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The stock market has reached another milestone.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed within two points of its all-time high after another strong report on housing encouraged investors to buy stocks.

The Dow Jones industrial average has reached another milestone, recording its longest winning streak since 1996.

The Dow is logging its longest winning streak in two years -- barely.

Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street for a seventh straight day, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average further into record territory.

The Dow Jones industrial average is pushing further into record territory, a day after surging past its previous all-time high.

The Dow has never been higher.

Stocks are closing sharply higher for a second day as evidence mounts that the housing market is making a comeback.

Stocks are dropping sharply as investors worry that Italy could be seized with political paralysis, stymieing the country's economic reforms and causing another flare-up in the region's debt crisis.

Google's stock price topped $800 for the first time Tuesday amid renewed confidence in the company's ability to reap steadily higher profits from its dominance of Internet search and prominence in the increasingly important mobile device market.