Late stab at debt-limit deal to avert US default (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110731/ap_on_go_co/us_debt_showdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110730/capt.54daf79d2bbc48cf93c90d56644ce7cd-54daf79d2bbc48cf93c90d56644ce7cd-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=AQ8gA3S4uB.WbeUmMhS1vw--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., appear at a news conference as the debt crisis goes unresolved on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, July 30, 2011.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)" border="0" /></a>AP - After weeks of intense partisanship, Republican congressional leaders and President Barack Obama made a last-minute stab at compromise Saturday to avoid a government default threatened for early next week.</p><br clear="all"/>

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