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• The real drama was in private as debt deal hatched (AP)
• Consumers looking for answers on ground turkey (AP)
• Judge allows American to sue Rumsfeld over torture (AP)
• The next deficit deal: There's a rough road ahead (AP)
• Obama returns to Chicago to resume fundraising (AP)
• Dems say Congress could reopen FAA during recess (AP)
• White House: no double-dip recession seen (AP)
• Army hiring more counselors for alcohol abuse (AP)
• Holder: 9/11 hack probe is serious (Politico)
• Obama expects FAA fix this week (Politico)
• Try as he might, Obama can't shake Bush tax cuts (AP)
• April was record-setting month for tornadoes (AP)
• Police holding homeless man who jumped WH fence (AP)
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• Gun lobby fights Mexico border rifle sale control (Reuters)
• Koch Brothers Group Games Wisconsin Recalls With Wrong-Election Day Scheme (The Nation)
• Newt Gingrich no different than Ashton Kutcher or Shaq, campaign says (Daily Caller)
• Democrats accuse Republicans of ‘hostage-taking’ in FAA shutdown (Daily Caller)
• Tea Party groups see Medicare overhaul chance (Reuters)
• Tea Partiers Were More Phone-Happy in the Debt Ceiling Debate (The Atlantic Wire)

The real drama was in private as debt deal hatched (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:44 AM PDT AP - It played out on two tracks, the struggle to head off a national default. One was for show. The other was for real. That's how most big things happen in Washington.

Consumers looking for answers on ground turkey (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT AP - Once again, American families are wondering whether to eat a normally reliable, healthy food. This time it's ground turkey.

Judge allows American to sue Rumsfeld over torture (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:01 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has ruled that former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld can be sued personally for damages by a former U.S. military contractor who says he was tortured during a nine-month imprisonment in Iraq.

The next deficit deal: There's a rough road ahead (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:34 PM PDT AP - The special panel's goal is lofty: concoct a deal both parties will embrace to slash federal deficits by a mammoth $1.5 trillion or more over the next decade.

Obama returns to Chicago to resume fundraising (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:10 PM PDT AP - Trying to make up lost time, President Barack Obama plunged back into the search for money for his re-election campaign Wednesday with a coast-to-coast series of parties marking his 50th birthday after he was forced to cancel fundraisers because of the debt-ceiling crisis.

Dems say Congress could reopen FAA during recess (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:34 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, which began nearly two weeks ago because of a partisan standoff over air service to rural communities and union organizing.

White House: no double-dip recession seen (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:46 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's spokesman is discounting talk that the economy may be headed back into recession, despite recent concerns of economists.

Army hiring more counselors for alcohol abuse (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:42 PM PDT AP - The army is increasing its staff of substance abuse counselors by about 30 percent to help the rising number of troops with alcohol problems.

Holder: 9/11 hack probe is serious (Politico) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT Politico - He says he will reassure victims' families.

Obama expects FAA fix this week (Politico) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:03 AM PDT Politico - Democrats ratchet up the rhetoric Tuesday, calling Republicans "hostage takers.”

Try as he might, Obama can't shake Bush tax cuts (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:34 AM PDT AP - Time and again during his presidential campaign, Barack Obama was unequivocal: "We are going to roll back the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans."

April was record-setting month for tornadoes (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:16 AM PDT AP - The U.S. set a record for the most tornadoes within a month with April's deadly storms.

Police holding homeless man who jumped WH fence (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:44 AM PDT AP - Police are holding a homeless man who jumped the fence at the White House, but officials have determined the backpack he was carrying did not contain explosives or weapons.

(AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:14 PM PDT AP - UN Security Council condemns Syrian attacks on civilians and human rights violations.

Gun lobby fights Mexico border rifle sale control (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. gun industry on Wednesday sued to block requirements that weapons dealers along the border with Mexico report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles, escalating the fight with the Obama administration.

Koch Brothers Group Games Wisconsin Recalls With Wrong-Election Day Scheme (The Nation) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 07:02 AM PDT The Nation - The Nation -- In February, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took time away from the great fight of his political life to engage in a 20-minute phone conversation with a caller he thought was billionaire conservative campaign donor David Koch.

Newt Gingrich no different than Ashton Kutcher or Shaq, campaign says (Daily Caller) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT Daily Caller - The Newt Gingrich campaign continued to vigorously deny a report that it payed outside firms to artificially inflate the number of Gingrich's Twitter followers, comparing the GOP presidential candidate's Twitter presence to Shaquille O'Neil's.

Democrats accuse Republicans of ‘hostage-taking’ in FAA shutdown (Daily Caller) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:27 PM PDT Daily Caller - Senate Democrats and House Republicans continued to snipe at each other today over the nearly two-week long shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, which will now stretch into September unless special action is taken by Congress.

Tea Party groups see Medicare overhaul chance (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:25 PM PDT Reuters - With Medicare at the top of lawmakers' fall agenda, Tea Party movement leaders hope to ignite support for Republican plans to transform the popular federal healthcare program for the elderly.

Tea Partiers Were More Phone-Happy in the Debt Ceiling Debate (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:23 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - The Pew Research Center came out with a study today that may shed some light on how public pressure influenced the way the debt deal went down last week. Those Republican and Republican-leaning U.S. adults who agreed with the Tea Party were twice as likely to contact an elected official regarding the debt ceiling debate than the average American. 20 percent of Tea Partiers said they reached out to a representative in the days leading up to the deal, compared to 10 percent of the general population, as indicated in the chart above.

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