Sep 3, 2010 Politics
Louisiana Democrats are seizing on Sen. David Vitter’s role in a 2007 prostitution scandal for a new campaign attack ad that seeks to cut into the Louisiana Republican’s commanding lead over his election opponents.



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Sep 3, 2010 Politics
The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the job market looking for work and struggled to find openings.



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Sep 3, 2010 Politics
A key financial backer of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero once contributed to a U.S.-designated terror group, MyFox New York reports.



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Sep 3, 2010 Politics
Gov. Jan Brewer says she didn’t do as well as she wanted in her televised debate with challenger Terry Goddard.



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Sep 3, 2010 Politics
While James Jay Lee was holding three hostage at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters, his image was broadcast to the world, catching the eye of an anti-abortion group that says it crossed once paths with him



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Sep 3, 2010 Politics
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday an Islamic community center and mosque planned near ground zero should be built because Muslims were among those of many faiths who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.



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Sep 3, 2010 Politics
A long-shot Senate candidate who claims Tea Party support was indicted on a sex charge this week, an accusation he calls “politically motivated.”



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Sep 3, 2010 Politics
As the Treasury Department considers a tax policy change that would allow trial lawyers to deduct their litigation expenses in contingency-fee cases, the American Medical Association and 90 medical organizations are urging Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to drop the proposal like a bad habit.



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Sep 3, 2010 Politics
Middle East peace talks got under way Thursday for the first time in nearly two years with a violent reminder sent by the Palestinian terror group Hamas that it will try to torpedo any agreement struck in Washington between Israelis and the Palestinian Authority.



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