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Obama says fiscal cliff deal close, not done Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 05:13 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Agonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to block across-the-board tax increases set for midnight, but held up a final deal as they haggled away the final hours of 2012 in a dispute over spending cuts. Going over the cliff Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 05:10 PM PST President Obama said Monday that Congress is making progress on a short-term "fiscal cliff" deal, but it is increasingly clear as a midnight deadline approaches that Washington will have to fix the impending tax hikes and spending cuts retroactively. Small business owner worries what fiscal cliff could bring Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 05:07 PM PST While lawmakers and President Obama wrangle in Washington, folks just trying to make a living fear what may happen if our country goes over the fiscal cliff. Obama: Deal close, not done ap.org Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 04:59 PM PST Agonizingly close to a New Year's Eve compromise, the White House and congressional Republicans agreed Monday to block across-the-board tax increases set for midnight, but held up a final deal as they ... Presidential bear hug just the sauce on the pie Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 04:59 PM PST An impromptu hug of Obama has led pizza shop owner Scott Van Duzer to witness both good and bad slices of life. Congress to miss ‘fiscal cliff’ deadline; Obama says deal is close Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 04:54 PM PST The White House and congressional Republicans agreed to block across-the-board tax increases that take effect at the start of the new year, but continued to haggle over spending cuts as the final hours of 2012 began to wind down with no sign of a final “fiscal cliff” deal in place. With hours left, Congress racing to ‘fiscal cliff’ deal 967da53b-d3b9-4686-aa27-97b0497c72c3 Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 04:53 PM PST Facing a fast-approaching midnight deadline, the polarized U.S. Congress raced against the clock late Monday to approve a deal sparing all but a sliver of the richest Americans from an income tax hike. Fractious lawmakers faced calls to action from President Barack Obama and fears of plunging the fragile economy into a new recession if [...] Irving Azoff on His Hasty Live Nation Exit: 'It's Obama's Fault' Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 04:52 PM PST From his vacation in Mexico, the industry legend reveals to THR that he's "been begging to get out for over a year," and says he plans to "invest" and "run my management company." read more United States to fall off fiscal cliff Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 04:50 PM PST America will formally plunge over fiscal cliff, despite Obama's pledge that a deal was close. Report details changes in Benghazi explanations Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 04:47 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies - but not the White House - made major changes in talking points that led to the Obama administration's confusing explanations of the attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, a Senate report concluded Monday.

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