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Groups specifically caution against cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and education

(CNN) -- Several major labor unions joined together to release an ad campaign this week pushing members of Congress to raise tax rates on the wealthiest Americans and protect entitlement programs from major cuts as a solution to the looming fiscal cliff, the groups announced Tuesday.


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Death row inmate told relatives he committed the murders while O.J. Simpson waited nearby

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- A death row inmate told relatives and a criminal profiler he killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman while O.J. Simpson waited nearby, a new documentary claims.


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Murphy has declared victory on previous occasions after results were reported

(CNN) -- Although both Republican Rep. Allen West and Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy picked up votes in a weekend recount, the unofficial numbers did not change each man's standing - with Murphy still ahead - and, regardless, the latest count may not factor into the final totals.


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Dozens formed a 'human chain' to keep heavy machinery from moving at pipeline site

(CNN) -- The fight to block construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through east Texas stepped up Monday as protesters locked themselves to machinery.


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She and her employees deploy hard work, generators and humor to keep things going

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Ashley Murray never expected to follow five generations of men into the family business, selling industrial gasses and welding supplies. Then her father passed away and Murray, the youngest of his four children, stepped up. She became the first female president of Liberty Industrial Gases and Welding Supplies Inc. in Brooklyn.


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The fiscal cliff is a combination of the spending cuts passed by Congress -- known as sequestration -- and expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts

(CNN) -- With the so-called fiscal cliff looming, legislators continued on Sunday to express optimism that a deal would be reached -- but members of the two parties remained entrenched on one of the major sticking points, tax revenue.


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Eleven people were injured in the blast, and one other crew member is missing

(CNN) -- Divers found the body of a man believed to be one of two crew members missing after an oil platform blast in the Gulf of Mexico, the platform's manager said.


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U.S. Forest Service wants hunters, fisherman to flag any suspicious areas

(CNN) -- The U.S. Forest Service is urging hunters and fishermen to keep their eyes open for marijuana growing operations in Wisconsin's Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. 


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Ex-CIA Chief Petraeus testifies Benghazi attack was al Qaeda-linked terrorism

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former CIA Director David Petraeus testified on Capitol Hill Friday that the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in September was an act of terrorism committed by al Qaeda-linked militants.


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Adis Medunjanin, 28, was charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Bosnian immigrant who authorities said came within days of carrying out a plot to bomb New York City's subway system was sentenced to life in prison on Friday. 


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