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Lawmakers, Obama in last chance talks on “fiscal cliff”

YoopyaDec 28, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama and lawmakers are launching a last-chance round of budget talks days before a New Year’s deadline to reach a deal

Ex-U.S. President George H.W. Bush in intensive care

YoopyaDec 27, 20120

(Reuters) – Former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital and is in “guarded condition,” family spokesman Jim

Washington stirs for “fiscal cliff” talks as Obama heads home

YoopyaDec 27, 2012June 22, 20230

(Reuters) – Efforts to prevent the U.S. economy from going over a “fiscal cliff” stirred back to life on Wednesday with less than a week

Thousands sign U.S. petition to deport Piers Morgan over gun comments

YoopyaDec 26, 20120

(Reuters) – More than 48,000 people have signed a petition that they posted on the White House website demanding that British CNN talk show host Piers Morgan

Lawmakers play waiting game with ‘fiscal cliff’ deadline in sight

YoopyaDec 26, 20120

(Reuters) – With only a week left before a deadline for the United States to go over a “fiscal cliff,” lawmakers played a waiting game

Storm brings tornadoes, snow to South; two dead

YoopyaDec 26, 20120

(Reuters) – A major winter storm system swept through the southern United States on Tuesday, spawning tornadoes in several states and killing two people in

Officials: NY gunman set ‘trap’ for firefighters

kiemtarDec 25, 2012December 26, 20120

A man who set his house on fire then lured firefighters to their deaths in a blaze of flames and bullets had attracted little attention

NORAD’s Santa trackers have record-breaking night

kiemtarDec 25, 2012December 26, 20120

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado (AP) — Volunteers at a U.S. Air Force base monitoring Santa Claus’ progress around the world were on hand to

Son says Romney was reluctant to run for president again: report

YoopyaDec 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Republican Mitt Romney’s family had to convince him to make a second bid for the presidency because he was reluctant to run again

Fear, finger-pointing mount over “fiscal cliff”

YoopyaDec 24, 20120

(Reuters) – Some lawmakers voiced concern on Sunday that the country would go over “the fiscal cliff” in nine days, triggering harsh spending cuts and