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Unemployment benefits down by 12,000 last week
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The average number of people seeking unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.
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Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz named Inouye successor
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Hawaii's lieutenant governor spent time in the morning telling fellow Democrats why he should become the state's next U.S. senator. Hours later, he was hitching a ride to Washington with President Obama to be sworn in as the late Sen. Daniel Inouye's successor.
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Former President George H.W. Bush remains in intensive care
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Former President George H.W. Bush remained in guarded condition overnight in the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital after a day marked by "a series of setbacks including persistent fever," according to his spokesman.
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Fiscal cliff: Kicking the Can, Washington-style
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Congressional officials said Wednesday they knew of no significant strides toward a compromise over a long Christmas weekend, and no negotiations have been set.
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US Treasury to take steps to avoid borrowing limit
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The U.S. Treasury Department will begin taking steps this week to delay hitting the government's $16.4 trillion borrowing limit. Without those steps, the debt limit would be hit on Dec. 31.
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Police union seeks help for Newtown officers
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Some of the police officers who responded to the elementary school shooting in Newtown are so traumatized they haven't been working, but they have to use sick time and could soon be at risk of going without a paycheck, a union official said Wednesday.
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Utah teachers to receive weapons training
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Organizers say the goal is to arm more teachers in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shooting, where 20 children and six educators were killed.
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New York firefighter deaths: Funerals set for next week
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Funerals have been scheduled Sunday and Monday for the two volunteer firefighters who were shot and killed while responding to a fire near Rochester, N.Y. on Christmas Eve.
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Four firefighters shot in New York at Rochester blaze
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Police have found human remains in the burned-out home of the Webster, N.Y., ex-con who killed two firefighters and believe the victim is the gunman's sister.
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Newtown celebrates Christmas and remembers victims
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Twenty-six candles, one for each victim, were lit at midnight Monday near a huge sidewalk memorial filled with teddy bears, flowers, candles, posters and other tributes to the dead.
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NORAD tracks Santa's progress
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The first shift of Santa trackers started taking calls early Monday, telling children - and some adults - when Santa is due at their house. The last shift won't end until nearly 24 hours later.
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Piers Morgan deportation petition: Thousands push for deportation over gun views
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Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views.
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Sen. Daniel Inouye Hawaii memorial service attended by President Obama, lawmakers
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The late Sen. Daniel Inouye was remembered Sunday as an American hero whose legacy as a war veteran and longtime senator would be felt across Hawaii for years to come.
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Former President George H.W. Bush still hospitalized
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Methodist Hospital spokesman George Kovacik said in an email statement Sunday that doctors are still optimistic that the 88-year-old former president, George H. W. Bush, will make a full recovery.
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Fiscal cliff: Lieberman fears country may go over 'fiscal cliff'
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Lieberman says going over the cliff "will be the most colossal consequential act of congressional irresponsibility in a long time, maybe ever in American history."
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Don't be fooled by January pay - higher taxes loom
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No matter what Congress does to address the year-end fiscal cliff, it's already too late for employers to accurately withhold income taxes from January paychecks, unless all the current tax rates remain unchanged, which is an unlikely scenario.
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Fiscal cliff: Obama calls for smaller-scale budget deal with GOP
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In a White House appearance Friday, Obama also called on Congress to extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that would otherwise be cut off for 2 million people at the end of the year.
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Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant can reopen
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A consent decree filed Friday in federal court says Sunland Inc., the nation's largest organic peanut butter producer, can reopen if it hires an independent expert to develop a sanitation plan, which then must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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