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Obama to Push for Payroll Tax Cut Extension in NH

By Townsquare News Network November 22, 2011

Targeting Republicans in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail, President Barack Obama is in New Hampshire, a political battleground, to begin a year-end push to extend payroll tax cuts.

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Where’s the Salt? Hiding in Your Thanksgiving Menu

By Townsquare News Network November 22, 2011

No need for a salt shaker on the Thanksgiving table: Unless you really cooked from scratch, there's lots of sodium already hidden in the menu.

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MF Global Trustee Says $1.2B or More Missing

By Townsquare News Network November 22, 2011

The court-appointed trustee overseeing MF Global's bankruptcy says up to $1.2 billion is missing from customer accounts, double what the firm had reported to regulators  last month.

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‘Occupy the Highway’ Marches to Reach DC

By Townsquare News Network November 22, 2011

About two dozen Occupy Wall Street participants are expected to arrive in the nation's capital after a two-week, 240-mile march from New York.

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Supercommittee Fails To Reach Budget Deal

By Townsquare News Network November 21, 2011

The failure of a special deficit-reduction supercommittee sets up a year-end battle between President Barack Obama and a dysfunctional Congress over renewing a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for millions.

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Stocks Plunge Monday

By Townsquare News Network November 21, 2011

The Dow is closing down 249 points as a congressional committee appears close to admitting defeat on its deficit-cutting task.

The group was supposed to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next decade

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FBI Declined to Pursue NYC Bomb Plot

By Townsquare News Network November 21, 2011

Federal authorities declined to pursue a case against an "al-Qaida sympathizer" accused of plotting to bomb police stations and post offices in the New York area because they believed he was mentally unstable and incapable of pulling it off, two law enforcement officials said Monday.

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Former FBI Director Louis Freeh Former FBI Director Louis Freeh in 2007. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Ex-FBI Director Freeh To Lead Penn State Investigation

By Townsquare News Network November 21, 2011

Former FBI director Louis Freeh is promising a thorough, independent investigation into policies and activities at Penn State that relate to the child sex-abuse allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

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Facebook Tracks Where Users Go Online [AUDIO]

Stacy-Proebstle By Stacy Proebstle November 21, 2011

If you thought Facebook was completely private, think again.

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New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly holds pieces of a pipe bomb confiscated from alleged "lone wolf" terrorist Jose Pimentel at a City Hall news conference. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly holds pieces of a pipe bomb confiscated from alleged "lone wolf" terrorist Jose Pimentel at a City Hall news conference. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Terror Suspect Held Without Bond, Had Been Watched For A Year [VIDEO]

By Townsquare News Network November 20, 2011

A man described by New York's mayor as an "al-Qaida sympathizer" remains in police custody in New York, after an arraignment on terrorism-related charges.

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