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Kendrick Meek: Out of mom's shadowSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 8:00PMCongressman Kendrick Meek readily admits he would not be where he is today without his mother. The twice-divorced mother of three rose from riot-torn Miami to become one of Florida's first black members of Congress since Reconstruction. Now the son, who took her seat, is waging a historic campaign to be the state's first black U.S. senator.

As senator, Clint Didier says, he plans to 'pick a fight'Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 7:54PMEVERETT -- Clint Didier , his forehead beading with sweat, scans the sun-baked crowd at Henry M. Jackson Park. It's midafternoon, the temperature's climbing toward 90 degrees and this Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is about to crank up the heat even more.

Duncan decides not to join Tea Party CaucusSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 7:39PMWASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. has no misgivings about the national tea party movement. He reckons his thinking is pretty much in line with the tea party on most major issues.

Iraqis don't expect political impasse to be resolved by fallSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 7:37PMBAGHDAD -- Nearly five months after disputed parliamentary elections, leading Iraqi politicians say they have all but abandoned hope of resolving an impasse over forming a new government before fall. Iraq - Politics - United States - Middle East - Baghdad

Michigan Supreme Court seats up for grabsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 6:47PMTwo Oakland County judges are among the candidates seeking Michigan Supreme Court seats, with Democrats hoping that their party wins its first majority on the court since the 1990s.