Newspaper Roundup for Monday, July 11, 2011

July 11, 2011

St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP:
7th-grader wins first U.S. Spanish spelling bee

Palm Beach Post:
300-pound black bear attacks Florida bicyclist

Boston Globe:
Scare tactics: Social Security benefits at risk, Geithner warns

USA Today:
Obama won't budge in debt talks
Obama, leaders take last stab at $4 trillion deal

Politico:
Under pressure from right, John Boehner steps back on debt deal
Tax policy disputes were at the center of the collapse

Boston Globe:
Mayor threatens to quit Secure Communities immigration program
Unless deportations are limited to those who commit serious crimes

Boston Globe:
Boston church holds long-awaited Mass in support of gay and lesbian Catholics

Washington Post:
Robert Samuelson: Why we’re in the budgetary soup

Washington Times:
U.S. investigates Syrian diplomats for spying on protesters
State Department may limit Syrians' travel

Politico:
Palin: 'There needs to be a larger field' for 2012
She tells Newsweek she could win a national election

Politico:
Bachmann tops Iowa poll

Fox News:
Pawlenty: Bachmann's Congressional Record 'Nonexistent'

Los Angeles Times:
'Big deal' eludes Obama in latest debt talks

Fox News:
Rangel: “Jesus Would Have Something to Say” About the Debt Debate

Fox News:
2012 Hopeful Ron Paul Predicts America's Bankruptcy

Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pa. secretary of health got himself a badge and a jacket

Fox News:
Panetta: U.S. Will Confront Iranian Threat in Iraq

Fox News:
Education Department 'Concerned' About Wave of Cheating Probes, Allegations

Politico:
Democrats split on Obamacare's Independent Payment Advisory Board
Republicans plan to launch new attacks on the board in two congressional hea

Politico:
House Republicans balk at Defense cuts

Washington Post:
White House presses Yemen's Saleh to resign

Fox News:
Authorities Investigate Stun Gun Found on JetBlue Plane

South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Medicare anti-fraud system launched
Tactic pioneered in South Florida expands nationwide

Arizona Republic:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio introducing 'Vamos Jose' underwear for inmates
17 years after introducing the English 'Go Joe' pink underwear

Fox News:
Tiger Woods to Make 'Special Announcement' Monday

Los Angeles Times:
Riverside County politician wants to create new state called South California

USA Today:
'Lack of education fuels HIV epidemic in South'

South Florida Sun-Sentinel:
Patients at South Florida hospitals too often return
Some get infections in the hospital, inadequate instructions or no help at home

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