Gas prices have been ticking higher in recent weeks, so much so that $4.00 a gallon gas is a reality in some parts of the country once again.(Dec. 7)
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The Redskins suspended disgruntled defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth for the rest of the regular season on Tuesday, for what club officials label as “conduct detrimental to the team.” (Dec. 7)
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President Barack Obama says a deal he has struck with congressional Republicans on renewing Bush era tax cuts keeps his 2008 promise to protect the American middle class from an increase in tax rates. (Dec. 7)
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Heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures across Scotland, and other parts of the United Kingdom on Monday night, forced flight cancellations and airport closures as well as bringing traffic to a near standstill. (Dec. 7)
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MSNBC's Chuck Todd on the December 7 “Daily Rundown” was uncharacteristically heated in his opposition to the compromise between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans on extending the Bush tax rates. Interviewing a Treasury Department official, Todd used flawed statistics to malign the proposed two-year extension of tax breaks for all families as unacceptably expensive. “The cost of this is astronomical though,” proclaimed the NBC Political Director. “The payroll tax cut means essentially borrowing from the Social Security trust fund to do this temporary payroll tax. I mean, it's 120 billion, that's a lot of money!” [Video embedded after the page break.] read more
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Police in Virginia say 12-year-old Brittany Mae Smith, whose mother was found dead, is missing. Smith is presumed to be with a man the mother met online, Jeff Easley. (Dec. 7)
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A singing group from Yeshiva University has a Hanukkah hit on their hands. ‘Candlelight,’ a remake of a pop song, has gotten well over 2 million views online. (Dec. 7)
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A British judge jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday, ordering the leader of secret-spilling website behind bars as his organization’s finances came under increasing pressure. (Dec. 7)
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Baltimore firefighters battle two big blazes in the course of hours. One fire downtown does damage to the city’s adult entertainment district and buildings more than 100 years old. (Dec. 7)
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With demonstrators and activists in the streets, and officials discussing European budget issues in different capitals, the continent’s financial crisis remained a focus and a talking point Tuesday. (Dec. 7)
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