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Friday's Top News: How Barack Obama Became Mr. Unpopular

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How Barack Obama Became Mr. Unpopular

By Michael Scherer

Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next?

Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods

By Omar Waraich / Islamabad

Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault — and one group has allegedly been denied official assistance

Charting the Emotions of 9/11 — Minute by Minute

By Jeffrey Kluger

A new paper in 'Psychological Science' has provided a fever chart of how the emotions of Americans as a whole rose and fell in the course of that singular day

Top German Banker's Attack on Immigrants Causes a Stir

By William Boston / Berlin

A new anti-immigration book by a director on the board of Germany's central bank has outraged the nation -- and has critics calling for his job

In the Crystal Ball: More Regulation for Psychics

By Elizabeth Dias / Washington

More communities are trying to crack down on fraudulent practices of seers, fortune tellers and other spiritualists

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Senator Barbara Boxer and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who is challenging the California Democrat for her job, had their first debate last night. Fiorina, I thought, did surprisingly well but that may be due to my incredibly low expectations of her. As the L.A. Times notes, Boxer did well at holding Fiorina's feet to [...]

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"Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. President, you have the opportunity to end this conflict and the decades of enmity between your peoples once and for all."
HILLARY CLINTON,
opening the first direct peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in nearly two years. The US Middle East envoy said the talks had been "constructive"
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Will Bureaucracy Fell Spain's One-Man Cathedral?

By Andrés Cala

For the past 40 years, Justo Gallego has dedicated his days to single-handedly building a full-size cathedral. But at 85, Gallego will never finish his project -- and an issue with building permits could force officials to tear down his life's work

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