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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama acknowledges House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy. The 63-year-old speaker has been caught up ever since in a monumental struggle over taxes and spending aimed at keeping the country from taking a yearend dive over the "fiscal cliff." Obama is tugging Boehner one way in pursuit of a budget deal, while conservatives yank the other way, some howling that the speaker already is going wobbly on them and turning vindictive against those in his party who dare disagree. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Boehner: a dealmaker and a survivor in tight spot

Associated Press, Nancy Benac · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

Obama OKs individual disaster relief for Somerset

Obama OKs individual disaster relief for Somerset

Associated Press · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

This photo posted to the Emilie Parker Fund Facebook page shows Emilie Parker and her father Robbie Parker. Fighting back tears and struggling to catch his breath, Robbie Parker the father of 6-year-old Emile Parker who was gunned down in Friday's school shooting in Connecticut told the world about a little girl who loved to draw and was always smiling, and he also reserved surprising words of sympathy for the gunman. (AP Photo/Emilie Parker Fund)

Names and ages of those killed in Conn. rampage

Associated Press · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton poses for photographs before a dinner hosted by Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam, unseen, at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore. The State Department says Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, that Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a stomach virus, sustained a concussion after fainting. She's now recovering at home and being monitored by doctors. An aide, Philippe Reines, says in a statement that Clinton will continue to work from home next week, as the recommendation of her doctors. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faints, sustains concussion

Associated Press · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

Police, world wonder about Conn. shooting motive

Associated Press · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

Row of colorful paperback books

Top 10 Books for 2012

Associated Press · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

In Terry McAuliffe's first bid for governor in 2009, Bill Clinton helped out and he's likely to repeat for McAuliffe next year. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Terry McAuliffe firm never applied for Va. incentives

Associated Press · December 15, 2012 5:00 am

Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. An official with knowledge of Friday's shooting said 27 people were dead, including 18 children. It was the worst school shooting in the country's history. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

AP source: Suspect killed mother at their home

Associated Press, Pete Yost · December 15, 2012 12:33 am

This undated photo provided by Sotheby's shows the piano used in the movie "Casablanca." An unidentified buyer plunked down $602,500 for the piano that played "As Times Goes By" in the classic 1942 film "Casablanca." The 58-key upright sold at Sotheby's New York on Friday. (AP Photo/Sotheby's)

‘Casablanca’ piano sells in NY for more than $600K

Associated Press · December 14, 2012 6:43 pm

27 dead, including gunman, at Conn. school

27 dead, including gunman, at Conn. school

Associated Press · December 14, 2012 5:00 am

In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a reported shooting there Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks) MANDATORY CREDIT

Official: 27 dead in Conn. school shooting

Associated Press · December 14, 2012 5:00 am

Grey wolf (Photo: Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife)

Mich. Legislature OKs bill authorizing wolf hunts

Associated Press · December 14, 2012 5:00 am