In today’s news, Occupy Wall Street protesters have raised $300K; Iran will investigate the plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US; President Obama will engage in a three-day bus tour this week; and Michelle Bachmann and Donald Trump will host a “tele-town hall” tonight. In other news, the St. Louis Cardinals will [...]

President Obama says that Democrats and Republicans are not far apart on a debt ceiling agreement, there has been no vote on Boehner’s deficit reduction plan, a soldier admits to planning another attack on Fort Hood, the U.S. believes that Iran has an alliance with al Qaeda, conservatives are angry over the Pell Grant funding [...]

The Republicans want big cuts to environmental laws, the LAPD sets up a ‘mobile jail’ to handle a rowdy crowd, Butch Davis has been fired as UNC’s football coach, and 67 have died from landslides and flash floods in South Korea. Also, the North Carolina House has failed to override Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of [...]

The U.S. may be able to pay its bills until Aug. 10, the mayor of Kandahar has been killed in a Taliban suicide attack, Norwegian intelligence thinks the Norway killer acted alone, Piers Morgan may have taken part in phone hacking, the White House and car manufacturers near a deal on fuel standards, a new [...]

A debt deal still seems out of reach after President Obama and Speaker Boehner clash, the Norway gunman thinks he is a “warrior,” Rep. David Wu will not seek re-election, Maine GOP Chairman, Charlie Webster, claims college students are behind voter fraud, and 78 people have died in a Morocco military plane crash.  Also, Romney [...]

Asian, European, and American markets fall in early trading, U.S. debt talks remain stalled, there will be an Ethics Committee investigation into the conduct of Rep. David Wu, the Norway killer warns of ‘more cells,’ militants hang an 8-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan, and NFL players agree to a new collective bargaining agreement. Meanwhile, Google [...]

An explosion occurred in downtown Oslo, Norway knocking out all the windows of the 17-story building where the Prime Minister’s office is located, the massive heat wave continues across the U.S, the Senate rejected the “Cut, Cap and Balance” deficit reduction plan, but House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama have already moved on [...]