A massive bipartisan tax package preventing a tax hike for millions of Americans is on its way to President Barack Obama for his signature Friday. The House easily passed the bill Thursday. It passed the Senate earlier this week. (Dec. 17)
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, newly freed from UK police detention, heard Friday that he won’t face prosecution in his home country Australia. But he acknowledged concern over Swedish allegations and possible US legal action. (Dec. 17)
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Director Blake Edwards dies aged 88; Michael C. Hall’s wife and co-star files for divorce; CNN’s Larry King exits after 25 years. (Dec. 17)
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Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris and director Peter Weir walk the red carpet at the Dubai Film Festival for the gala premiere of their epic survival tale ‘The Way Back.’ (Dec. 17)
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Police arrested 22 demonstrators who staged a protest against home foreclosures outside a downtown Los Angeles branch of Chase bank. Officers say those arrested were cited for trespassing and released. (Dec. 17)
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Imagine being able to buy some gold just about anywhere. Now a mall in super luxe Boca Raton, Florida, is the first in the US to have a gold dispensing machine. (Dec. 17)
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Congress sent President Obama sweeping legislation late Thursday night to avoid a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes for millions and renew jobless benefits for victims of the worst recession in 80 years. (Dec. 17)
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Flashy signs symbolizing a bygone era in Las Vegas go to die in the neon boneyard. Now, their resting place is about to become public, in the form of a museum, the Neon Museum. (Dec. 17)
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Police say an unemployed Japanese man with a knife attacked students and other passengers waiting on two public buses outside a train station Friday in a rampage that left 13 people injured. (Dec. 17)
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Wright brothers conduct the first successful manned, powered flight of the airplane. US test-fires the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile; Simon Bolivar dies in Colombia; television’s Tiny Tim marries his fiancee, Miss Vicky. (Dec. 17th)
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