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Nation adds 200,000 jobs in December hiring surge (AP)

A construction worker guides a rafter into position at a construction site, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in Dayton, Ohio. A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)AP – Four painful years after the Great Recession struck and wiped out 8.7 million jobs, the United States may finally be at the start of a virtuous cycle — an escalating loop of robust job growth, healthier spending and higher demand.


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NKorea media laud son, nation grieves Kim Jong Il (AP)

AP – Streams of mourners, some wailing and some grim-faced, placed flowers at monuments around the North Korean capital Tuesday in memory of longtime ruler Kim Jong Il, while state media hailed Kim’s son and heir-apparent as a man “born of heaven” — suggesting the transition to a new leadership was firmly on track.

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Nation marks 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor (AP)

Pearl Harbor survivors stand at attention during the National Anthem during the Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base which pulled the US into a war with Japan. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)AP – In wheelchairs and on walkers, the old veterans came Wednesday to remember the day 70 years ago when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. But FDR’s “date that will live in infamy” is becoming a more distant memory.


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Russia’s ruling party wary as nation votes (AP)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, signs autographs while visiting a shipbuilding plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011.  (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool)AP – Russians cast their ballots with muted enthusiasm in national parliament elections Sunday, a vote that opinion polls indicate could water down the strength of the country’s dominant party.


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Eyes of nation on Ohio vote on union-limiting law (AP)

In this Nov. 3, 2011 photo, opponents of Issue 2 await the arrival of Ohio Gov. John Kasich for a rally in Independence, Ohio. A momentous showdown over Ohio’s tough new restrictions on public employee unions culminates Tuesday in a vote that will resound nationally in a crucial victory for the embattled labor movement or a backlash against government spending. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP – A ballot battle in Ohio that pits the union rights of public workers against Republican efforts to shrink government and limit organized labor’s reach culminates Tuesday in a vote with political consequences from statehouses to Pennsylvania Avenue.


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With Sox falling, Nation must look to Yanks

The Tampa Bay Rays are trying to accomplish something never done before: erase a nine-game September deficit to reach the playoffs. Sunday, they managed another unprecedented feat. With an 8-5 victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park, they converted a nation of Boston fans into Yankee fans. Tampa’s victory cut Boston’s lead in the AL wild-card race to two games with 10 to play for each team.

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Nation honors 9/11 heroes, victims

Across the nation Sunday, Americans went to the tallest building around and trudged up and down in the stairwells to honor the 343 firefighters who died in the World Trade Center ten years ago.

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