Monday, August 1, 2011

Debt-limit votes: Senate momentum, House concerns (AP)

Debt-limit votes: Senate momentum, House concerns (AP)

Debt-limit votes: Senate momentum, House concerns (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:10 PM PDT

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. walks past reporters as she heads to a Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, as debt negotiations continue. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The House began debate Monday on the hard-bargained plan to avert a national financial default, even as the White House and congressional leaders struggled to round up enough votes to approve it. Supporters said momentum for the deficit-reduction compromise was on their side, but resistance from both liberals and conservatives made the outcome unclear.

TV: Israel agrees to negotiate over pre-'67 lines (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:12 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, listens to his military advisor Maj. Gen. Yohanan Locker, as he attends a meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, in the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - In a dramatic policy shift, Israel's prime minister has agreed to negotiate the borders of a Palestinian state based on the cease-fire line that marks off the West Bank, a TV station reported Monday.

Coverage with no copay extended to birth control (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 21, 2011 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at the White House in Washington. Health insurance plans must cover birth control as preventive care for women, with no copays, the Obama administration said Monday in a decision with far-reaching implications for health care as well as social mores. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - A half-century after the advent of the pill, the Obama administration on Monday ushered in a change in women's health care potentially as transformative: coverage of birth control as prevention, with no copays.

Syrian troops attack Hama for 2nd day (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:39 PM PDT

In this image made from amateur video released by the so-called Shams News Network, a loosely organized anti-Assad group and accessed via The Associated Press Television News on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, military armored vehicles are seen in the central city of Hama, Syria. Syrian troops kept up attacks on the restive city of Hama Monday, Aug. 1, 2011 the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a day after a brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters killed at least 70 and drew harsh rebukes from the U.S. and Europe. (AP Photo/APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALAP - Anti-government protesters in the Syrian city of Hama set up barricades and took up sticks and stones to defend themselves Monday after one of the bloodiest days so far in the regime's campaign to quell an uprising now in its fifth month.

Female body found at dam near missing girl's home (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:11 PM PDT

This 2010 photo provided by the New Hampshire State Police shows Celina Cass of West Stewartstown, N.H., in a basketball team uniform in Canann, Vt. Law enforcement officials are searching for Cass, who they say was last seen at her home the night of Monday, July 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Don Whipple)AP - Investigators searching for an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl missing for almost a week found a female's body, but authorities didn't immediately identify it, a Vermont prosecutor said Monday.

Polygamist leader: God demands judge's removal (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Law enforcement officials escort polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, center, into the Tom Green County Courthouse for the second day of his sexual assault trial Friday, July 29, 2011, in San Angelo, Texas. Jeffs is charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child at a compound south of the oil and gas town of San Angelo. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs made a third attempt Monday to remove the Texas judge overseeing his child sex assault case — this time based on the claim that God himself demands a change.

FBI: 'Credible lead' surfaces in D.B. Cooper case (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:11 PM PDT

FILE--A 1971 artist's sketch released by the FBI shows the skyjacker known as 'Dan Cooper' and 'D.B. Cooper', was made from the recollections of passengers and crew of a Northwest Orient Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle, Nov. 24, 1971, Thanksgiving eve. FBI spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich tells The Seattle Times that a law enforcement member directed investigators to a person who might have helpful information on Cooper. (AP Photo/FBI/file)AP - The FBI says it has a "credible" lead in the D.B. Cooper case involving the 1971 hijacking of a passenger jet over Washington state and the suspect's legendary parachute escape.

Judge orders Casey Anthony to report for probation (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2011 file photo, Casey Anthony stands for the entrance of the jury during her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla. A Florida judge has signed an order in Orlando, Fla. Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, that could require Anthony to serve a year of probation for fraudulent check writing. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool, File)AP - Casey Anthony, whose whereabouts have been a secret since her dramatic murder acquittal last month, may have to report to a probation officer in central Florida this week under a judge's order Monday in another case against her.

Weak manufacturing report ends early Dow rally (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:28 PM PDT

Specialist James Ahrens works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - A see-saw day on Wall Street is ending with an 11-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average.

Agent: Randy Moss retiring from NFL (AP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 14, 2011 file photo shows Tennessee Titans wide receiver Randy Moss during warmups before an NFL football game, in Miami. Moss is calling it a career after 13 seasons in the NFL as one of the most dynamic and polarizing players the league has ever seen. Moss's agent, Joel Segal, said Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, that the receiver was considering offers from several teams, but made the decision to retire. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise, File)AP - Randy Moss is calling it a career after 13 seasons in the NFL as one of the most dynamic and polarizing players the league has ever seen.

Wall St. slips for 6th day; debt deadline near (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT

Traders read the morning papers on the main trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 29, 2011. REUTERS/Mike SegarReuters - U.S. stocks fell for a sixth day on Monday as time runs out for the government to pass a deal to avoid default and the economy shows further signs of stalling.

Debt deal heads toward vote but doubts persist (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:09 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks with reporters after meeting with House Democratic leadership on the debt ceiling crises on Capitol Hill in Washington July 31, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - Congressional leaders scrambled for enough support from skeptical lawmakers on Monday to push through an 11th-hour deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avert a potentially devastating debt default.

HSBC sheds 30,000 jobs, posts surprise profit rise (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 07:58 AM PDT

A view shows HSBC bank's logo at a branch office in New York, in this September 18, 2008 file picture. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/FilesReuters - HSBC will shed 30,000 jobs as it retreats from countries where it is struggling to compete, Europe's biggest bank said on Monday after it reported a surprise rise in first-half profit.

Factory growth slows, casts shadow on economy (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 07:54 AM PDT

An assembly worker works on a Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle at General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan, July 27, 2011. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - Manufacturing grew at its slowest pace in two years in July as new orders contracted, a troubling development for the faltering economy.

Rhode Island's Central Falls files for bankruptcy (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Reuters - Central Falls, Rhode Island, one of a handful of U.S. cities and counties facing fiscal collapse in the wake of the economic recession, filed for a rare Chapter 9 bankruptcy on Monday.

Special Report: China's shortcut to Wall Street (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 08:05 AM PDT

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Debt deal offers only small blessings for economy (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:45 AM PDT

A statue stands in Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington July 31, 2011. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters - The tentative deal to avoid a crushing debt default is at best a mild relief for the U.S. economy that nearly stalled in the first half of the year and has yet to show signs of any realistic pickup.

Syrian tanks bombard residential areas of Hama (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT

A view shows the smoke rising in the city of Hama in this still image taken from video July 31, 2011. REUTERS/YouTube via Reuters TVReuters - AMMAN (Reuters)- Syrian tanks pounded residential neighborhoods across the city of Hama Monday in the heaviest barrage of a two-day assault to crush street demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses said.

US debt deal faces Congress gauntlet (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:29 PM PDT

US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks to the press after a meeting of Democratic senators at the Capitol in Washington, DC. With barely a day to act, US Congress leaders raced Monday to corral enough votes to pass a massive austerity plan that would avert a disastrous, first-ever debt default with ruinous global consequences.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - With barely a day to act, US Congress leaders raced Monday to corral enough votes to pass a massive austerity plan that would avert a disastrous, first-ever debt default with ruinous global consequences.

Syrian tanks shell Hama ahead of UN meeting (AFP)

Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT

An image grab from a video uploaded on YouTube shows Syrian army tanks in the city of Hama. Note: AFP is not authorized to cover this event and is therefore using pictures from alternative sources, which cannot be independently verified.(AFP/YouTube)AFP - Syrian tanks shelled the city of Hama on Monday after a day in which 100 people died, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad praised his troops ahead of a UN Security Council meeting.
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