Cantor's Moment of Choosing  —  The House majority leader has become a darling of fiscal conservatives by saying “no.” What happens if he needs to say “yes”?  —  King for a day: Eric Cantor's mini-coup last week presages his long-term ambition.)  —  The day of reckoning on the debt ceiling is coming …

Senate votes to kill House GOP's ‘cut, cap and balance’ measure  —  The Senate voted 51-46, along strict party-lines, on Friday to kill the House Republicans' “cut, cap and balance” legislation.  —  The measure would have cut spending by $111 billion in 2012, capped spending over the next decade …

Norway: Blast near prime minister's office in Oslo  —  Eyewitness: “Police are beginning to seal off streets where there is a danger of falling glass”  —  A large explosion has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo.  —  At least one person was killed in the city centre blast …

Terror blast in Oslo - “massive vehicle bomb;” Update: Norway had taken action against jihadi cleric who threatened to kill politicians  —  Scroll for updates...including an elucidating exchange with a Johns Hopkins Expert  —  George Gooding (Seixon) passes along this photo of a massive bomb blast at government offices in Oslo:

Blast rocks central Oslo, Norway PM's office  —  (Reuters) - A huge explosion wrecked government buildings in central Oslo Friday including Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's office, injuring several people, a Reuters journalist said from the scene.

Big Blasts at Government Buildings in Oslo; 1 Dead  —  OSLO — Powerful explosions shook central Oslo on Friday afternoon, blowing out the windows of several government buildings, including one housing the office of the Norwegian prime minister.  The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported …