July 13, 2011 (San Diego’s East County) -- ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. 

Top global and U.S. news headlines include:

 
 U.S.

•          Senator calls for investigation of News Corp (Reuters)
•          Defense Secretary: U.S. within reach of `strategically defeating’ Al Qaeda (ABC)
•          Suicide and a nation’s condolences (San Diego Union-Tribune)
•          Former First Lady Betty Ford dies at 93 (Sacramento Bee)
•          Democrats launch campaigns by blowing GOP Medicare plan (Washington Post)
•          Republican ‘change’ ad hits TV (CNN)
•          Fact-checking Michele Bachmann (PolitiFact)
•         Victory for media diversity: court strikes down FCC attempt to relax media ownership rules (Democracy Now)

WORLD

•          Mumbai: Explosions shake India’s financial hub (CNN)
•          Celebrating Independence Day for South Sudan (San Diego Union-Tribune)
•          Murdoch, savaged by Parliament, pulls BSkyB bid (Reuters)
•          A prenatal surgery for Spina Bifida comes of age (NPR)
•         Pakistan’s nuclear bomb-maker says North Korea paid bribes for know-how (Washington Post)