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6A Daily News – Friday, July 22, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING Boehner predicts House will compromise on debt limit WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner predicted Thurs- day that a majority of House Republicans will end up supporting some kind of compromise to avoid a government default. Democrats insist- ed that higher tax revenue be part of a deal. White House budget chief Jacob Lew told reporters at the Capitol that ‘‘I’m unaware of a deal’’ between President Barack Obama and con- gressional Republicans and he repeated that ‘‘we’ve made clear rev- enues have to be includ- ed.’’ All sides pushed against media reports that Obama and House Speak- er John Boehner, R-Ohio, were near an agreement on a grand bargain trading $3 trillion or so in spend- ing cuts and a promise of $1 trillion in tax revenues through a later overhaul of the tax code as part of a deal to extend the govern- ment’s borrowing authori- ty. ‘‘We’re not close to a deal,’’ White House spokesman Jay Carney said. ‘‘While we are keeping the lines of communica- tion open, there is no ‘deal’ and no progress to report,’’ spokesman Michael Steel said. Greece gets rescue deal BRUSSELS (AP) — Eurozone leaders on Thursday agreed to a sweeping deal that will grant Greece a massive new bailout — but likely make it the first euro country to default — and radically reshape the cur- rency union’s rescue fund, allowing it to act pre- emptively when crises build up. But in a joint statement former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former News Internation- al legal manager Tom Crone said Thursday that they had in fact informed Murdoch of the email. Meanwhile News International has fired another journalist in rela- tion to the scandal. End of an era: Last space shuttle comes home CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The space shuttle passed into history Thursday, the words ‘‘wheels stop’’ crackling over the cockpit radio for the very last time. In an almost anticli- mactic end to the 30-year- old program, Atlantis and its four astronauts glided to a ghostly landing in near-darkness after one last visit to the Interna- tional Space Station, com- pleting the 135th and final shuttle flight. It was a moment of both triumph and melan- choly. ‘‘I saw grown men and The eurozone coun- tries and the International Monetary Fund will give Greece a second bailout worth (euro) 109 billion ($155 billion), on top of the (euro) 110 billion already granted a year ago. Boehner Banks and other pri- vate investors will con- tribute some (euro) 50 bil- lion ($71 billion) to the rescue package by either rolling over Greek bonds that they hold, swapping them for new ones with lower interest rates or selling the bonds back to Greece at a low price. ‘‘For the first time since the beginning of this crisis, we can say that the politics and the markets are coming together,’’ said European Commis- sion President Jose Manuel Barroso. Initial reaction from markets and analysts was Support the Tehama County Branding Project cautiously positive. The euro, which had rallied sharply on expectation of the, edged up further to gain 1.2 percent against the dollar. Murdoch contradicted LONDON (AP) — James Murdoch has been contradicted over testimo- ny in which he claimed to have been unaware of a critical piece of evidence in Britain’s phone hack- ing scandal. Murdoch was quizzed by parliamentarians earli- er this week over an email dating back several years which suggested that other journalists at his company were involved in the campaign of illegal espionage whose expo- sure has rocked Britain’s public life. At the time, Murdoch’s News International claimed that only a single rogue reporter was responsible for the spy- ing. NEW AT grown women crying today — tears of joy to be sure,’’ said launch direc- tor Mike Leinbach. ‘‘Human emotions came out on the runway today, and you couldn’t suppress them.’’ Now the spaceship and the two other surviving shuttles will become museum pieces, like the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules and the Wright brothers’ flying machine before them. NASA astronauts, a dwin- dling breed, will have to hitch rides to the space station aboard Russian Soyuz capsules for at least three to five years. And thousands more shuttle workers will lose their jobs, beginning with a round of layoffs on Fri- day. Syrian security forces sweep through city BEIRUT (AP) — Gun- fire and explosions erupt- ed Thursday in the city at the heart of Syria’s anti- government uprising as soldiers launched a mas- sive crackdown, witnesses said. Terrified residents cowered inside their homes and used mosque loudspeakers to call for blood donations to help the wounded. Details about the siege in Homs were sketchy, as most witnesses told The Associated Press they were too scared even to look out their windows. The city has seen some of the most intense violence as the regime tries to stamp out a revolt that has lasted more than four months. ‘‘I can see smoke bil- lowing from the neighbor- hood,’’ a witness told The Associated Press by tele- phone from the Bab Sbaa area of Homs, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Damascus. Heavy gunfire crackled in the background. ‘‘We cannot leave our homes.’’ Calls for blood dona- tions blared from mosque loudspeakers, raising fears of mass casualties. But the gunfire was too intense for people to col- lect any victims. As darkness fell, another resident said the violence had tapered off, with only intermittent cracks of gunfire. He said Syrian soldiers in person- nel carriers were leaving the area. Heat that’s broiled Midwest marches on CINCINNATI (AP) — Hot weather that has plagued the Plains for days spread eastward Thursday, blanketing several more states under a sizzling sun that made people sick, shut down summer schools and spurred cities to offer cooling centers and free swimming. The temperature could soar to 101 in Toledo, Ohio — 2 degrees above a record set in 1930. Com- bined with the humidity, it could feel as hot as 115 across Ohio. ‘‘It feels very sultry, very uncomfortable, and it’s just very dangerous,’’ said Jim Lott, lead fore- caster for the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, Ohio. Government forecasters issued excessive heat warnings for a huge sec- tion of the country, from Kansas to Massachusetts, while some southern states were under heat advi- sories. 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Doctors debate test for Alzheimer’s PARIS (AP) — Picture yourself in Barbara Lesher’s shoes: 54 years old and fear- ing you are developing Alzheimer’s disease. ‘‘I don’t remember if I had a bath,’’ said Lesher, who lives north of Harris- burg, Pa. ‘‘It took me two hours to follow a recipe. I drove to my childhood homestead the other week instead of my own home. It’s really scary.’’ Doctors are arguing about whether to test patients for signs of the incurable disease and tell them the results. The debate raged this past week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in France, where research on new methods — easier brain scans, an eye test, a blood test — made it clear there soon may be more such tools available. Here’s why it’s an issue: Many people have brain plaques, suggesting they might be developing Alzheimer’s even if they don’t have any symptoms. This plaque can be seen decades beforehand and does not ensure someone will get the disease. 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