Sen. Murkowski’s defeat marks major tea party win (AP)

AP - Backed by the Tea Party Express and Sarah Palin, a little-known conservative lawyer from Alaska became the latest newcomer to the national political stage to take down an incumbent in 2010.

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Obama: US combat in Iraq over, ‘time to turn page’ (AP)

AP - Claiming no victory, President Barack Obama formally ended the U.S. combat role in Iraq after seven long years of bloodshed, declaring firmly Tuesday night: “It is time to turn the page.” Now, he said, the nation’s most urgent priority must be fixing its own sickly economy.

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AP Interview: Maine man says NY bomber was partyer (AP)

AP - A Pakistani man detained during an investigation of a botched car bombing in New York City’s Times Square says he knew the plotter years ago as a partying college student — not as the radical Muslim who later said he received explosives training from the Pakistani Taliban.

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Earl could force US evacuations ahead of Labor Day (AP)

AP - A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach.

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FACT CHECK: Is Iraq combat really over for U.S.? (AP)

AP - Despite President Barack Obama’s declaration Tuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead.

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Oval Office makeover to debut in Iraq speech (AP)

AP - When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Iraq Tuesday night, his Oval Office setting will be sporting a new look — and one that pays homage to Martin Luther King Jr. and four previous presidents.

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Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks (AP)

AP - Iraq’s prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday

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Iraq goes on highest alert for terror attacks (AP)

AP - Iraq’s prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday.

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Federal contractor charged with leaking secrets (AP)

AP - The Obama administration on Friday accused an analyst who worked at the State Department of leaking top secret information about North Korea to a reporter.

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Brewer condemns report to UN mentioning Ariz. law (AP)

AP - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the state’s controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations’ human rights commissioner.

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