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CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

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CNN: House approves Senate's fiscal cliff deal

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CNN: Bombing suspect not on terror watch list

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CNN: Hope for compromise recedes as budget debate begins

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CNN: Senate leader says new weapons ban won't pass

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CNN: Reid to force a vote Thursday on debating gun proposals