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LATEST NATIONAL NEWS
Budget chairman: Short-term extension best answer
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says it's impossible to enact spending cuts, a tax code overhaul and changes in benefit programs in the less than two weeks left before an Aug. 2 government default deadline. (AP, 8:50 a.m.)
Cops: Man angered over 'lemon' smashes dealership
Police say a man angry that a New Hampshire car dealer wouldn't take back the van he bought returned to the dealership and deliberately crashed into six other vehicles. (AP, 8:11 a.m.)
Ohio funeral home license suspended over cremation
An Ohio funeral home that cremated the wrong child's body due to a morgue mix-up has had its license suspended for six months. (AP, 7:40 a.m.)
Casey Anthony lawyer receiving threatening calls
The wife of one of Casey Anthony's attorneys tells authorities that their family has gotten numerous harassing phone calls and that their home number was posted on Facebook. (AP, 7:10 a.m.)
Parents of dismembered NYC boy set up website
The family of an 8-year-old New York City boy who was abducted and dismembered has set up a website in his honor. (AP, 6:40 a.m.)
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FROM TODAY'S BOSTON GLOBE
President pushes
wide deal on debt
(Win McNamee/ Getty Images)
President Obama and some leaders in Congress said yesterday they planned to forge ahead with the challenging task of striking a broad, bipartisan deal to raise the national debt ceiling. (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
Group urges more
frequent mammograms
Gynecologists should urge women to have annual mammograms starting at age 40, a national doctors group said yesterday in a statement that reignited a debate about the most appropriate ages and frequency for breast cancer screening. (By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff)
Man charged after crash kills 5 in van
The man charged in a wreck that killed five Amish farmers in upstate New York had served prison time for stealing a Rochester police cruiser and leading pursuers on a 20-minute chase in 2006, authorities said yesterday. (Associated Press)
Mother, 3 girls die in Wyo. road washout
The couple and their three daughters had just fled their Wyoming campsite when a raging mountain creek swept their van downstream, claiming the lives of the girls and their mother. (Associated Press)
3 presumed dead after
plunge from top of waterfall
Young tourists above one of Yosemite National Park’s beautiful and perilous waterfalls were trying to pose for a picture. Instead they burned a horrifying image into the memories of everyone who saw. (Associated Press)
180th satellite aloft,
shuttle set for last landing
On the eve of NASA’s historic, wheel-stopping end to the shuttle program, the four astronauts making the final journey completed one last task. (Associated Press)
Fort Hood suspect drops civilian lawyer
The Army psychiatrist charged in the Fort Hood shooting rampage unexpectedly severed ties with his lead attorney yesterday, eight months before the military trial at which he faces the death penalty. (Associated Press)
Jury finds US rightfully
seized ‘double eagle’ gold coins
The US government rightfully seized 10 never-circulated 1933 gold coins from a Philadelphia woman who said she found them in her late father’s bank deposit box, a jury found yesterday. (Associated Press)
Afghans said to deter
US from tracking aid
Afghan officials are thwarting US efforts to protect American aid from being stolen or diverted to Taliban insurgents, a new report said yesterday, specifically naming President Hamid Karzai as part of the problem. (By Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press)
Study says HIV risks rise
with some birth control
In what is being called the first research of its kind, a study found that HIV-infected women in Africa are more likely to spread the AIDS virus if they use hormone-based birth control. (By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press)
Map of African-American genes
a new guide for disease research
An international team of scientists led by a Harvard researcher published a sweeping genetic map of African-Americans yesterday, an accomplishment that could help illuminate the biological basis for disease. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
‘Heat dome’ moving east, bringing misery
If the extreme heat and humidity lingering over much of the nation feels like a steam bath, it’s because the same principles are at work in the atmosphere. (By Tammy Webber, Associated Press)
Minnesota shutdown ends
with signing of $35.7b budget
After a legislative session that dragged on late into the night, Governor Mark Dayton of Minnesota signed new spending plans for the state yesterday, ending the longest and broadest shutdown in state history. (By Monica Davey, New York Times)
‘Gang of Six’ plan drops
long-term care provision
A new insurance program for long-term care may fall casualty to the so-called “Gang of Six’’ plan to address the federal deficit. (By Shira Schoenberg, Globe Correspondent)
POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Bachmann cites her doctor on migraines
Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota yesterday responded to questions about her migraine headaches by releasing a letter from her doctor saying she is in good health. (Boston Globe)