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• NYC raises mayoral mansion fence, citing security

  12-12-2014 23:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's mayoral mansion has gotten a higher fence after White House fence-jumping incursions raised security concerns.
  
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• Motown's Temptations, Four Tops visit Oval Office

  12-12-2014 22:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two legendary Motown groups "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" for a little VIP access at the White House.
  
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• Obama welcomes US House approval of spending bill

  12-12-2014 22:37
  
  US President Barack Obama welcomed on Friday the approval of a compromise spending bill by the House of Representatives that helped avoid a government shutdown. "Had I been able to draft my own legislation and get it passed without any Republican votes, I suspect it would be slightly different," Obama said with a smile before a White House meeting on the Ebola outbreak. The House of Representatives gave their approval Thursday night to a bill that extends federal operations until Septe
  
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• Obama to host Mexico's Pena Nieto in January

  12-12-2014 22:18
  
  US President Barack Obama will host his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto for a January 6 meeting which aims to strengthen ties between the North American neighbors, the White House announced Friday. "The president looks forward to welcoming President Pena Nieto back to Washington and working with him to continue strengthening the strategic partnership between the United States and Mexico and advancing our common goals," the White House said in a statement. The summit, the first v
  
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• TV.com's Best of 2014: The Best Comedies

  12-12-2014 21:12
  
  If laughter is the best medicine, 2014 was the year we all overdosed. Comedy surged thanks to a superb wave of freshmen that reinvigorated the genre, which happened in tandem with the continued success of old faithfuls. And the funniest shows hailed from everywhere! Broadcast networks, basic cable, premium cable, comedy veterans, television noobs, indie auteurs, and cartoonists' pens! Here are our 11 overall favorites: Bob's Burgers | FOX While Fox's higher-profile animated series
  
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• Obama, Pena Nieto to meet at White House on Jan. 6

  12-12-2014 17:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Barack Obama's first meetings of the New Year will be with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto (PAYN'-yuh nee-EH'-toh).
  
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• Weather porn? Storms take over evening news

  12-12-2014 16:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The correspondent most frequently seen on either ABC, CBS or NBC's evening newscasts this year doesn't work out of the White House or some overseas trouble zone. It's Ginger Zee, ABC's meteorologist.
  
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• Shakira, John Legend Help Obama Launch Early Childhood Education Campaign

  12-12-2014 14:56
  
  Shakira, John Legend, Julianne Moore and Jennifer Garner will help President Barack Obama launch a new national campaign, Invest in US, that promotes better programs for early childhood development and education. The campaign, organized by the First Five Years fund and its philanthropic partners, launched earlier this week at the White House Summit...
  
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• Weather increasingly part of national news

  12-12-2014 14:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The correspondent most frequently seen on either ABC, CBS or NBC's evening newscasts this year doesn't work out of the White House or some overseas trouble zone. It's Ginger Zee, ABC's meteorologist.
  
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• Rand Paul And Apple Have The Same Strategy

  12-12-2014 13:30
  
  Mike Nudelman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and Apple both seem to understand the marketplace.  Apple is betting bipartisan concern about intrusive government snooping will help sell phones and Paul is creating a pretty impressive presidential campaign based on the same play. Apple and Google have rolled out new default encryption technologies on their latest phones that even the companies would not be able to unlock. This means the companies would not be able to comply with court orders to turn
  
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• CNBC's Sharon Epperson Nominated for GOBankingRates' "Best Personal Finance Expert" Competition

  12-12-2014 13:15
  
  LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharon Epperson, veteran journalist and CNBC's senior personal finance correspondent, has been named a finalist in the fourth annual GOBankingRates "Best Personal Finance Expert" of 2014 competition, which runs now through Dec. 31. Epperson, who is a regular guest on "Nightly Business Report," "On the Money," and NBC's "Today" and "Nightly News," is an award-winning journalist and author. As an adjunct professor at Columbia's School of International Pu
  
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• US Shutdown Averted With $1.1tn Budget Deal

  12-12-2014 12:09
  
  The US House of Representatives has passed a $1.1tn (£700bn) budget bill, averting a government shutdown with just hours to spare. The Republican bill was passed by 219 votes to 206, after the White House ...
  
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• China expresses regret at U.S. failure to pass IMF reforms

  12-12-2014 09:59
  
  China expressed regret on Friday at the failure of U.S. Congress to pass reforms to give emerging markets greater say at the International Monetary Fund. The White House signed off on the reforms in 2010, ...
  
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• US House approves $1.1 trillion spending bill, averts shutdown

  12-12-2014 07:25
  
  Facing intense pressure to avoid a government shutdown, the US House of Representatives narrowly passed a $1.1 trillion federal spending bill Thursday, sending it to the Senate after it was ushered through barely two hours before a midnight deadline. The 219-206 vote followed a bruising day of arm-twisting by the White House after dozens of Democrats revolted over pro-Wall Street and campaign-finance riders in the bill, dramatically splitting with President Barack Obama over the legislation that
  
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• You Too Can Decorate a White House Christmas Tree!

  12-12-2014 05:43
  The White House’s Blue Room Christmas Tree, this year themed “America the Brave”. Photo via NPR Ever wonder who decorates the 26 Christmas trees at the White House? After about 100 of decorating, the White House is not only decked out in boughs of holly, but also a 300 pound Gingerbread house.  Photo via NPR Applications to become holiday decorators for the "White House Christmas" are submitted between June 1st and August 10th, and once the volunteer pool is chosen (presumably af
  
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• US House approves $1.1 trillion spending bill, Senate next

  12-12-2014 05:09
  
  Facing intense pressure to avoid a government shutdown, the US House of Representatives passed a $1.1 trillion federal spending bill, sending it to the Senate barely two hours before a midnight deadline. The 219-206 vote followed a bruising day of arm-twisting by the White House after dozens of Democrats revolted over pro-Wall Street and campaign-finance riders in the bill, dramatically splitting with President Barack Obama over the legislation that funds most federal operations through Septembe
  
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• CIA letter shows pre-war concern about Iraq 9/11 link

  12-12-2014 01:23
  
  The CIA declassified a letter Thursday that suggests US intelligence had grave doubts about part of the case made by former president George W. Bush's White House to justify the war in Iraq. In the run-up to the March 2003 invasion, US officials including then vice president Dick Cheney alleged that 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta had met an Iraqi spy in Prague before the attacks. The alleged meeting was cited as evidence of a possible link between Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and the Septembe
  
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• Obama to sign Venezuela sanctions bill

  12-12-2014 01:08
  
  Washington, Dec 12 (IANS/EFE) US President Barack Obama plans to sign into law a bill expanding sanctions on Venezuelan officials accused of violently oppressing protests against the country's leftist government, the White House said Thursday.
  
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• Democrats, Obama part on $1.1T spending bill

  12-12-2014 00:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In unlikely alliance, the Obama White House and House Republicans joined forces Thursday in a furious attempt to pass a $1.1 trillion governmentwide spending bill over clamorous protests from Democrats who said it would roll back bank regulations imposed in the wake of the economic near-meltdown of 2008.
  
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