Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
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The House votes 257-167 to give final approval to the bill that averted spending cuts and tax hikes on the middle class.
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Ending the Social Security payroll tax cut means that someone earning $50,000 will pay $1,000 more a year in taxes.
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New York-area lawmakers are outraged that the House planned to end its term without approving a $60.4 billion bill for storm-battered victims.
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The photographer is struck by a car after trying to shoot a picture of Bieber’s Ferrari.
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Sixty-one people were killed and more than 200 injured in the crowd after a New Year’s fireworks show on Africa’s Ivory Coast.
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Fighting between government troops and rebels forced the international airport in Aleppo to close.
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The state planned to file a federal lawsuit over stiff sanctions imposed after the Sandusky sex abuse scandal.
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India’s top court is deciding whether to suspend facing sexual assault charges as protests continue.
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Excavators found bullets believed to have been fired by the McCoys in an 1888 gun battle in eastern Kentucky.
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ESPN’s Hannah Storm waved her bandaged left hand as she hosted the Rose Parade in her first appearance since she was burned three weeks ago.
