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6A Daily News – Friday, July 1, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Senate changes plans, will work next week WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate abandoned plans for a July 4 break as time dwindled for lawmakers to strike a compro- mise on avoiding a government default and reducing mammoth federal deficits. In a challenge to President Barack Obama, the chamber’s top Republican invited him to the Capitol to discuss the impasse with GOP lawmakers. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced the scheduling change Thursday, a day after President Barack Obama prodded lawmakers to act swiftly to extend the government’s ability to borrow money. The Senate had been sched- uled to take a week’s break but instead will meet beginning Tuesday. ‘‘We’ll do that because we have work to do,’’ Reid said. The House had already been scheduled to work next week. Minutes later, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., took to the Senate floor to invite Obama to meet with Senate Republicans ‘‘anytime this afternoon’’ at the Capitol. He belittled Obama’s demands to include increased tax revenues as part of a deficit-cutting package, repeating what GOP leaders have long said: Congress lacks the votes to approve a mea- sure containing tax hikes. Minnesota braces for midnight shutdown ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A standoff over taxes and spending sent Minnesota hurtling Thursday toward a midnight gov- ernment shutdown that could force thou- sands of layoffs, bring road projects to a standstill and close state parks to campers just before the Fourth of July weekend. As the deadline drew ever closer without a resolution, people rushed to get driver’s and fishing licenses, and park officials began warning campers to pack their gear and leave. The showdown was something of a small-stage version of the drama taking shape in Washington between President Barack Obama and the Republicans over taxes and the debt ceiling. Though nearly all states are having severe budget problems this year, Minneso- ta stood alone on the brink of a shutdown, thanks to Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s determination to raise taxes on high-earners to close a $5 billion deficit and the Republi- can Legislature’s refusal to go along. Nego- tiations between Dayton and legislative lead- ers were fitful, starting and stopping with no outward signs of progress, and details were scant, since the two sides agreed to what they jokingly called ‘‘the cone of silence.’’ NATO blames al- Qaida linked network KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S.- led coalition on Thursday blamed an al- Qaida affiliated network working jointly with Taliban fighters for a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul — an assault that raised doubts about the ability of Afghan forces to handle security as foreign troops withdraw. The coalition also reported that a leader with the Haqqani network suspected of having provided assistance, including weapons, fighters and training, to the gun- men who attacked the Inter-Continental hotel was killed Wednesday night in a preci- sion airstrike. Ismail Jan, the deputy to the senior Haqqani commander inside Afghanistan, and other Haqqani fighters died in the airstrike in Gardez, the provincial capital of Paktia province, the coalition said. Nine suicide bombers launched an attack on the hotel late Tuesday, triggering an hours-long standoff with Afghan security forces, who were assisted by coalition men- tors and NATO helicopters. In all, 20 people were killed, including the nine attackers. The Pakistan-based Haqqani network, which has ties to both al-Qaida and the Tal- iban, has emerged as one of the biggest threats to stability in Afghanistan. Jan, who moved from Pakistan into Afghanistan late last year, used to command 25 to 35 fighters who attacked Afghan and coalition forces along the Afghan-Pakistan border in Khost and Paktia provinces. Casey Anthony doesn’t take the stand ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Casey Antho- ny did not take the stand in her murder trial as defense attorneys wrapped up their case Thursday without presenting concrete evi- dence that Anthony’s 2-year-old daughter Caylee wasn’t killed but accidentally drowned. Her attorneys also never produced any witnesses bolstering the claim made in last month’s opening statements that Antho- ny had acted without apparent remorse in the weeks after her daughter’s death because she had been molested by her father as a child, resulting in emotional problems. Instead, their 13-day case primarily focused on poking holes in the prosecution’s contention that Anthony killed Caylee in June 2008 by covering her mouth with duct tape. Prosecutors said the woman dumped Caylee’s body in the woods near her par- ents’ home and then resumed her life of par- tying and shopping. Their case relied on cir- cumstantial and forensic evidence, and it did have holes. They had no witnesses who saw the killing or saw Casey Anthony with her daughter’s body. And there was no certain proof that the child suffocated. The defense said in its opening statement that Caylee drowned and that Anthony’s father George, a former police officer, helped her cover up the death by making it look like a homicide and dumping the body near their home, where it was found by a meter reader six months later. George Anthony has vehemently denied any involvement in Caylee’s death, the disposal of her body or molesting his daughter. If convicted of first-degree murder, Anthony, 25, could receive the death penalty. Wildfire near NM nuclear lab pushes into canyon LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — An errat- ic northern New Mexico wildfire grew larg- er Thursday — pushing north while also creeping into a canyon that descends into Los Alamos — as fire officials remained hopeful that they could halt the spread of the blaze before it reached town. Los Alamos County Fire Chief Doug Tucker noted that conditions in the area are so dry that the fire, which had charred near- ly 145 square miles, was burning downed trees that were scorched in the huge Cerro Grande fire in 2000. ‘‘We’re seeing fire behavior that I’ve never seen before,’’ Tucker said. The fire also burned through moisture- rich aspen trees above Los Alamos, allowing the fire to push into a canyon that descends from that mountain into town and runs past the old Manhattan Project site, where the first atomic bomb was developed during World War II. That site is not on the proper- ty of the nearby Los Alamos nuclear lab. Residents of Los Alamos, wouldn’t be allowed back home until Monday. COMFORT SERVICE INC. 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