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• 7. SUPPORTERS PRAYING FOR CHAVEZ
• Three weeks after cancer surgery, the Venezuelan leader's condition appears increasingly dire.
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• 8. WHY OSCAR VOTERS HAVE ONE MORE DAY
• Criticism of its new online system prompted the motion picture academy to extend the deadline until Friday.
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• 9. THIS CLUB IS BYOP
• Two Colorado clubs were believed to be the first legal recreational marijuana dens in the nation.
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• 10. 12 SACKED IN NFL POSTSEASON
• Seven football coaches and five general managers lost their jobs after the regular season ended.
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AP News in Brief
Bill to avert fiscal cliff heads to House after early-morning approval by Senate
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation to negate a fiscal cliff of across-the-board tax increases and sweeping spending cuts to the Pentagon and other government agencies is headed to the GOP-dominated House after bipartisan, middle-of-the-night approval in the Senate capped a New Year's Eve drama unlike any other in the annals of Congress.
• The measure cleared the Senate on an 89-8 vote early Tuesday, hours after Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky sealed a deal.
• It would prevent middle-class taxes from going up but would raise rates on higher incomes. It would also block spending cuts for two months, extend unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless, prevent a 27 percent cut in fees for doctors who treat Medicare patients and prevent a spike in milk prices.
• The measure ensures that lawmakers will have to revisit difficult budget questions in just a few weeks, as relief from painful spending cuts expires and the government requires an increase in its borrowing cap.
• House Speaker John Boehner pointedly refrained from endorsing the agreement, (Continued on page 31)
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