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Stocks down, trying for best January since ’97 (AP)

In this Jan. 30, 2012 photo, specialists Mark Otto, left, and Christopher Malloy work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Markets clawed back lost ground Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, on hopes that Greece is heading toward a conclusion of debt-reduction talks with private creditors and that it may secure its second bailout package this week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The stock market lost ground Tuesday but still appeared headed for its best January finish in more than a decade. An unexpected drop in consumer confidence dragged stocks down after a strong open.


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Stocks down, trying for best January since ’99 (AP)

In this Jan. 30, 2012 photo, specialists Mark Otto, left, and Christopher Malloy work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Markets clawed back lost ground Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, on hopes that Greece is heading toward a conclusion of debt-reduction talks with private creditors and that it may secure its second bailout package this week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The stock market lost ground Tuesday but still appeared headed for its best January finish in more than a decade. An unexpected drop in consumer confidence dragged stocks down after a strong open.


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Dow approaches highest level since 2008 crisis (AP)

In this Jan. 25, 2012 photo, traders Thomas Kay, left, Marshall Ryan, center, and Robert McQuade work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets rose on Thursday, Jan. 26, after the U.S. Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates low until late 2014 to nurture the country's stubbornly slow economic recovery. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The Dow Jones industrial average was trading near its highest close since the 2008 financial crisis Thursday after solid news on factory orders and strong earnings from U.S. manufacturers highlighted the economy’s growing momentum.


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Unemployment claims at 352,000, fewest since 2008 (AP)

An unemployed homeless Roma woman smokes in front of an abandoned building in Prague January 19, 2012.  The unemployment rate in the Czech Republic is reported at 8.6 percent and expected to rise in 2012, according to the Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.    REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY POVERTY)AP – The number of people seeking unemployment benefits plummeted last week to 352,000, the fewest since April 2008. The decline added to evidence that the job market is strengthening.


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Snowshoer missing since Saturday found alive

A 66-year-old snowshoer who had been missing on Mount Rainier since Saturday was found alive Monday by a team of three rescuers, a national park spokeswoman said.

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Giffords, Tucson mark 1 year since deadly rampage (AP)

Ina Menzl, left, hugs her daughter, 4-year-old Rebecca Kraft, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz., outside the Safeway grocery store where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot one year ago during a shooting spree that left 6 dead and 13 wounded, including Giffords. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – Bells rang out across Tucson on Sunday to mark exactly one year since a bloody morning when a gunman’s deadly rampage shook a community and shocked a nation.


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Santorum’s income has soared since he left Senate (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum smiles during an event at the Keene Public Library, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, in Keene, N.H. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP – Losing his Senate seat might have been the best thing that ever happened to Rick Santorum’s bank account.


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