Today's Headlines -- Monday

• Debt and spending deal picks up momentum in Senate (AP)
• Insurers must cover birth control with no copays (AP)
• Norway PM to politicians: Think before you speak (AP)
• INFLUENCE GAME: Credit raters have lobbying clout (AP)
• Syrian troops attack Hama for 2nd day (AP)
• HSBC to cut 30,000 jobs in global overhaul (AP)
• NASA going green with solar-powered Jupiter probe (AP)
• Obama turns 50 amid debt debate (AP)
• FBI: 'Credible lead' surfaces in D.B. Cooper case (AP)
• Small-market teams turn buyers at trade deadline (AP)
• Lawmakers to vote on last-minute debt deal (Reuters)
• HSBC sheds 30,000 jobs, posts surprise profit rise (Reuters)
• Factory growth slows, casts shadow on economy (Reuters)
• Special Report: China's shortcut to Wall Street (Reuters)
• Debt deal offers only small blessings for economy (Reuters)
• Tanks shell Syria's Hama for second day, 4 killed (Reuters)
• NYSE-Deutsche Boerse to jump to top options spot (Reuters)
• Norway soul-searches on crime after rampage (Reuters)
• US debt deal faces Congress gauntlet (AFP)
• Defiant Assad praises troops after deadly Syria crackdown (AFP)