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Obama Sees Opportunity In Mideast Talks

President Obama kicked off the new negotiations by denouncing an attack on Israeli settlers.

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  • Settlement Building May Tear Down Peace Talks

Why The Tea Party Is Like A Starfish, Not A Spider

Wikipedia, Craigslist and the Tea Party succeed by being decentralized, says a management expert.

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  • GOP Promises Detailed Agenda, If Not A 'Contract'
  • Forgiveness In Fla.: Reconciling After GOP Primary

Community Near Ground Zero Almost Like Any Other

The neighborhood around a proposed Islamic center isn't unusual in N.Y., except for the gaping hole.

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U.S. Army 1s Lt. Blair Downey on patrol with Afghan army soldiers in Kandahar province.

U.S. Army 1s Lt. Blair Downey patrols with Afghan army soldiers in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, last month.

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Can Lessons Learned In Iraq Work In Afghanistan?

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As the combat mission ends in Iraq, 30,000 additional troops are heading to Afghanistan. Comparisons between the two wars are inevitable. Gen. David Petraeus, who commanded U.S. forces in Iraq, brings to Afghanistan many familiar military faces and the strategy of creating local forces to take control of security at the grass-roots level.

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Food blogger Cathy Barrow says she started canning a few years ago.

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Overloaded From Your Garden? Just Can It

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Home Buyers' Tax Credit: More Harm Than Good?

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Britain's Tony Blair On War, Globalization And 'My Political Life'

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Former Lehman CEO: It's Not Our Fault We Went Bankrupt

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