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House passes fiscal cliff deal, tamps down GOP revolt  Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 08:25 PM PST Updated 11:38 pm ET The House of Representatives late Tuesday easily approved emergency bipartisan legislation sparing all but a sliver of America’s richest from sharp income tax hikes -- while setting up another “fiscal cliff” confrontation in a matter of weeks. Lawmakers voted 257-167 to send the compromise to President Barack Obama to sign into [...] Full Story	Top
Tallest building in the world turns into giant fireworks show  Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 10:04 AM PST The tallest building in the world seems to like to go big. The Burj Khalifa, the soaring 2,716-foot tower in Dubai, started the new year in a massive sound and light show that turned the entire high-rise into a giant fireworks display. A video, which captured the attention of the Web, shows an eye-popping performance [...] Full Story	Top
New year, new meteor shower peaks this week  Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 07:51 AM PST The new year promises to kick off with quite a light show. The Quadrantids meteor shower will peak this week, treating viewers to a shooting star display that should be visible under clear night skies. For those who don’t choose to brave the cold for the early morning hours on Jan. 3, when the Quadrantids [...] Full Story	Top
Senate passes 'fiscal cliff' deal, House up next  Tuesday, Jan 01, 2013 12:28 AM PST With 2013 just over two hours old, the Senate voted 89-8 on Tuesday to approve a last-minute deal to avert income tax hikes on all but the richest Americans and stall painful spending cuts as part of a hard-fought compromise to avoid the economically toxic “fiscal cliff.” Full Story	Top

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