WEEKEND: UK GOVERNMENT DEFENDS PM'S TIES TO PRESS SCANDAL
VIDEO EXTRA: Report from ABC News
-The BBC reports UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is defending Prime Minister David Cameron's connections with the Rupert Murdoch's News International as the probe into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal deepens.
-MURDOCH APOLOGIZES FOR "SERIOUS WRONGDOING": News International head Rupert Murdoch apologized for "serious wrongdoing" in a series of ads in newspapers published around the world.
-SO FAR SO GOOD IN LA "CARMAGEDDON": Traffic woes are at a minimum so far in Southern California with the shutdown of the 405.
-GOP CANDIDATES AND VOTERS SPLIT ON DEBT: Both Republican voters and their candidates for president are split on the on-going efforts to strike a deal, thus raising the federal debt ceiling.
FRIDAY'S NEWS:
-INMATE WANTS TO SUE ANTHONY FOR CAYLEE'S DEATH: A South Carolina inmate wants DNA testing to see if he was the father of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony; says he will sue mother Casey Anthony for Caylee's death.
-DEBT TALKS SHIFT TO CONGRESS: The on-going debt ceiling talks shift to Congress as some speculate U.S. President Barack Obama is losing traction on the issue.
THURSDAY'S NEWS:
-OBAMA SAYS "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" ON DEBT IMPASSE: U.S. President Barack Obama says "enough is enough" in the on-going debt stalemate between the White House and Congress; demanding a deal by the week's end.
-MISSING BOY'S REMAINS FOUND IN GRUESOME MURDER: The dismembered body of an 8-year-old boy was found in the suspected killer's freezer and trash bin; a crime that has shocked Brooklyn.
WEDNESDAY'S NEWS:
-SEVERAL DEAD IN INDIA TERROR ATTACK: Officials with the Indian government say a terrorist attack in Mumbai killed 10 and injured more than 50 others.
-BABY BOOMERS SAY THEY AREN'T OLD YET: A recent poll shows a majority of baby boomers don't consider themselves "old" just yet.
TUESDAY'S NEWS:
-AFGHAN PRESIDENT'S BROTHER KILLED: Ahmad Wali Karzai, the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzi was assassinated in Kandahar.
-OBAMA SAYS CHECKS MAY NOT COME: Social Security and other benefit payments may not be mailed out to Americans if a Congressional debt ceiling deal is not reached, says U.S. President Barack Obama.
MONDAY'S NEWS:
-OBAMA SAYS NO TO SHORT TERM DEBT DEAL
VIDEO EXTRA: Report from The Associated Press
-U.S. President Barack Obama told Congressional leaders in both parties he would not sign a short-term debt ceiling deal and called on Congress to meet everyday until the issue is resolved. Many Democrats are resisting any changes or cuts to entitlements and Republicans do not want any tax increases.
-BIG THREE/UAW TO BEGIN TALKS: The United Auto Workers is set to begin contract talks with Ford, General Motors and Chrysler this month. The Detroit News takes a look at what the talks may mean for the future of the auto industry.
-EX-BRITISH PM SAYS HE WAS HACKED: Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says reporters associated with the News of the World publication hacked into his telephone and financial records for 10 years.
-INSIDE NEWS OF THE WORLD SCANDAL: CNN has a timeline of the information hacking scandal that has befallen the 168-year-old News of the World tabloid, including a take on why Rupert Murdock shuttered the World.
-PRO-ASSAD CROWDS ATTACK EMBASSIES: Supporters of Bashar al-Assad's regime attack the US and French embassies in Syria.
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