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Today's Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines: Hope for debt deal, despite disputes, veto threat Democrats say Obama should invoke 14th Amendment Norway PM: After attacks, make country more open Foreclosure activity down in most US metro areas Romney looks past primary, campaigns against Obama Rural US disappearing? Population share hits low New al-Qaida chief praises Syrian protesters Girl gets charity wish met after death in crash Pesci sues over Gotti biopic role; claims disputed McNabb heading to Vikings, Holmes stays home Lawmakers seek compromise on debt deal Visa rolls out new fee program Strauss-Kahn accuser meets with prosecutors Exclusive: Facing criticism, MERS cuts role in foreclosures Hyundai Motor profit beats forecast on record vehicle Credit Suisse to cut jobs as Q2 sags on poor trading Lawmaker probing if Treasury meddled in S&P rating Obama to announce new fuel economy standards Friday James Murdoch faces BSkyB board, doubts about role Norway police face review, think killer acted alone Senate Democrats will vote against Boehner bill Demand for factory goods slips Strauss-Kahn accuser meets with prosecutors Visa rolls out new fee program Obama to announce new fuel economy standards Friday Hope for debt deal, despite disputes, veto threat Wed,27 Jul 2011 09:11 PM PDT AP - Crisis concerns rising, House Republican leaders shrugged off a White House veto threat and an outbreak of tensions within their own party Wednesday as they built support for legislation to stave off the government default threatened for next week. Worried Wall Street sent stocks plunging on fears that political gridlock would prevail. Full Story Top Democrats say Obama should invoke 14th Amendment Wed,27 Jul 2011 01:05 PM PDT AP - House Democrats said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should invoke a little-known constitutional provision to prevent the nation from going into default if Congress fails to come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling. Full Story Top Norway PM: After attacks, make country more open Wed,27 Jul 2011 02:41 PM PDT AP - Norway will never be the same after last week's bombing and mass shooting but it shouldn't change the way the suspect wants it to, the prime minister said Wednesday. He called on his country to react by more tightly embracing, rather than abandoning, the culture of tolerance that Anders Behring Breivik said he was trying to destroy. Full Story Top Foreclosure activity down in most US metro areas Wed,27 Jul 2011 09:16 PM PDT AP - Most of the nation's largest metropolitan areas are seeing a sharp drop in foreclosure activity as banks take longer to move against homeowners who are behind on their mortgage payments. Full Story Top Romney looks past primary, campaigns against Obama Wed,27 Jul 2011 03:35 PM PDT AP - Forget his GOP primary opponents. Republican front-runner Mitt Romney is focused on a match-up against President Barack Obama. Full Story Top Rural US disappearing? Population share hits low Wed,27 Jul 2011 09:08 PM PDT AP - Rural America now accounts for just 16 percent of the nation's population, the lowest ever. Full Story Top New al-Qaida chief praises Syrian protesters Wed,27 Jul 2011 02:57 PM PDT AP - Al-Qaida's new leader praised Syrian protesters seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad while trying to portray the uprising as an Islamic battle against American and Israeli interests. Full Story Top Girl gets charity wish met after death in crash Wed,27 Jul 2011 05:08 PM PDT AP - In honor of her 9th birthday, Rachel Beckwith asked friends and family to donate money to bring clean water to an African village. Rachel was close to meeting her goal of raising $300 when she died last week after a car accident. Full Story Top Pesci sues over Gotti biopic role; claims disputed Wed,27 Jul 2011 10:06 PM PDT AP - Joe Pesci claims the makers of a biopic on the Gotti family have made him an offer he can refuse — a lesser part in the movie and a $2 million salary cut. Full Story Top McNabb heading to Vikings, Holmes stays home Wed,27 Jul 2011 10:11 PM PDT AP - Donovan McNabb's time in Washington is over after only a year. Full Story Top Lawmakers seek compromise on debt deal Wed,27 Jul 2011 09:25 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Republicans and Democrats worked behind the scenes on Wednesday on a compromise to avert a crippling U.S. default, looking to salvage a last-minute deal from rival debt plans that have little chance of winning congressional approval on their own. Full Story Top Visa rolls out new fee program Wed,27 Jul 2011 06:51 PM PDT Reuters - CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Visa Inc's quarterly profit rose by 40 percent, and the world's largest payment processor said it would introduce a new fee structure for U.S. merchants. Full Story Top Strauss-Kahn accuser meets with prosecutors Wed,27 Jul 2011 10:14 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her met with prosecutors on Wednesday for several hours to discuss details of the case. Full Story Top Exclusive: Facing criticism, MERS cuts role in foreclosures Wed,27 Jul 2011 01:52 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - MERS, the electronic mortgage registry that faces multiple investigations for its role in thousands of problematic foreclosure cases, changed its rules to lower its profile in court-supervised foreclosures. Full Story Top Hyundai Motor profit beats forecast on record vehicle Wed,27 Jul 2011 10:38 PM PDT Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor posted a 37 percent gain in quarterly net profit on Thursday, outstripping the consensus forecast, after it logged record global vehicle sales and gained market share from Japanese rivals reeling from the March 11 earthquake. Full Story Top Credit Suisse to cut jobs as Q2 sags on poor trading Wed,27 Jul 2011 10:56 PM PDT Reuters - ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank Credit Suisse said it would cut about 2,000 jobs as it reported second-quarter net profit that missed expectations, dented by weak trading activity and the strong Swiss franc. Full Story Top Lawmaker probing if Treasury meddled in S&P rating Wed,27 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel is examining whether the Obama administration tried to unduly influence Standard & Poor's before the credit rater revised its outlook on the debt rating to negative. Full Story Top Obama to announce new fuel economy standards Friday Wed,27 Jul 2011 09:39 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - The Obama administration has reached a compromise with automakers on a new fuel economy target for cars and trucks, ending months of negotiations on this pivotal mandate for the auto industry. Full Story Top James Murdoch faces BSkyB board, doubts about role Wed,27 Jul 2011 04:00 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - James Murdoch faces the board of BSkyB on Thursday and questions over whether his role in a phone-hacking scandal leave him a fit chairman of the satellite broadcaster his father's company tried to buy. Full Story Top Norway police face review, think killer acted alone Wed,27 Jul 2011 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Police are increasingly certain that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik acted alone, but are leaving no stone unturned in the hunt for collaborators as they try to close one of the bloodiest chapters in Norway's history. Full Story Top Senate Democrats will vote against Boehner bill Wed,27 Jul 2011 04:41 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 53 senators -- all 51 Democrats and two independents who usually vote with them -- signed a letter on Wednesday saying they will not vote for House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's debt plan. Full Story Top Demand for factory goods slips Wed,27 Jul 2011 12:21 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Demand for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods fell in June and economic activity across much of the nation slowed through mid-July, casting doubt over how quickly the economy might escape its soft patch. Full Story Top Strauss-Kahn accuser meets with prosecutors Wed,27 Jul 2011 04:57 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The hotel maid who accused former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her met with prosecutors on Wednesday for several hours to discuss details of the case. Full Story Top Visa rolls out new fee program Wed,27 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Visa Inc's quarterly profit rose by 40 percent, and the world's largest payment processor said it would introduce a new fee structure for U.S. merchants. Full Story Top Obama to announce new fuel economy standards Friday Wed,27 Jul 2011 04:20 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - The Obama administration has reached a compromise with automakers on the target for significantly boosting fuel efficiency for cars and light-duty vehicles by 2025, ending months of negotiations on this pivotal mandate for the auto industry. Full Story Top

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