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'Fiscal cliff' negotiations to continue today
WASHINGTON -- The White House and congressional leaders worked overtime yesterday to ward off tax increases set to kick in for most Americans, with Republican leaders signaling a grudging acceptance that some taxes will go up and the two parties narr
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Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was admitted to a New York hospital yesterday after the discovery of a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained earlier this month. Clinton's doctors discovered the clot yesterday w
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Obama, top lawmakers meet over fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON -- The end game at hand, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday to prevent a toxic blend of middle-class tax increases and spending cuts from taking effect at the turn of the new year. Succe
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Medical device makers: Jan. 1 tax could cost jobs
BOSTON -- Medical device makers in Massachusetts and elsewhere are warning of potential job losses and other consequences as the industry's hopes of avoiding a 2.3 percent excise tax fade amid the stalled fiscal cliff negotiations. The tax, schedule
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Ringling circus owners win $9.3M settlement
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Owners of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, said Friday that they will receive $9.3 million from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to settle part of a lawsuit the circus owners filed a
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'Fiscal cliff' negotiations to continue today
