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Israelis and Palestinians open direct peace talks (Reuters)

A man rests beside a camel on a promenade that overlooks the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City from the Mount of Olives September 2, 2010. Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, saying it was time to end their conflict but projecting tough talks ahead as hardliners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CITYSCAPE ANIMALS)Reuters - Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, saying it was time to end their conflict but predicting tough talks ahead as hardliners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal.


How Barack Obama became Mr. Unpopular (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.