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Lenders mulling new offer in Alabama debt standoff

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's Jefferson County and lenders pulled back from the brink of a threatened bankruptcy filing on Friday after the county proposed restructuring $3.2 billion of soured sewer debt. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/topNews?a=dv7xKo"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/topNews?i=dv7xKo" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=cQlCiK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=cQlCiK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=iuSP8k"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=iuSP8k" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=9UcYzk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=9UcYzk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/378360555" height="1" width="1"/>