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• Analysis: Debt differences narrowing, despite talk (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Gulf oil industry-gov't ties persist (AP)
• Senators scold airlines for raising fares (AP)
• Administration defends terror prosecution decision (AP)
• ATF official apologizes for mistakes in gun probe (AP)
• WH: Boehner plan can't pass in Senate (AP)
• CBO: Boehner bill comes up short (Politico)
• Debt poll: Voters with Obama (Politico)
• Perry's Texas has jobs, also good luck (AP)
• Huntsman building big NH team, changing tone (AP)
• Treasury secretary says economy may have slowed (AP)
• APNewsBreak: Fringe leader speaks of growing anger (AP)
• Perry: Obama debt ceiling speech was condescending (AP)
• Democrat David Wu's resignation: Winners and losers (The Week)
• NAACP head urges SC gov to remove Confederate flag (AP)
• George Lopez Repromises: If Palin Elected, He Will Leave the U.S. (ContributorNetwork)

Analysis: Debt differences narrowing, despite talk (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 03:25 PM PDT AP - Pitched partisan rhetoric aside, the differences are narrowing, not widening, as the divided U.S. government struggles to avert a financial default that neither President Barack Obama nor the leaders of Congress say they want.

AP IMPACT: Gulf oil industry-gov't ties persist (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:44 PM PDT AP - Ties between offshore oil and gas companies and the agency that regulates them are so pervasive that a year after new ethics rules took effect, as many as a third of inspectors in some Gulf of Mexico offices have been disqualified to avoid potential conflicts of interest.

Senators scold airlines for raising fares (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:34 PM PDT AP - Senators are scolding the airline industry for raising fares during the tax holiday created by the shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Administration defends terror prosecution decision (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:43 AM PDT AP - Prosecuting a suspected Somali terrorist in a U.S. civilian court is in the best interest of the country's national security, the Obama administration said Tuesday, pushing back against Republicans who have challenged the government's decision to use civilian courts to try terrorists.

ATF official apologizes for mistakes in gun probe (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 03:08 PM PDT AP - An official of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives apologized Tuesday and told Congress he shares responsibility for mistakes in carrying out a controversial law enforcement operation in Arizona that resulted in high-powered weapons flowing into Mexico.

WH: Boehner plan can't pass in Senate (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 10:14 AM PDT AP - The White House says House Speaker John Boehner's Republican debt ceiling plan cannot pass in the Senate. But White House spokesman Jay Carney says the administration remains confident Congress will "act appropriately" and extend the nation's borrowing authority before an Aug. 2 deadline.

CBO: Boehner bill comes up short (Politico) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:55 PM PDT Politico - On the eve of a House vote, new cost estimates could pose a problem for the House speaker.

Debt poll: Voters with Obama (Politico) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:26 PM PDT Politico - Most Americans would like to see a mix of spending cuts and tax increases, the survey says.

Perry's Texas has jobs, also good luck (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT AP - In Vernon, Calif., billboards and radio ads bought by the city in suburban Los Angeles portray Texas Gov. Rick Perry as some kind of unstoppable, job-lassoing marauder — an image Perry himself would no doubt embrace if he decided to run for president.

Huntsman building big NH team, changing tone (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:54 AM PDT AP - Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman wants to go head to head with Mitt Romney in the former Massachusetts governor's own backyard.

Treasury secretary says economy may have slowed (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) says the economy may have slowed during the second quarter of the year, but he's looking for it to pick up.

APNewsBreak: Fringe leader speaks of growing anger (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:21 AM PDT AP - The leader of a British far-right group to which Anders Behring Breivik claims links called the attacks a sign of growing anger in Europe against Muslim immigrants, while a politician in a party in Italy's governing coalition called some of the gunman's ideas "great."

Perry: Obama debt ceiling speech was condescending (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 03:40 PM PDT AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he thought President Barack Obama's speech on the debt ceiling debate was condescending, saying he heard the president tell Americans they "just wouldn't understand" the issue.

Democrat David Wu's resignation: Winners and losers (The Week) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 09:21 AM PDT The Week - The Oregon congressman announces that he'll step down in the face of a damaging sex scandal. A look at the potential fallout

NAACP head urges SC gov to remove Confederate flag (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 03:06 PM PDT AP - The NAACP's president is urging South Carolina's Gov. Nikki Haley to remove the Confederate flag that flies near her Statehouse office.

George Lopez Repromises: If Palin Elected, He Will Leave the U.S. (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 26 Jul 2011 02:54 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - George Lopez is one person who does not support a Sarah Palin presidency in any form. In fact, the comedian and late night talk show host told CNN's Piers Morgan that he would leave for Canada if the former Alaska governor is ever elected president of the United States.

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