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• The Fast Fix: Why we’re in uncharted political territory (The Newsroom)
• Democrats hang on to leads in California (Reuters)
• Fight for Congress could last past Election Day (AP)
• Presidential seal falls off podium as Obama speaks (AP)
• US apologises for deadly helicopter strike in Pakistan (AFP)
• US under fire for underestimating Gulf spill (AFP)
• 133 charged in FBI anti-graft sweep in Puerto Rico (AFP)
• Forget VP: Clinton world eyes 2016 (Politico)
• W.H. may have blocked spill figures (Politico)
• Bill Clinton visits tent city in Haiti, offers support (AFP)
• High court: Does father's pain trump free speech? (AP)
• Former Marine pleads guilty to accepting bribes (AP)
• Climate talks struggle as China, U.S. face off (Reuters)
• Even in Chicago, residents wanted more from Obama (AP)
• Opinion: Can GOP's 'Pledge to America' match the 'Contract with America' or mitigate the 'Contract from America'? (associatedcontent)
• Protestors gather as Supreme Court hears Westboro Baptist Church case (Daily Caller)
• Clyburn: Minorities Could Tip Scales in Elections (CQPolitics.com)
• Angle preps for campaign's end with trip to DC (AP)
• TV ad targets W.Va. congressman's Arab background (AP)

The Fast Fix: Why we’re in uncharted political territory (The Newsroom) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 04:06 AM PDT The Newsroom - Poll after poll shows that voters are sick of both political parties in Congress. Democrats insist dislike for politicians will play in their favor since voters know what they are getting with Republicans in power -- and don't like it. …

Democrats hang on to leads in California (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:55 AM PDT Reuters - Democratic candidates hold a narrow advantage in the run-up to November's congressional elections in California where big-spending Republican Meg Whitman is struggling in the race for governor, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Tuesday.

Fight for Congress could last past Election Day (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:18 PM PDT AP - The nation may be waiting well beyond Election Day this year to find out who won control of Congress.

Presidential seal falls off podium as Obama speaks (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:15 PM PDT AP - The presidential seal fell off President Barack Obama's lectern and clattered to the stage as he delivered a speech to a women's conference.

US apologises for deadly helicopter strike in Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:43 AM PDT AFP - The United States apologised on Wednesday for a recent NATO helicopter cross-border strike that killed Pakistani soldiers.

US under fire for underestimating Gulf spill (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:29 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama's administration initially underestimated the size of the BP oil spill, weakening public trust in the government, a report to an investigatory commission said Wednesday.

133 charged in FBI anti-graft sweep in Puerto Rico (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:05 AM PDT AFP - US officials Wednesday unveiled the FBI's largest ever police corruption sweep saying 133 police, prison guards and army officers have been charged in a huge anti-graft crackdown in Puerto Rico.

Forget VP: Clinton world eyes 2016 (Politico) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:23 PM PDT Politico - The secretary of state's old political advisers say she may still want to be president.

W.H. may have blocked spill figures (Politico) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:25 AM PDT Politico - Report says officials overruled making worst-case scenarios for BP oil spill available to the public.

Bill Clinton visits tent city in Haiti, offers support (AFP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 11:36 AM PDT AFP - Former US president Bill Clinton returned Wednesday to Haiti to participate in a meeting on rebuilding the quake-ravaged nation, as his foundation pledged 500,000 dollars to a huge tent city.

High court: Does father's pain trump free speech? (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:12 PM PDT AP - Supreme Court justices, in a rare public display of sympathy, strongly suggested Wednesday they would like to rule for a dead Marine's father against fundamentalist church members who picketed his son's funeral — but aren't sure they can.

Former Marine pleads guilty to accepting bribes (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:09 PM PDT AP - A former Marine has pleaded guilty to accepting a $25,000 bribe in exchange for awarding numerous contracts to a Lebanon-based company at Camp Fallujah in Iraq.

Climate talks struggle as China, U.S. face off (Reuters) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 07:39 AM PDT Reuters - The United States and EU said on Wednesday that U.N. climate talks were making less progress than hoped due to rifts over rising economies' emission goals, while China pushed back and put the onus on rich nations.

Even in Chicago, residents wanted more from Obama (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:14 PM PDT AP - Even in President Barack Obama's hometown, they had hoped for more.

Opinion: Can GOP's 'Pledge to America' match the 'Contract with America' or mitigate the 'Contract from America'? (associatedcontent) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 03:08 PM PDT associatedcontent - In an effort to boost its poll numbers before November's elections, the GOP unveiled a Pledge to America Thursday reminiscent of the Contract with America that buoyed Republicans into control of Congress in 1994. With a mere six weeks until the midterm elections, Republicans are struggling to wrest control of Congress from the Democrats. Recent primary wins by Tea Party candidates not beholden to the Republican leadership and, in some cases, too strident to appeal to a broad cross-section of voters may have dampened the odds of GOP takeovers of critical congressional seats.

Protestors gather as Supreme Court hears Westboro Baptist Church case (Daily Caller) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:58 PM PDT Daily Caller - The U.S. Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday that examines whether the Westboro Baptist Church has the right to picket funerals of American soldiers.

Clyburn: Minorities Could Tip Scales in Elections (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) suggested Wednesday that Congress could enact a public health insurance option and energy legislation next year if minorities turn out to vote and Democrats retain control of Congress.

Angle preps for campaign's end with trip to DC (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:14 PM PDT AP - Republicans raising cash for U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada on Wednesday shrugged off her criticism of the GOP in Washington and instead focused on defeating her opponent, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

TV ad targets W.Va. congressman's Arab background (AP) Posted: 06 Oct 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - A West Virginia group led by Republican tea party activists is running an ad trying to link longtime Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall to President Barack Obama, emphasizing the congressman's Arab-American ancestry.

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