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During the first, and perhaps only, debate among Arizona's candidates for governor, 16 seconds took center stage.Submit this article to The Obama News

After a week mostly focused on Iraq and Mideast diplomacy, it's back to the economy for President Barack Obama, who will deliver remarks Friday on the August unemployment numbers.Submit this article to The Obama News

A judge on Thursday denied a request for President Barack Obama to testify at a court martial for a U.S. Army flight surgeon who refused to deploy to Afghanistan until he saw proof that Obama was born in the United States.Submit this article to The Obama News

Ron Johnson, Senator Russ Feingold's main Republican challenger, raised more money from July 1 to Aug. 25.Submit this article to The Obama News

The latest round of peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians is starting off much like similar endeavors in the past, but the Obama administration hopes that this time, the outcome will be different.Submit this article to The Obama News

Times reporters discuss diplomacy and the midterm elections in this week's podcast.Submit this article to The Obama News

Groups are buying attack ads to turn voters against candidates they oppose

WASHINGTON -- For those few Florida voters unfamiliar with attacks ads, the latest TV spot by the conservative Americans for Prosperity offers a classic take on the genre.

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The Tea Party Express will sponsor as much as $250,000 in advertisements for a conservative upstart in Delaware's Republican primary for Senate.Submit this article to The Obama News

White House news conference is scheduled for next Friday, the first since late May.Submit this article to The Obama News

It's back-to-school time, which means some in the media have gone back to asking: "What's wrong with our schools? And how can we fix it?"Submit this article to The Obama News

Direct talks between Israelis and Palestinians kicked off again Thursday with pledges of support from leaders on both sides -- as well as the United States -- for a peace process leading to a comprehensive settlement within one year.Submit this article to The Obama News

Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, and Terry Goddard, the Democratic challenger, exchanged sharp words on immigration and the state's budget woes in a debate. But it was 13 seconds or so of silence that is being talked about more than anything else.Submit this article to The Obama News

Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin direct peace talks today at the State Department.Submit this article to The Obama News

California candidates discuss topics from climate change to abortion. Boxer gives scathing critiques of Fiorina's record as Hewlett-Packard CEO and Fiorina calls Boxer 'bitterly partisan.'

Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and her Republican opponent Carly Fiorina met in a contentious first debate Wednesday that seethed with disputes over their records and covered a broad range of issues from the economy to climate change to abortion rights.

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Tony Blair covers the Iraq war, George W. Bush, Princess Diana and more in his wide-ranging and frank biography.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair's memoir "A Journey: My Political Life" is a political biography of unusual interest.

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Candidates discuss hot topics from the economy to climate change to abortion. Boxer gives scathing critiques of Fiorina's record as Hewlett-Packard CEO and Fiorina calls Boxer 'bitterly partisan.'

Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and her Republican opponent Carly Fiorina met in a contentious first debate Wednesday that seethed with disputes over their records and covered a broad range of issues from the economy to climate change to abortion rights.

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Activists expected big gains, but a ban on plastic grocery bags, another on a chemical used in baby bottles and a bid to boost alternative energy fell short in the face of heavy industry opposition.

Environmentalists were counting on big gains in Sacramento this summer, with a governor eager to burnish his green credentials in his final months in office. But by the time the legislative session ended at midnight Tuesday, those hopes had fizzled.

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Californians are paying the price as the Legislature dickers over a final budget agreement.

California badly needs someone, some party, to just make a decision about a state budget and be held accountable for the consequences.

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Marking the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, President Obama said Tuesday night that America would continue supporting Iraq's government while also looking to refocus its energies on the U.S. economy and the war in Afghanistan.Submit this article to The Obama News