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8A Daily News – Tuesday, July 26, 2011 WORLD BRIEFING House GOPunveils new debt bill WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh chal- lenge to President Barack Obama, House Republicans unveiled reworked legislation Monday to avert a potentially devastating government default in barely a week — but along lines the White House has already rejected. Democrats countered quickly with an alternative that drew presidential backing, and Obama readied a prime-time, nationally televised speech on short notice. Despite warnings to the contrary, U.S. financial markets appeared to take the polit- ical maneuvering in stride. Wall Street post- ed losses but with no indication of panic among investors. Without signed legislation by day's end on Aug. 2, the Treasury will be unable to pay all its bills, possibly triggering an unprece- dented default that officials warn could badly damage a national economy strug- gling to recover from the worst recession in decades. On a day of political jousting, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell urged Obama to shift his position rather than "veto the country into default." Norway rampage culprit calmly tells court 2 cells remain OSLO, Norway (AP) — The self- described perpetrator of Norway's deadly bombing and shooting rampage was ordered held in isolation at a hearing Monday after calmly telling the court that two other groups of allies stand ready to join his murderous campaign. Anders Behring Breivik has admitted bombing Norway's capital and opening fire on a political youth group retreat on an island near the capital. He told authorities that he expects to spend the rest of his life in prison. Saying he wanted to save Europe from Muslim immigration, he entered a plea of not guilty that will guarantee him future court hearings and opportunities to address the public, even indirectly. Police believe Breivik acted alone, despite his grand claims in a 1,500-page manifesto that he belonged to a modern group of crusaders. But they have not com- pletely ruled out that he had accomplices. Judge Kim Heger ordered Breivik held for eight weeks, including four in isolation, noting his reference to "two more cells with- in our organization." Norway has been stunned by the attacks and riveted by Breivik's strange writings. Hundreds of reporters and locals thronged the courthouse ahead of his first court appearance Monday, hoping to get their first glimpse of the man blamed for the deaths of 76 people — lowered Monday from 93. At one point, a car drove through the crowd and onlookers beat at it with their fists, although it turned out Breivik may not have been inside. Stresses over personal debt return as public doubts recovery WASHINGTON (AP) — Just last fall, Americans were feeling better about their personal finances. Now they're starting to worry more about how they'll pay off debts as they feel the nation's economic recovery wobbling. With Congress deadlocked over how to deal with the national debt, household debt is causing stress for nearly half the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. One in five adults worries about debt most or all of the time. If they bought some- thing on a credit card in the past month, more than a third say they won't pay it off when the bill comes. The increased stress represents a reversal from last fall's AP-GfK poll, which found increasing confidence about personal finances. Debt-related stress is up 17 percent from that November survey, bumping such worries back up to levels seen in 2009 and in the spring of last year. "It's not that our debt is huge. It's just hard to make it, month to month," said Theresa Telford, 45, a teacher's aide raising four kids with her husband, a sheriff's deputy. "It seems like everything is going up, but wages aren't going up." Telford is also nervous because she's watched so many people lose their jobs in her small town of Davenport, Wash., and some of her friends still can't find work. Although the recession officially ended in June 2009, Americans display little faith in a recovery hobbled by grinding unemploy- ment, slow economic growth, volatile gaso- line and food prices and political feuding over how to stem the skyrocketing national debt. Consumer confidence fell to a seven- month low in June in the Conference Board's survey. Pawlenty and Bachmann rivalry MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — Call it the Minnesota feud — Iowa style. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Sports Medicine Program A member of CHW redbluff.mercy.org/sports 2nd Annual Tehama County Coaches Clinic Friday, August 12, 2011 • 8am-4pm Red Bluff High School Library Conference Room No Cost to Attend! Ed Stroman PT, ATC, CSCS • Dr. Riico Dotson, M.D. Lonnie Scott, MA, ATC. •Stephanie Hartman, MS, ATC Lunch will be provided for all participants! Presenters: Our mission is to present coaches with an opportunity to learn about injury prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and life- threatening injuries and illnesses. All levels and ages are welcome. Tehama County Department of Education Working in Partnership with St. Elizabeth Community Hospital’s Sports Medicine Program To renew your certificate for CPR/First Aid you must pre-register no later than Wednesday August 3, 2011 to: ATTN: Carline Roach Tehama County Department of Education PO Box 689 1135 Lincoln Street , Red Bluff, 96080 E-mail: croach@tehamaschools.org Please include your coaching title, school, e-mail address, phone number and address. Coming Saturday, July 30 Special full page salute to the Red Bluff Little League All-Stars Photos, Players and Coaches! Just 2 wins away from becoming NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONS! Special “Sig” Page, sponsored by Thirty 1 col by 2” sponsor boxes $35.00 each We expect a sell-out to support this terrific team Reservations Deadline: Thursday, July 28 Call your Daily News Advertising Representative TODAY! (530) 527-2151 Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is using a campaign appearance in Iowa to accuse his home state Republican presiden- tial rival -- Michele Bachmann -- of having a record of mixing up her facts. Bachmann is in Iowa, too, but is staying away from what's become an escalating war of words. Pawlenty is responding to weekend criti- cism from Bachmann's campaign that the former governor supported policies Presi- dent Barack Obama also backed. Pawlenty told about 100 people at an event in Daven- port that Bachmann -- quote -- "has a record for saying things that are off the mark." Bachmann hit back weeks after Pawlen- ty described her record in Congress as "non- existent." Libyan government claims NATO planes hit food storehouses ZLITAN, Libya (AP) — The Libyan government showed foreign journalists on Monday a destroyed flu clinic and food warehouses it said had been hit earlier in the day by NATO airstrikes, killing eight people. The attacks took place in the govern- ment-held town of Zlitan, 90 miles (140 kilometers) east of the capital Tripoli and not far from the country's front line where rebels are battling Moammar Gadhafi's forces. NATO denied, however, that it had tar- geted civilians and said it had only hit a number of military objectives in the area. A rebel uprising that began in February against longtime Libyan leader Gadhafi escalated into a full-fledged civil war that threatens to split the country. The fighting has degenerated into a stalemate for months, despite a U.N.-mandated NATO air cam- paign targeting government forces in order to protect civilians. Even as government minders took jour- nalists to what they described as sites of the latest NATO attacks, the distant rumblings of artillery and explosions could be heard to the east of Zlitan. Faced with sex allegation, David Wu rules out re-election WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for congressman David Wu says the embat- tled Oregon Democrat will not seek re-elec- tion next year. Spokesman Erik Dorey said Monday that Wu has not made a final deter- mination about finishing his current term, but Dorey emphasized that Wu is focused on • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • NEW CONSTRUCTION • SALES • SERVICE • REPAIRS www.CascadeComfort.com Factory Authorized Bryant Dealer CASCADE COMFORT SERVICE INC. Air Conditioning & Heating Your First Call For Comfort 24 HOUR SERVICE 530 529-1990 Lic #593323 Tehama Counties serving his constituents to the best of his ability. The 56-year-old Democrat is under fire after a report in his hometown paper stated that an 18-year-old California woman left a voicemail in his Portland office earlier this year that accused Wu of an unwanted sexu- al encounter three weeks after the November general election. Wu kept a low profile Monday as law- makers returned to Capitol Hill. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has asked the House Ethics Committee for an investi- gation. Texas skating rink DJ says gunman was methodical DALLAS (AP) — Guests had just fin- ished singing "Happy Birthday" to an 11- year-old boy when his father spoke to him briefly, then pulled out a gun and shot the child's mother, four of her relatives and him- self, said a disc jockey who witnessed the shooting spree at a Texas roller rink. Tan Do, 35, was "smooth, cool" as he shot his victims at close range, DJ Allen Tillotson told The Associated Press on Monday. He "knew exactly the people he wanted" to shoot and paused only to reload a weapon that had been hidden in his pants, Tillotson said. "After he went for the wife, he went for the next lady, then a man, then a young lady," he said. Do killed his estranged wife Trini Do, 29; two of her sisters, Lynn Ta, 16, and Michelle Ta, 28; her brother, Hien Ta, 21; and her sis- ter-in-law, Thuy Nguyen, 25. Four others were wounded. At the end of the Saturday night rampage, Tran Do shot himself. Tillotson said he was on his way to get a garbage can to clean up the DJ booth when the shooting began. Autopsy on Amy Winehouse fails to establish cause LONDON (AP) — An autopsy on singer Amy Winehouse Monday failed to deter- mine what killed the 27-year-old star, leav- ing fans and family with a weeks-long wait for the results of toxicology tests. Her funer- al will be held Tuesday. A family spokesman said the private funeral "for family and close friends" would be held at an undisclosed time and place. 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