• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. CONGRESS STAVES OFF THE 'FISCAL CLIFF'
• The House votes 257-167 to give final approval to the bill that averted spending cuts and tax hikes on the middle class.
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• 2. THE TAX HIKE NO ONE'S TALKING ABOUT
• Ending the Social Security payroll tax cut means that someone earning $50,000 will pay $1,000 more a year in taxes.
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• 3. ANGER OVER SANDY AID
• New York-area lawmakers are outraged that the House planned to end its term without approving a $60.4 billion bill for storm-battered victims.
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• 4. BIEBER PAPARAZZO KILLED IN ACCCIDENT
• The photographer is struck by a car after trying to shoot a picture of Bieber's Ferrari.
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• 5. A DEADLY FIREWORKS STAMPEDE
• Sixty-one people were killed and more than 200 injured in the crowd after a New Year's fireworks show on Africa's Ivory Coast.
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• 6. WHAT CLOSED DOWN IN SYRIA'S LARGEST CITY
• Fighting between government troops and rebels forced the international airport in Aleppo to close.
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• 7. WHO PENNSYLVANIA IS TAKING TO COURT OVER PENN STATE
• The state planned to file a federal lawsuit over stiff sanctions imposed after the Sandusky sex abuse scandal.
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• 8. MORE BACKLASH AGAINST INDIA GANG RAPE

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