Brinksmanship over the "fiscal cliff" has given way to compromise between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, boosting optimism for a deal in 13 days even as House Republicans prepared a "plan B."


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The actress opens up about morning sickness, giving birth and turning 40.


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3 arrested in massive Canadian maple syrup heist, which hurt world supply


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Iowa lottery winners give $3M for new HS stadium _ but visitors' locker room must be pink


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Posen is new judge on revamped 'Project Runway' with Klum and Garcia; Kors to take guest chair


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An investigation into the origin of Rudolph the Reindeer's red nose has ended the generations-old debate by uncovering an elusive but long-hypothesized scientific explanation: A snootful of red cells.


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A British woman is breathing a sigh of relief after veterinarians were able to save her precocious pooch after he swallowed a foot of Christmas lights. Sharon Fay of Southampton, England, had to rush her 7-year-old crossbreed rescue dog Charlie to the city’s People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals PetAid...


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Authorities report 2 inmates escape from federal prison in downtown Chicago


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 More movie and TV premieres have been put on hold in the wake of Friday’s horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The premiere of Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, “Django Unchained,” a violent western in which dozens of characters are brutally shot, was canceled...


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