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Boehner: U.S. on path to default if Obama won't negotiate

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Boehner: U.S. on path to default if Obama won't negotiate

Boehner: U.S. on path to default if Obama won't negotiate

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:45 AM PDT

U.S. House Speaker Boehner arrives at the U.S. Capitol in WashingtonRepublican House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday not to raise the U.S. debt ceiling without a "serious conversation" about what is driving the debt, while Democrats said it was irresponsible and reckless to raise the possibility of a U.S. default.

Storm system Karen dissipates off Gulf Coast

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT

A beachgoer walks in from the beach during a squall in Gulf Shores, Ala., Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Forecasters said the Tropical Storm Karen dissipated and was just a low pressure area that will bring heavy rains to the coast. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)After days of lumbering toward the Gulf Coast, the storm system Karen dissipated late Sunday morning as storm preparations in the region were called off or scaled back.

Iran calls for new offer from world powers before talks

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks to the media after a meeting at the U.N. Headquarters in New YorkWorld powers negotiating with Tehran over its disputed nuclear program must come up with new proposals before talks in Geneva on October 15-16, Iran's foreign minister said.

Boehner to Obama: No debt hike without concessions

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:22 AM PDT

In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, photo provided by CBS News U.S. Treasury Jacob Lew speaks on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Lew said Congress needs to quickly pass legislation re-opening the government and also a measure boosting the nation's $16.7 trillion debt limit. Lew said President Barack Obama has not changed his opposition to tying these measures to Republican demands on health care and spending cuts. "What we've seen is ... 'Unless I get my way, you know, that we'll bring these terrible consequences of shutdown or default,' " Lew said Sunday. "Those kinds of threats have to stop." (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States moved closer to the possibility of the first-ever default on the government's debt Sunday as Speaker John Boehner adamantly ruled out a House vote on a straightforward bill to boost the borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama.

Egypt: 28 killed in new bout of street clashes

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:12 AM PDT

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Rival crowds of supporters of Egypt's military and backers of the Islamist president deposed by the army poured into streets around the country Sunday, as a holiday marking the anniversary of the last war with Israel turned into a showdown between the country's two camps. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's health ministry says 28 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and supporters of the ousted president.

Mexican monster truck wreck kills 8, hurts dozens

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 10:21 AM PDT

People run as an out of control monster truck plows through a crowd of spectators at a Mexican air show in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico, Saturday Oct. 5, 2013. According to authorities, at least 8 people were killed and 80 were injured. (AP Photo/El Diario de Chihuahua)CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) — An out-of-control monster truck shot into a crowd of spectators at a Mexican air show, killing at least eight people and hurting 80 others, dozens seriously, officials said.

UN: Destruction of Syrian chemical program begins

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 07:38 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — International inspectors began the enormous task Sunday of destroying Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons and the machinery used to create it, a United Nations official said, racing to meet a tight deadline to eliminate President Bashar Assad's chemical weapons program.

Supreme Court term begins with contentious topics

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo law enforcement officers set up a perimeter controls in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on the eve of the expected ruling on whether or not the Affordable Care Act passes the test of constitutionality in Washington. The Supreme Court new term, which starts on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, may be short on the sort of high-profile battles over health care and gay marriage that marked the past two years. But several cases ask the court to overrule prior decisions, bold action in an institution that relies on the power of precedent. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is beginning a new term with controversial topics that offer the court's conservative majority the chance to move aggressively to undo limits on campaign contributions, undermine claims of discrimination in housing and mortgage lending, and allow for more government-sanctioned prayer.

Italian migrant death toll reaches at least 194

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 11:02 AM PDT

Italian soldiers carry body bags at the Lampedusa island, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Authorities say divers have recovered new bodies from a fiery shipwreck of a fishing boat packed with 500 migrants from Eritrea. Financial police Maj. Leonardo Ricci said divers have recovered about 10 bodies since resuming the search Sunday morning. He said the search and recovery would continue "as long as the sea is calm and there is light." The search had been suspended for the last two days due to rough seas. As many as 250 people remain missing from Thursday's shipwreck. There are 155 survivors and 111 bodies recovered. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) — An Italian government minister born in Africa stood silently Sunday as soldiers carried body bags of would-be asylum seekers from her native continent who perished when their packed fishing boat sank within sight of the tiny island of Lampedusa.

Iraq suicide blasts kill 33, many of them children

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 10:55 AM PDT

An Iraqi mother sits next to her injured son at a hospital in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Tens of people were killed and scores injured in deadly attacks in Iraq on Sunday, including at least a dozen children slain when a suicide bomber detonated the explosives-laden car he was driving near their elementary school in the north of the country, officials said. (AP Photo)BAGHDAD (AP) — Deadly attacks in Iraq killed at least 33 people on Sunday, including a dozen children slain when a suicide bomber detonated the explosives-laden car he was driving near their elementary school in the north of the country, officials said.

Sudan: Another Arab state feels heat from street

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 10:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Sudanese protesters run from riot police during clashes in Khartoum, Sudan. In recent times Sudan has gone through two major civil wars, the loss of its rebellious southern oil region, and the indictment of its president for war crimes. Now, with its economy in disarray, it's the latest Arab country to be feeling heat from the street.(AP Photo/Abd Raouf, File)KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — In recent times Sudan has gone through two major civil wars, the loss of its rebellious southern oil region, and the indictment of its president for war crimes. Now, with its economy in disarray, it's the latest Arab country to be feeling heat from the street.

Deadly clashes hit Egypt on 1973 war anniversary

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 10:17 AM PDT

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Rival crowds of supporters of Egypt's military and backers of the Islamist president deposed by the army poured into streets around the country Sunday, as a holiday marking the anniversary of the last war with Israel turned into a showdown between the country's two camps. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Clashes erupted across much of Egypt between security forces and supporters of the ousted president on Sunday, leaving 15 killed, as rival crowds of supporters of the military and backers of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi poured into streets around the country to mark a major holiday.

Police detail car used in Westgate attack

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 10:49 AM PDT

In this photo taken from footage from Citizen TV, via the Kenya Defence Forces and made available Friday, Oct. 4 2013, a man reported to be Umayr, one of the four armed militants walking in a store at the Westgate Mall, during the four-day-long siege at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya which killed more than 60 people last month. A Kenyan military spokesman has confirmed the names of four attackers as Abu Baara al-Sudani, Omar Nabhan, Khattab al-Kene and Umayr. (AP Photo/ Kenyan Defence forces via Citizen TV)NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's counterterrorism police unit released closed-circuit television footage on Sunday that showed two men entering a local bank where they collected money and paid for a car used to bring terrorists to Nairobi's Westgate Mall, indicating the deadly attack was planned weeks in advance, officials said.

Iraq suicide blasts kill 27, many of them children

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 05:46 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Suicide car bombers attacked an elementary school and a police station in a small northern Iraqi village on Sunday while another on foot detonated his payload among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad, killing at least 27 people including children, officials said.

Weekend in Washington yields little on shutdown

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 08:32 AM PDT

With the government shutdown still unresolved, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., leaves the chamber at the end the day, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, at the Capitol in Washington. There has been no sign of progress toward ending an impasse that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services around the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday he sees no way out of the government shutdown unless President Barack Obama is willing to engage in negotiations with Republicans.

Egypt: clashes during national holiday kill 15

Posted: 06 Oct 2013 09:26 AM PDT

Supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi clash in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. Rival crowds of supporters of Egypt's military and backers of the Islamist president deposed by the army poured into streets around the country Sunday, as a holiday marking the anniversary of the last war with Israel turned into a showdown between the country's two camps. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — A senior Egyptian Health Ministry official says 15 people have been killed in clashes across the country between security forces and supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president.

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