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FISCAL CLIFF

House approves fiscal deal

America’s not going over the fiscal cliff, as the House of Representatives Tuesday approved the last-minute deal to pull the nation away from the brink of economic chaos.
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Newtown, Conn., is about 60 miles from NYC

Newtown is located in Fairfield County off Interstate 84 in southwestern Connecticut. East of Danbury, the town is about 60 miles from New York City.
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FBI won’t provide regulation that Obama says kept him in dark on Petraeus probe

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that FBI rules kept him in the dark about a sex scandal investigation until after his re-election, but his administration refused to release those rules.
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Emails between Gen. Allen and Jill Kelley raise more questions

The emails between Marine Gen. John Allen, the top American military leader in Afghanistan, and a Florida socialite contain comments that “go beyond flirtatious, and can probably be described safely as suggestive,” a Defense Department official said Wednesday.
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Nutria cleanup on Mississippi beaches after Hurricane Issac will take days

Nutria cleanup on the beaches of Hancock County, Miss., was slow going Monday as crews developed the best way to attack the problem of tons of the dead animals washing ashore from south Louisiana.
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Questions surround Army captain’s ‘lost’ nomination for Medal of Honor

Like other U.S. trainers with the Afghan force that day, former Army Capt. William Swenson had expected light resistance. Instead, the contingent walked into a furious six-hour gunfight with Taliban ambushers in which Swenson repeatedly charged through intense fire to retrieve wounded and dead.
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Names of victims emerge in Colo. theater rampage

-- A sports blogger who recently wrote about surviving a shooting in Canada. A man preparing to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. A young woman whose death announcement brought heartbreak, yet closure, to her family. They were among the 12 people killed when a gunman barged into a crowded...
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GOP kills civil unions in Colorado special session

A last-ditch effort by Colorado's governor to give gay couples in the state rights similar to married couples failed Monday after Republicans rejected the proposal during a special legislative session.
LOCAL NEWS

Plane heading for Sarasota-Bradenton International crashes in Gulf of Mexico after pilot passes out

Coast Guard crews saw no signs Thursday that the pilot of a small plane heading to Sarasota Bradenton International Airport survived when his Cessna went down in the Gulf of Mexico about three hours after two F-15 fighter jets tried to make contact with him.
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Gun used by Bonnie and Clyde auctioned for $130,000

An online bidder bought the historic submachine gun after bidding started at $50,000.