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Obama 'Confident' Tax Deal Will Clear Congress

"Nobody -- Democrat or Republican -- wants to see people's paychecks smaller on Jan. 1 because Congress didn't act," President Obama told NPR's Steve Inskeep during an Oval Office interview on Thursday. Pete Souza/White House hide caption

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Obama 'Confident' Tax Deal Will Clear Congress

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Obama 'Confident' Congress Will Pass Tax Deal

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Yes We Can Pharez Whitted

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Our Man Barack Pharez Whitted

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Doctors Urge Cholera Vaccine For Haiti, Neighbors

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Health

Doctors Urge Cholera Vaccine For Haiti, Neighbors

by Richard Knox

Doctors Urge Cholera Vaccine For Haiti, Neighbors

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Movies

Two Big Stars But No Sparks In 'The Tourist'

by Kenneth Turan

Two Big Stars But No Sparks In 'The Tourist'

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Piecing it Together James Newton Howard

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Classical Graffiti Mike Batt

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National

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Opponents Vow To Fight On

by David Welna

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Opponents Vow To Fight On

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Uncontinental Breakfast Casey Driessen

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World

Protests But No Prize-Winner At Nobel Ceremony

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U.S.-China Tensions Intensify Over Korean Crisis

South Korean Gen. Han Min-koo looks at houses destroyed by North Korea's Nov. 23 shelling of Yeonpyeong Island. Two weeks after the attack, the rivals are still trading threats, while tensions are also rising between South Korea's ally, the U.S., and China, an ally of North Korea. Kim Ju-sung/AP/Yonhap hide caption

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Asia

U.S.-China Tensions Intensify Over Korean Crisis

by Jackie Northam

U.S.-China Tensions Intensify Over Korean Crisis

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Bei's Bossa Bei Bei & Shawn Lee

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String Quartet No. 4 ("Silent Temple") [IV] Ying Quartet

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Business

U.S. Companies Sitting On $2 Trillion In Liquid Assets

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Politics

Fierce Critic Of The Fed To Lead Its Oversight Panel

by Jim Zarroli

Fierce Critic Of The Fed To Lead Its Oversight Panel

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Business

Will The Tax-Cut Package Help Small Businesses?

by Chris Arnold

Will The Tax-Cut Package Help Small Businesses?

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SpaceX Carried Secret Cheese Into Orbit

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Django's Monkey Hot Club of Detroit

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Peter and the Wolf Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra

Politics

Obama And The Politics Of Tax-Policy Debate

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Blue Daniel Luther Hughes and the Cannonball-Coltrane

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Sunset at Hermosa Luther Hughes and the Cannonball-Coltrane

Education

Atlanta Public Schools Under Fire

by Kathy Lohr

Atlanta Public Schools Under Fire

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Low-Performing Schools Replace Staff

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StoryCorps

A Runaway Boy's Temptation: The Train Tracks

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A Runaway Boy's Temptation: The Train Tracks

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The Last Steam Engine Train Ronnie McCoury & Rob McCoury

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Go Lightly in the Night John McEuen

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Just Thinking Harder May Help You Lose Weight

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Shots - Health News

Just Thinking Harder May Help You Lose Weight

by Allison Aubrey

Just Thinking Harder May Help You Lose Weight

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Shopping Spree Orgone

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Shopping Spree Orgone

To Spend Or Not Spend: Will Tax Deal Spur Economy?

Kenneth Reitz plans to spend his tax money on Apple products, e-books, apps and possibly a dinner with his fiancee. Courtesy of Kenneth Reitz hide caption

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To Spend Or Not Spend: Will Tax Deal Spur Economy?

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Planet Money

The Island Of Stone Money

by Jacob Goldstein , David Kestenbaum

The Island Of Stone Money

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Jitterbug mecanique Alarm Will Sound

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C'est Lui Que Mon Coeur a Choisi Steven Strauss

Fresh Delivery: Indie Booksellers Pick 2010 Favorites

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Best Books Of 2010

Fresh Delivery: Indie Booksellers Pick 2010 Favorites

by Susan Stamberg

Fresh Delivery: Indie Booksellers Pick 2010 Favorites

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Let It Snow Los Straitjackets

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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra

Strange News

Man Decked 7-Foot Marijuana Plant For Christmas

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Alaska Makes Snowball Fighting A Team Sport

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