NPR 2011-06-25

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        President Obama was trying to restart negotiations 1 on the federal budget deficit 2 next week. NPR’s Scott Horsley reports Mr. Obama plans to meet separately on Monday with Republican and Democratic Senate leaders.

        Up till now, President Obama has left much of the negotiating to Vice 3 President Biden. The talks left by the Vice President came to a broad haul on Thursday when House Republican leader Eric Cantor said he would no longer take part. Republicans have resisted the call by Democrats 4 to use hike tax to help close the budget gap along with spending cuts. Now if it will give the President to try to broker 5 the compromise, many lawmakers want some progress on deficit reduction before there although to raise the government’s debt ceiling. And the deadline for that vote is looming 6 unless then 6 weeks. Scott Horsley, NPR News, the White House.

        Waiting through the water in this part of Minot, North Dakota is the only way to get around after the Souris River overtopped most levees. The search passed a 130-year-old record levee. Now several feeder boats floods stage, many homes and businesses possibly hundreds are either underwater or expects to be within days. Business owner Jane Limben’s home is safe but she described the exact watching other homes slowly filled with muddy water.

        “The waiting is so hard, I mean the western of the town is filling up with water, you know even you can choose pictures up right down on local station, Facebook. The water just specifically coming in, it’s not coming in, you know like tsunami 7 like tornado 8, I mean, just coming in, just like a silence predator 9.”

        Limben says cracks are on her property hauling is much dirt and clean as possible to show up secondary levees.

        Accused Boss Mob, Boss James Witey Burlar’s back in Boston at a federal court house 2 days after he was arrested in California, charges connected to 19 murders. 81-year-old has spent 16 years as a fugitive 10.

        Syria’s protest movement answered the call for dialogue for the Syrian President with demonstrations 11 across the country, at least 7 people died. More from NPR’s Deborah Amos.

        It was becoming a Friday witch to offer for more than 100 days. Syrian protestors headed to the streets and face gunfire where the suburb of Damascus and the city of Homs. Protest organizers name days rally Bashar is the locker 12 by the President, a message to Bashar al-Assad who called for a national dialogue earlier this week. In the city of Homs, activists 13 and residents are reported that armed men known as Shebeha or ghosts because they’re not officially part of the security services, venders of shops and fired on activists.

        The European Union has imposed wider sanctions on Syrian including individuals and businesses with connections to the regime. Deborah Amos, NPR News, Beirut.

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        The U.S. House will bar airstrikes or draw attacks on Libya is the decision to vote down on the measure today that will cut off money for the military hostilities 14. But in a largely symbolic 15 rejection 16 of the President’s policy in Libya, the House also voted not tick President Obama authority to continue U.S. involvement in the military operation against Libyan forces.

        The chair of the House Education Committee is challenging the right of the Education Department to grant waivers from the No Child Left Behind Law. Chairman John Kline says it’s up to Congress to make any changes to key education law. NPR’s Larry Abramson reports yet the Education Department has said will grant waivers unless Congress will re-write snow child left behind.

        Last week, the Education Department announced plans to grant waivers to the law which required all students be proficient 17 in reading and math by 2014 that the Department said only grant waver’s district that tokes specific reform measures. Secretary Duncan says without those waivers, most American schools will be labeled as failing and face sanctions. John Kline, a Republican from Minnesota has said Education Secretary Arne Duncan in a letter, questioning the Department’s authorities to take that step, claims committee is 2 pieces of legislation meant to overhaul 18 the education law was more on the way. The Senate is following the different pact 19, making an agreement unlikely in the near term. Larry Abramson, NPR News, Washington.

        Before the close on Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial Average down 150 points nearly 1% lower at 11,935; NASDAQ off more than 1% down 34 points at 2,653; S&P 500 down 50 and more than 1% at 1,268.

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