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Senate showdown may pave way for year-end tax deal
By News on Dec 4, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans derailed legislation Saturday to extend expiring tax cuts at all but the highest income levels in a political showdown that paradoxically clears a path for a compromise with the White House on steps to boost the economy....PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow
By News on Dec 4, 2010
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BERLIN (AP) -- The online payment service provider PayPal has cut off the account used by WikiLeaks to collect donations, serving another blow to the organization just as it was struggling to keep its website accessible after an American company stopped directing traffic to it....GOP block Democratic tax plans on upper-incomes
By News on Dec 4, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans blocked legislation Saturday to let upper-income tax cuts expire on Jan. 1, a showdown scripted by Democrats eager to showcase GOP lawmakers as defenders of millionaires....Obama signs bill averting government shutdown
By News on Dec 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has signed legislation that keeps the government running and averts a shutdown that could have happened this weekend....
Spain declares 'state of alarm' over air chaos
By News on Dec 4, 2010
MADRID (AP) -- Spain declared an unprecedented "state of alarm" Saturday to try to end an air traffic controllers strike that has largely closed the country's air space and stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers, threatening jail terms under military law for controllers who refuse to go back to work....
