1.   A vote on the bill could occur Thursday if party leaders settle their differences.

2.   After more than a week of demanding that the United States offer an official apology and admit full responsibility for the incident, Chinese leaders settled for less.

3.   After months of arm-wrestling, the political leaders settled last week on legislation that reduces taxes on capital gains for those who hold their assets a long time.

4.   But even if the county leaders settle on a nominee, several candidates insist they will run anyway.

5.   County leaders quickly settled on a development group, Homestead Air Base Developers, dominated by influential Cuban-Americans with close ties to the Democratic Party.

6.   European Union leaders settled for a modest set of revisions to the EU constitution, postponing some issues it hoped to resolve.

7.   Finally, the leaders have settled on huge cuts in tax credits for working poor families, effectively raising their taxes.

8.   General Motors Corp. and union leaders settled a strike at a Moraine, Ohio, plant that makes sport utility vehicles.

9.   In the House, Republican leaders have not settled on a plan to bring the debt limit increase to a vote.

10.   Instead, the Palestinian leader settled in Gaza.