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Fiscal 'cliff' deal proving elusive

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A Capitol Hill deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" was proving elusive Sunday as a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every American worker and block sweeping spending cuts set to strike the Pentagon and other federal agencies

Car bombing targeting Shiites in Pakistan kills 19

By ABDUL SATTARAssociated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed 19 people in southwest Pakistan, officials and eyewitnesses said. Earlier Sunday, 21 tribal policemen believed to have been kidnapped by the Taliban were found shot dead in

Obama: Troops aiding African diplomat evacuation

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui in the face of rebel advances toward the city. Obama informed

Over the fiscal cliff: Soft or hard landing?

By CONNIE CASSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican