House Speaker John A. Boehner told his troops Saturday that he hopes to roll out a two-step strategy within the next 24 hours for raising the federal debt ceiling to avoid roiling Asian financial markets when they open Sunday, according to several partic… more »

CNSNews.com   Thursday, July 14, 2011By Nicholas Ballasy (CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she is “almost too busy” to continue listening to what is going on in the debt limit meetings at the White House with con… more »

By STEPHANIE FARRPhiladelphia Daily News A WOMAN'S leg was broken and several other people were injured Saturday night when a large group of teens accosted pedestrians in Spring Garden, police and witnesses said. Philadelphia police responded to two… more »

Scott Nelson for The New York Times NY Times By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, KAREEM FAHIM and ALAN COWELL CAIRO — Members of the Muslim Brotherhood joined other opposition groups meeting with Vice President Omar Suleiman on Sunday in what seemed a signifi… more »

Huffington Post Travis Walter Donovan On Wednesday, GeaPress reported hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of dead and dying birds in Italy. Countless turtle doves were found scattered in the streets, in flower beds and hanging tragically from trees "li… more »