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Posturing between Republicans and Democrats over the debt ceiling continued apace Monday. Speaker John Boehner was to say in a New York speech that any debt ceiling increase would require big spending cuts and he suggested a boost might not happen. Democrats charged he was playing with fire.

In recent years, Iran has seen defections, assassinations of nuclear scientists and bombings in ethnic areas. Whether it's an orchestrated campaign or a set of unconnected acts is unknown, but there is no doubt it is contributing to the destabilizing of Iran's government.

Open Road Media is banking its future on digital publishing — and it's starting with old books first. The company is digitizing "back list" books — titles written long before e-books, or e-rights, even existed — and selling old classics with aggressive multi-platform marketing campaigns.

During the financial crisis, only one Western country experienced a true collapse of its banking system: Iceland. Here's what happened, and what it meant.

President Obama on Tuesday travels to El Paso, Texas, where he's expected to talk about immigration and his goals for legislation this year. The president is trying to push a plan that would include a path to legalizing undocumented workers.

Volunteers across southern California are helping the U.S. Geological Survey keep track of seismic movement. Through the NetQuakes program, families are installing shoe-box sized sensors in their homes. These monitors measure ground movement and then send measurements to the USGS over the Internet.

President Obama pushed for more commandos to be sent into Pakistan in case there was a confrontation with local police or military personnel, sources tell the Times. There was no such clash.

While conservative leaders quarrel with their liberal counterparts in Washington, Canada's conservative party coasted to an easy win last week. Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard argues that the party of Prime Minister Stephen Harper ran a smart campaign, and an even smarter government.

The Bushehr Nuclear Power station is running at a low level, according to the Iranian state Fars News agency. It's not yet generating power, but it's supposed to connect to Iran's national electricity grid within two months.

Now that it's been confirmed that Microsoft is buying Skype for $8.5 billion, everyone's trying to figure out what it will do with the Internet phone service. The early read: Skype will be the "glue" between Microsoft's products.