
By CONNIE CASS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two days out from the end of the year, lawmakers appeared to have made little progress toward devising a compromise to keep the nation from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the start of 2013. All eyes were on the Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate, who vowed to keep chipping away
...Today is Saturday, Dec. 29, the 364th day of 2012. There are two days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed into the Florida Everglades near Miami International Airport, killing 101 of the 176 people aboard. (Investigators determined
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