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Rupert Murdoch Attacked At Parliament Hearing (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch was attacked at a parliament hearing about the tabloid phone-hacking scandal.

Jon Stewart Mocks GOP For Calling Rich People 'Job Creators' (VIDEO)

Source: The Huffington Post On Monday night's "Daily Show" Jon Stewart continued to address the looming national debt ceiling decision, this time taking on two of the GOP's new favorite phrases to use in debate. First, many a TV talking head has said that President Obama is "obsessed" with taxes as the only solution to our mounting debt. "They think he's crazy!" Stewart concluded, finding that to be the only way to explain why Republicans won't work with Obama. While [...]

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Retired NFLers Join Lockout Talks

Source: AP / CBS News Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller and lawyers for retired NFL players joined labor talks with representatives of owners and current players Tuesday as signs mounted that the league's lockout might almost be over. The court-appointed mediator, U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan, also was at the session, his second consecutive day overseeing negotiations at a New York law firm. The sides were trying to close a deal to resolve the NFL's first work stoppage [...]

Phone-Hacking Whistle-Blower Found Dead

Source: CNN London - One of the first journalists to go on the record and allege phone hacking at News of the World was found dead Monday, the British Press Association said. Sean Hoare, a former News of the World employee who said Andy Coulson "encouraged" phone-hacking, "was discovered at his home in Watford, Hertfordshire, after concerns were raised about his whereabouts," the press association said. "The death is being treated as 'unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious,' " the [...]

Borders To Close Remaining Stores

Source: MSNBC. Borders, unable to find a seller willing to get it out of bankruptcy, plans to close its remaining 399 stores and go out of business by the end of September. "Following the best efforts of all parties, we are saddened by this development," Borders Group President Mike Edwards said in a written statement late Monday. "We were all working hard towards a different outcome, but the headwinds we have been facing for quite some time, including the rapidly [...]

Poll: 71% Shun GOP Handling Of Debt Crisis

Source: Tucker Reals / CBS News Americans are unimpressed with their political leaders' handling of the debt ceiling crisis, with a new CBS News poll showing a majority disapprove of all the involved parties' conduct, but Republicans in Congress fare the worst, with just 21 percent backing their resistance to raising taxes. President Obama earned the most generous approval ratings for his handling of the weeks-old negotiations, but still more people said they disapproved (48 percent) than approved (43 percent) [...]

Feds "Looking Into" Atlanta Schools Cheating

Source: AP / CBS News Atlanta – U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday he has been in contact with the department's independent investigative arm about test cheating scandals in schools, including a widespread one in Atlanta. Duncan said he believes the office is "looking at them" but stopped short of saying whether an investigation was under way. His office referred further questions to the Office of Inspector General, which declined to comment. The federal Education Department also works with [...]

Herman Cain Backs Tennessee Move To Ban Mosque

Source: AP / CBS News Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday that communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," the former Godfather's Pizza CEO said protests and legal challenges to a planned mosque in Tennessee city are an example of local residents pushing back. Cain said his view doesn't amount to religious discrimination because he says Muslims are trying to inject Shariah law into the U.S. Asked if his view could lead any [...]

Nelson Mandela's Birthday Honored With Global Call To Serve

Source: Pamela Falk / CBS News After first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha and Malia met Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa last month, the first family kicked off the U.S. commemoration ofNelson Mandela International Day, created by the U.N. two years ago to mark the democracy icon's birthday. "Madiba continues to be a beacon for the global community, and for all who work for democracy, justice and reconciliation," said Michelle Obama at the time, referring to Mandela [...]