U.S. Top News: U.S. Congress enters crucial week in budget, debt limit battles

	Click to View in Browser 10/7/2013 U.S. Congress enters crucial week in budget, debt limit battles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. government moved into the second week of a shutdown on Monday with no end in sight, a deadlocked U.S. Congress also confronted an October 17 deadline to increase the nation's borrowing power or risk default. Dozens rescued after heavy rains cause flooding in Kentucky (Reuters) - Emergency workers in Kentucky plucked 12 people from floodwaters and evacuated 82 others, including 50 from one apartment complex, after the Louisville area was hit by heavy rains this weekend, local officials said on Sunday. Stabbing death of U.S. soldier might be hate crime, police say (Reuters) - Police in western Washington state were looking for five black suspects in the stabbing death of a white U.S. Army soldier in what authorities said on Sunday may have been a racially motivated killing. One missing hiker OK, search for another ends in Washington OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A hiker stranded for days in waist-deep snow in central Washington state was found in good condition, while the search for another missing hiker in the area has been suspended, authorities said on Sunday. Ohio trial to begin over $100 million U.S. Navy charity fraud CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Opening statements are scheduled to begin in Ohio on Monday in the trial of a man accused of running a scam charitable organization for U.S. Navy veterans that defrauded donors from 40 states of nearly $100 million. Miami Beach protesters demand arrest of officer who Tasered teenager MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - More than 200 people marched through Miami Beach on Sunday, clogging tourist-filled sidewalks to demand the arrest of a policeman who fired a stun gun at a graffiti artist who died in police custody. Newtown approves state funds for new school at site of massacre (Reuters) - Residents in Newtown, Connecticut, have voted to accept nearly $50 million in state money to build a new school at the site of an elementary school where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults in December, a town official said on Sunday. Floodgates reopen in New Orleans, oil platforms restaff as storm wanes HOUSTON (Reuters) - Massive barge gates shut to prevent flooding in New Orleans were reopened on Sunday and energy firms started returning workers to oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, after officials lifted evacuation orders as Tropical Storm Karen faltered. U.S. Republicans will not pass 'clean' debt-limit increase: Boehner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that there is "no way" Republican lawmakers will agree to a measure to raise the nation's debt ceiling unless it includes conditions to rein in deficit spending. Tropical Storm Karen dissipates off U.S. Gulf Coast (Reuters) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Karen, already downgraded to a depression, have dissipated over the Gulf of Mexico, the National Weather Service said on Sunday. Related Video Its a good beginning-Kerry on Syrian weapon destruction At least 2 dead in Peshawar blast Great Debate Shutdown scenarios for a no-budget blockbuster Why this shutdown isn't like 1995 A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend