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BP expects to pay $7.8B in Gulf spill suit deal (AP)

AP – BP’s settlement of lawsuits filed by more than 100,000 victims of the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history goes a long way toward resolving pending claims. But the question remains, will Americans who live along the Gulf of Mexico go for it?

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Top bargainers announce payroll tax cut deal (AP)

The U.S. Capitol is seen, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, in Washington. Calling quits to a bruising election-year fight, negotiators on Capitol Hill worked into Wednesday night, ironing out final details of an agreement to extend a cut in the payroll taxes paid by most Americans. The legislation also would renew jobless benefits for millions more. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – Relieved congressional bargainers say they’ve reached agreement on compromise legislation extending payroll tax cuts and benefits for the long-term unemployed through 2012, edging a white-hot political battle a major step closer to finally being resolved.


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House-Senate deal reached on payroll tax measure (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks about an accord on the payroll tax cut negotiations during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Calling quits to a bruising election-year fight, negotiators on Capitol Hill sealed an agreement late Wednesday on legislation to renew a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more.


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House leaders praise emerging payroll tax cut deal (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by fellow GOP leaders, talks about an accord on the payroll tax cut negotiations during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. From left are, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Boehner, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Congressional leaders of both parties praised an emerging deal Wednesday to extend a payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, but cautioned that bargainers still had to nail down final details.


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Lawmakers move to cusp of deal on payroll tax cut (AP)

President Barack Obama speaks to continue to push Congress to act to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance through the end of the year, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012,  in the Old Executive Office building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP – Congressional leaders are gauging lawmakers’ reactions to a tentative deal extending a 2 percentage-point payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, a pact bargainers reached after House Republicans conceded that the tax cut would not have to be paid for with spending cuts.


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Greece passes new austerity deal amid rioting (AP)

AP – Greece’s parliament early Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled country from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings, looted shops and clashed with riot police.

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Yanks and Pirates still talking, but A.J. deal not close

The Yankees and Pirates continued to work Sunday toward completing a trade that would ship A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh, but a baseball source said the sides were still “a good ways away” from a deal.

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