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'Fiscal cliff' standoff over, Obama back in Hawaii

By MATTHEW DALYAssociated Press HONOLULU (AP) - A week after rushing to Washington to help end a tense, end-of-year standoff with Congress, President Barack Obama is back in Hawaii for vacation. The president's annual visit to the state where he was born and spent much of his childhood was

House joins Senate to OK bill that avoids fiscal cliff

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-one hours after the U.S. Senate did its part to steer the country clear of the so-called fiscal cliff, the House of Representatives settled on an 11th-hour agreement late Tuesday night that averted widespread tax

House joins Senate to OK bill that avoids fiscal cliff

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-one hours after the U.S. Senate did its part to steer the country clear of the so-called fiscal cliff, the House of Representatives settled on an 11th-hour agreement late Tuesday night that averted widespread tax

House joins Senate to OK bill that avoids fiscal cliff

By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty-one hours after the U.S. Senate did its part to steer the country clear of the so-called fiscal cliff, the House of Representatives settled on an 11th-hour agreement late Tuesday night that averted widespread tax