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• 1. WHEN IT'S TIME FOR 'PLAN C'
• Facing a revolt by the rank and file, House Republicans scuttle plans to vote on the so-called Plan B, a proposal to avoid the "fiscal cliff."
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• 2. HOW BIG PHARMA IS CASHING IN ON HGH ABUSE
• An AP investigation shows that a federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has driven record sales of the drug.
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• 3. A WEEK LATER, REMEMBERING SCHOOL SHOOTING VICTIMS
• Many plan a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. Friday, and buildings in Connecticut with bells have been asked to ring them 26 times.
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• 4. WHERE CHRISTMAS WILL BE WHITE, AND ROADS TREACHEROUS
• Whiteout conditions in the Midwest are closing interstate highways and canceling flights of holiday travelers.
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• 5. EGYPT GEARING UP FOR PROTESTS AHEAD OF CONSTITUTION VOTE
• Backers of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi head toward the presidential palace while liberal and secular groups camp out at Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square.
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• 6. JAPAN'S NEXT LEADER WANTS FREER REIN FOR MILITARY
• Shinzo Abe vows a review of post-WWII security policies and proposes ideas that range from changing the name of the military to revising the constitution.
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• 7. FACEBOOK EYES NEW REVENUE
• Users would pay $1 to send messages to the inboxes of non-friends under a service the social network is testing.
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• 8. THE END MAY BE NEAR. JUST NOT THIS NEAR
• The Mayans' appointed time comes and goes with no sign of the apocalypse.
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• 9. 'SANDY CLAUS' DELIVERS TOYS TO STORM-STRICKEN KIDS
• Michael Sciaraffo is playing the role of Saint Nick and heading out to storm-ravaged homes to deliver new toys to kids whose play rooms were destroyed by floodwaters.
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