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• Obama, Dem leaders to meet as debt crisis deepens (AP)
• Boehner: GOP ready to act alone on debt deal (AP)
• FBI inquiry of Murdoch's empire: reliance on Brits (AP)
• Treasury secretary says economy may have slowed (AP)
• NKorean official to go to US for nuclear talks (AP)
• New Jersey's Christie casts shadow over Iowa, 2012 (AP)
• Experts say Clemens likely to go on trial again (AP)
• Boehner says debt deal will be 2 parts (AP)
• With no deal in sight, parties go separate ways (Politico)
• Markets nervous about debt talks (Politico)
• WH: Any deal must extend debt limit into 2013 (AP)
• Geithner: Officials seeking debt deal by afternoon (AP)
• AP Interview: Planes still top of terror wish list (AP)
• Germany loaning $144 million to Libyan rebels (AP)
• Officials scramble for debt deal, markets on edge (Reuters)
• CAIN IS EVIDENCE THAT PREJUDICE KNOWS NO BOUNDS (Cynthia Tucker)
• Eyeing Iowa, Bachmann hits at Pawlenty on credentials (Reuters)

Obama, Dem leaders to meet as debt crisis deepens (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:01 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will meet with the top Senate and House Democrats Sunday night amid the nation's deepening political standoff over the federal debt.

Boehner: GOP ready to act alone on debt deal (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:44 PM PDT AP - With bipartisan debt-limit talks deadlocked, House Republicans and Senate Democrats readied rival emergency fallback plans Sunday in hopes of reassuring world financial markets the U.S. government will avoid an unprecedented default.

FBI inquiry of Murdoch's empire: reliance on Brits (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:52 AM PDT AP - The FBI is just cranking up a preliminary review of whether alleged phone hacking and bribery by Rupert Murdoch's media empire violated U.S. laws, but any resolution may well have to await the outcome of British investigations.

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.

NKorean official to go to US for nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:57 AM PDT AP - A senior North Korean official will visit the United States this week to discuss the possible resumption of long-stalled international negotiations on ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

New Jersey's Christie casts shadow over Iowa, 2012 (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:58 AM PDT AP - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he's not running for president, but he's still leaving an imprint on the 2012 Republican campaign as a potential kingmaker — and distraction.

Experts say Clemens likely to go on trial again (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:22 AM PDT AP - Baseball star Roger Clemens' battle against perjury charges likely is far from over and probably will be the subject of a second trial, according to many legal experts.

Boehner says debt deal will be 2 parts (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:23 AM PDT AP - House Speaker John Boehner says he's working to get out a two-part plan to raise the nation's debt limit, but he can't say whether it will include Democratic support.

With no deal in sight, parties go separate ways (Politico) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT Politico - Harry Reid has begun crafting his own debt plan.

Markets nervous about debt talks (Politico) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:13 AM PDT Politico - The lack of any concrete progress toward successful votes in Congress could be very damaging.

WH: Any deal must extend debt limit into 2013 (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 06:44 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's chief of staff says the president will veto any last-minute debt package from Congress unless it extends the nation's borrowing limit into 2013.

Geithner: Officials seeking debt deal by afternoon (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 06:35 AM PDT AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) says congressional leaders are putting together a framework for raising the nation's debt limit with a goal of announcing a deal before Asian markets open Sunday afternoon.

AP Interview: Planes still top of terror wish list (AP) Posted: 21 Jul 2011 02:53 PM PDT AP - Ten years after al-Qaida used hijacked airliners as missiles to attack the United States, terrorists continue to target aviation more than any other potential U.S. vulnerability, Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said Thursday.

Germany loaning $144 million to Libyan rebels (AP) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:40 AM PDT AP - Germany said Sunday that it is loaning Libya's rebel leadership euro100 million ($144 million) to help with the country's rebuilding and humanitarian needs.

Officials scramble for debt deal, markets on edge (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:56 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struggled on Sunday to break a partisan deadlock on a budget deal to avoid a debt default and reassure global markets, with no sign of a deal emerging.

CAIN IS EVIDENCE THAT PREJUDICE KNOWS NO BOUNDS (Cynthia Tucker) Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- If we didn't already know this, here's what Herman Cain's regrettable campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has taught us: Black Americans are as capable of ugly and inexplicable prejudices as any other group. Our collective history as victims of such prejudices has not made us immune to the virus of bigotry.

Eyeing Iowa, Bachmann hits at Pawlenty on credentials (Reuters) Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:53 PM PDT Reuters - Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann hit back at a Republican rival on Sunday, saying her experience with the conservative Tea Party movement made her uniquely qualified to trim down Washington.

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