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With cliff averted, it’s on to next fiscal crisis
WASHINGTON — Onward to the next fiscal crisis. Actually, several of them, potentially. The New Year’s Day deal averting the “fiscal cliff” lays the groundwork for more combustible struggles in Wash...
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Mom: Boy didn’t steal plane in crash
JASPER, Ala. — A teen pilot killed along with two friends in an Alabama plane crash had his own key to the aircraft and had flown it many times, his mother said Wednesday, denying authorities’ asse...
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Stocks soar on fiscal deal
NEW YORK — The “fiscal cliff” compromise, even with all its chaos, controversy and unresolved questions, was enough to ignite the stock market on Wednesday, the first trading day of the new year. ...
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Feds say delay made oil spill worse
BILLINGS, Mont. — Delays in Exxon Mobil Corp.’s response to a major pipeline break beneath Montana’s Yellowstone River made an oil spill far worse than it otherwise would have been, federal regulat...
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Associated Press The Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk sits aground off a small island Tuesday near Kodiak Island. No leak has been seen from the drilling ship which grounded off the island during a storm, officials said, as opponents criticized the growing race to explore the Arctic for energy resources.
Critics say ship’s grounding shows drilling danger in Arctic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The grounding of a petroleum drilling ship on a remote Alaska Island has refueled the debate about oil exploration in the U.S. Arctic Ocean, where critics for years have said th...
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Senate’s fiscal deal forged in flurry of final negotiations
WASHINGTON — They had 80 hours to finish or fail. Stuck in a “fiscal cliff” stalemate, trust nearing tatters, President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans changed the game after Christmas. It t...
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Clinton receiving blood thinners
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to recover in a New York hospital where she’s being treated for a blood clot in her head. Her doctors say blood thinners are bein...
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Regular season winners don’t always make playoff champions
— The Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, who tied for the league’s best record at 13-3, are well aware of one of the NFL’s biggest truisms: more often than not, the regular season is for suckers. ...
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‘Cliff’ avoided
WASHINGTON — Past its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesd...
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Newspaper defies trend to cut costs
SANTA ANA, Calif. — New and expanded sections to cover business, automobiles and food. A nearly five-fold increase in community news pages and more investigative reporting. Even daily color comics....
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