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Friday, July 15, 2011 - Page updated at 11:45 p.m.

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Updated at 11:51 p.m.

China calls on US to retract Dalai Lama invite

Haiti clears homeless from stadium parking lot

AP Interview: Fiancee defends blowhole victim

58 held in Mexico's biggest marijuana farm bust

12 police, bystander killed in Mexico ambush

Chessie the manatee returns to the Chesapeake

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President Obama speaks during a press conference Friday morning at the White House on the status of talks to raise the debt limit and reduce deficits.

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President Obama speaks during a press conference Friday morning at the White House on the status of talks to raise the debt limit and reduce deficits. Read story

Debt showdown: Obama presses for 'something big'

Struggling to avert an unprecedented national default, congressional leaders jettisoned negotiations on a sweeping deficit-reduction package Friday despite a plea from President Barack Obama to "do something big" to stabilize America's finances.

NEW - 9:44 PM

Government wants airlines to disclose fee revenue

Show us the fees, government tells airlines

NEW - 9:38 PM

U.S., allies formally recognize Libya rebels

WSJ publisher quits in phone-hacking scandal

Syrians stage largest protests yet; 17 killed

US: Somalia food crisis one of biggest in decades

2 in state's National Guard lauded after 7-hour battle

NEW - 9:27 PM

Mayor McGinn asks Weekly to pull all escort ads

1st patient with man-made windpipe almost said no

Astronauts fix second failed computer on shuttle

Bee swarms plague Calif. neighborhood, kill dog

BP to improve drilling safety standards

Casey Anthony will appeal lying convictions

Congress drops doing 'something big'

UPDATE - 10:51 PM

Court: 'don't ask, don't tell' will stay in place

Experts: Casey Anthony should go to a safe house

First patient with man-made windpipe almost said no

House GOP blocks funds in battle of the bulb

India not letting blasts derail Pakistan peace talks

Indonesian volcano erupts; thousands flee

UPDATE - 10:50 PM

Lanes closing on Calif. freeway for 'Carmageddon'

Marilyn Monroe sculpture unveiled in Chicago

Midwest flooding snarled Amtrak travel for weeks, including to Seattle

Moderate quake felt in Tokyo, but causes no damage

NTSB joins investigation of Boston airport crash

Pirates demand compensation from S. Korean navy

UPDATE - 11:01 PM

Syrian protests intensify in Damascus; 27 reported dead

UPDATE - 10:04 PM

Troops to march in San Diego's Pride parade

Wreck of Canadian schooner found in Lake Ontario

Brazilian researchers find WWII German submarine

Medvedev OKs law warning of abortion health risks

Iran says it can block `Internet in a suitcase'

AP: Pa. prison salmonella outbreak sickened 300

FDA questions safety of experimental diabetes drug

Hail damage causes more Denver flight cancelations

House passes energy bill $6B below Obama's request

India doesn't let blasts derail Pakistan talks

Italy approves austerity package to calm investors

Major airlines boosting airfares

Pro-reform protesters attacked in Jordan's capital

Romney banks 3-to-1 cash edge over closest rival

NEW - 10:10 PM

Top Murdoch executives resign

Trial ordered for man accused of sexual assault in Denver airport

Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish rebels

With abrupt deal, Minn. shutdown still upsets many

Egyptians rally, demand trials for police shooters

Gas driller dumps dino-themed coloring book

Philippines warns against geckos as AIDS treatment

Violence in Yemen leaves 10 dead; protests persist

Bachmann's husband: Clinics are not anti-gay

Calif. man faces trial in fatal pit bull mauling

UPDATE - 10:45 PM

Chavez surprises with plan to get chemo in Cuba

Threatened snow leopards found in Afghanistan

US, allies formally recognize Libya rebels

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Satellite image may indicate mass graves in Sudan

Al-Maliki's office accused of torture at secret jail

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France celebrates Bastille Day with military parade and song

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