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Jets issue challenge to Bills’ Fitzpatrick

Although the Super Bowl chatter has quieted down in recent weeks, the Jets still believe they’ll be in Indianapolis in February if they take care of business during a pivotal four-game stretch that begins in Buffalo on Sunday.

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Studies challenge wisdom of GOP candidates’ plans (AP)

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain, left, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry are seen before a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. Key proposals from the Republican presidential candidates might make for good campaign fodder. But independent analyses raise serious questions about those plans and their ability to cure the nation’s economic and housing woes. The candidates are pushing lower taxes and less regulation in the name of job creation. But employers say poor consumer demand is a far bigger obstacle to new hires. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)AP – Key proposals from the Republican presidential candidates might make for good campaign fodder. But independent analyses raise serious questions about those plans and their ability to cure the nation’s ills in two vital areas, the economy and housing.


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GOP upset win in NY portends challenge for Obama (AP)

Bob Turner, center, joined by his wife Peggy, right, and family smiles as he  delivers his victory speech during an election night party, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011 in New York. Turner says his shocking win in a heavily Democratic New York City district is a 'loud and clear' message to Washington.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP – Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race that started as a contest to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner after he resigned in a sexting scandal but became a referendum on President Barack Obama’s economic policies.


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Obama’s challenge: A debt deal and jobs, too (AP)

President Barack Obama delivers a statement on the monthly jobs report, Friday, July 8, 2011, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Immersed in an intense struggle to cut the national debt, President Barack Obama faces a dilemma that will stay with him even if he succeeds in striking a grand deal with Congress: convincing Americans that the entire effort will do anything to create desperately needed jobs.


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Winds challenge crews battling AZ, NM wildfires (AP)

Houses saved from back burns from the Monument fire are seen Saturday, June 18, 2011 in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The fire continues to threaten Sierra Vista but firefighters got a handle on its most worrisome flare-up in Miller Canyon. The human-caused fire, which started Sunday, is now at more than 19,000 acres. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – Authorities ordered more evacuations Sunday as crews battling a pair of wildfires in Arizona and on the New Mexico border faced extremely high winds that drove flames across containment lines and toward populated areas.


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Winds to challenge crews battling AZ, NM wildfires (AP)

A sky crane CH-44 drops water cooling off the edge of the track fire northeast of Raton, N.M., Friday, June 17, 2011.  Along the New Mexico-Colorado border, the winds Thursday pushed one fire toward breaks that had been carved into the rugged landscape by bulldozers. Crews had anticipated the fire's movement and were prepared to hold the line with help from helicopters and air tankers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)AP – Extremely high winds are expected to challenge firefighters trying to protect homes threatened by a pair of fires in southern and eastern Arizona on Sunday.


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Netanyahu at White House after Obama challenge (AP)

President Barack Obama shakes hands with audience members after he delivered his Middle East speech at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were sharply at odds over terms for Middle East peace ahead of a highly anticipated Oval Office meeting Friday.


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