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Last-minute fiscal cliff talks in Senate Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 01:07 AM PST WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year as President Barack Obama warned that failure could mean a "self-inflicted wound to the economy." Senators seek compromise on fiscal cliff Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 01:06 AM PST Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the White House on Friday after a closed-door meeting among President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to negotiate the framework for a deal on the fiscal cliff. Lawmakers scramble on 'fiscal cliff' Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 01:03 AM PST Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year as President Barack Obama warned that failure could mean a Global economy is top business story of 2012 Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 01:01 AM PST President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama acknowledge supporters at Obama's victory speech in Chicago. / AFP / Getty Images Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., holds up a copy of the Supreme Court's health care ruling during a news conference by the GOP Doctors Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. Woman charged with hate crime after allegedly pushing Indian immigrant in front a New York subway train Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 01:01 AM PST A woman accused of pushing an immigrant from India to his death in front of a New York subway train has been charged with murder as a hate crime. Related Stories Gun enthusiasts stock up, fearful of proposed curbs Woman with memory lapses reunited with family after decades apart Just one more day for US to seal 'fiscal cliff' deal Bloomberg's best photos for 2012 Obama calls for stopgap tax deal (Blank Headline Received) reuters_news_xe Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 01:00 AM PST PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS U.S. HAS SOME GOOD LEADS ON WHO CARRIED OUT ATTACKS IN BENGHAZI, INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING Senate seeks last-minute compromise on 'fiscal cliff' Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 12:54 AM PST President Barack Obama arrives to make a statement on the fiscal cliff negotiations with congressional leaders in the briefing room of the White House on Friday. Last-minute fiscal cliff talks continue in the Senate Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 12:46 AM PST Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year as President Barack Obama warned that failure could mean a "self-inflicted wound to the economy." Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Religious convictions vs. the 'morning after pill' Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 12:34 AM PST MICHAEL KIRKLAND || UPI Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A bitter fight is building in the U.S. Supreme Court between employers who say their religious convictions make them abhor contraception -- especially the "morning after pill" seen by many as an abortion-inducing drug -- and the Obama administration, which says contraception is a healthcare right under the law. Obama's $1M man in Phila. Sun, 30 Dec, 2012 12:29 AM PST Mel Heifetz is the kind of mogul who'd rather load up on supplies at Lowe's, climb a ladder, and tighten a pipe in one of his Center City apartments than yank a tie around his neck and host a fund-raiser for a politician.

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