz H J, Food, Food and Drug Administration

www.nydailynews.com | Mr_Bill

Man plunges 400' from W. Side building, crashes atop of Dodge Charger and lives to tell tale

Miracle!

A young man plunged 39 stories Tuesday from a West Side high-rise, crashed through the windshield of a sports car - and lived to tell about it. "My leg! My leg!" Thomas Magill, 22, screamed after an apparent suicide attempt ended with his landing in the red 2008 Dodge Charger, witnesses said.

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Related Topix: Old Bridge, NJ

www.mcclatchydc.com | Mr_Bill

BP to begin recovery of Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer Thursday

BP will begin removing the failed Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer on Thursday, if seas calm as forecast in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration's pointman on the oil spill told reporters Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Oil Spill, Science / Technology, Robots

www.vanityfair.com | Mr_Bill

Sarah Palin: The Sound and the Fury

Even as Sarah Palin's public voice grows louder, she has become increasingly secretive, walling herself off from old friends and associates, and attempting to enforce silence from those around her.

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www.reuters.com | Mr_Bill

Abbas says Mideast deal possible in a year

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday a Middle East peace deal with Israel is possible "within a year" and he condemned the latest West Bank attacks on Israelis.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories

www.nbc-2.com | Mr_Bill

Earl regains Category 4 status as Gaston forms in Atlantic

It is now forecast to be a hurricane by Monday, though any eventual impact to the U.S. coastline wouldn't come before the end of next week at the earliest.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Cape Coral, FL, Fort Myers, FL, Naples, FL

www.ourfuture.org | Mr_Bill

Trade Enforcement Works.

Nearly one year ago, President Obama invoked a trade law known as "421" for the first and only time in the decade the law has been in effect and imposed tariffs on some automobile tire imports from China, which have been surging into the United States from 2004 to 2008.

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Related Topix: Outsourcing, 9, Findlay, OH

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Felon ex-pol with wild hair makes ballot in Ohio

Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way back onto the Nov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Tim Ryan, Federal Prisons, Prison, Trumbull County, OH

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Gunman in Discovery headquarters shot by police; 3 hostages able to escape safely

Police shot an armed man who took three hostages at the Discovery Channel network's headquarters Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, MD, US Politics, Al Gore, Entertainment

KNDU

BP spent $93M on advertising after Gulf spill

Oil giant BP says it has spent more than $5 million a week on advertising since the Gulf Coast oil spill - more than three times the amount it spent on ads during the same period last year.

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Related Topix: Oil Spill, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Representative Kathy Castor, Democrat, Yakima, WA

www.examiner.com | Iria

Apple's Sept. 1 event about iOS, revamped iPod line, and new Apple TV

Apple's September 1st event was streamed, giving us a clue to a possible video streaming announcement.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, iPod, Apple, Startups, Computers, Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, Ipad

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