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  1. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, listens. Republicans forced Democrats Saturday to defend cutting $40 billion from agencies that care for seniors in their homes as partisan debate raged in a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Medicare cuts focus of Senate health care debate AP - 1 minute ago

    WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans forced Democrats to vote in favor of cutting billions from providers of home care for older people as partisan debate flared Saturday during a rare weekend session on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

  2. Clark Norris, left, and his son Todd Norris, right, are shown inside Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant in Conover, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Legacy's recent success highlights a trend: Counties with the heaviest reliance on manufacturing income are posting some of the biggest employment gains of the nation's nascent economic recovery. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
    AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback AP - 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

    CONOVER, N.C. - As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.

  3. The label on a pair of North Korea produced NoKo jeans is seen during the launch of the line of designer jeans at PUB department store in Stockholm, Sweden, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. A trio of Swedish entrepreneurs launched a line of designer jeans made in North Korea, saying Friday they hope to help break the country's isolation by joining the handful of foreign manufacturers operating in the communist nation. 'Noko Jeans' come in two models, the slim-fit 'Kara' and the loose-fit 'Oke' — an apparent play on 'karaoke' singing popular across Asia. The price tag is 1,500 kronor ($220) — more than two years' wages for an average North Korean. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Jonas Ekstromer)
    Swedish store pulls plug on N. Korean jeans AP - Sat Dec 5, 11:57 AM ET

    STOCKHOLM - A Stockholm department store on Saturday removed a new line of North Korean-made designer jeans from its shelves, saying it wants to avoid courting controversy through ties with the isolated communist nation.

  4. Shoppers look for bargains during Black Friday sales at a Best Buy store in Glendale, California November 27, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCarten
    Rally may have legs, but beware of Scrooge Reuters - Sat Dec 5, 12:00 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the bulls have their way, Wall Street's rally will keep going next week on signs of stability in the labor market. But concerns about penny-pinching consumers during the holiday shopping season and the specter of higher interest rates may be a hurdle to jump.

  5. President Barack Obama waves goodbye as he boards Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Hanover, Pa, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
    In Tuesday speech, Obama to promote new job ideas AP - Sat Dec 5, 5:25 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - In his latest job creation effort, President Barack Obama is trying to find practical and politically feasible ways of spurring hiring among skittish employers.

  6. Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln, D-Ark., center, accompanied by Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., left, and Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
    FACT CHECK: Unprovable claims stoke health debate AP - Sat Dec 5, 5:41 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - When Republican Sen. Tom Coburn warned seniors, "you're going to die sooner" if Democrats pass health care legislation, it stood out as an memorable, unprovable moment in an opening-week debate over President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative.

  7. An image released by Christie's shows a copy of Edgar Allan Poe's first book, 'Tamerlane and Other Poems.' The 1827 publication is expected to fetch from $500,000 to $700,000 at auction on Dec. 4, 2009 at Christie's in New York. (AP Photo/Christie's Images, LTd.)
    Copy of Poe's 1st book sells for $662K in NYC AP - Fri Dec 4, 12:48 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A rare copy of Edgar Allan Poe's first book has sold for $662,500, smashing the previous record price for American literature.

  8. Six more U.S. banks closed Reuters - Sat Dec 5, 12:26 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators seized six more U.S. banks on Friday, bringing the tally of failures to 130 this year as the bank industry continues to suffer under the weight of deteriorating loans.

  9. An Egyptian bodyguard secures Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi as he is surrounded by journalists before the opening of the Ministerial Conference of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. The Saudi oil minister says current global oil price is 'perfect' and the market is stable. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
    Saudi oil minister: oil prices 'perfect' AP - Sat Dec 5, 7:15 AM ET

    CAIRO - Saudi Arabia's oil minister said current global oil prices are "perfect," as several key OPEC members indicated the group was unlikely to change output levels when it meets later this month.

  10. Arundhati Baden-Mayer Eidinger, 5, of Washington holds up banners calling for actions on climate change, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in front of the White House in Washington. The United Nations climate conference that begins Monday in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    Obama shifts Copenhagen trip as prospects brighten AP - Sat Dec 5, 5:47 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is shifting the timing of his visit to an international climate summit in Copenhagen as prospects for a political agreement at the event seem more likely.

  11. Dems defeat GOP on restoring $40B in Medicare cuts AP - Sat Dec 5, 3:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats have defeated a GOP attempt to eliminate $40 billion in cuts to home health care services in the health overhaul bill.

  12. Calpers headquarters is seen in Sacramento, California, in this October 21, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Max Whittaker
    Ex-Calpers staff ties with financier probed: report Reuters - Sat Dec 5, 2:59 PM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. security regulators are investigating possible ties between a former chief executive of California pension fund Calpers and a former Calpers board member, and a financier who has pleaded guilty in a New York pension fund corruption case, The Sacramento Bee said on Saturday, citing court documents.

  13. Job seekers look over a list of jobs at an employment center in San Francisco, California November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
    U.S. recovery appears firmer as unemployment drops Reuters - Fri Dec 4, 5:14 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut far fewer jobs than expected last month in the best showing for the labor market since the recession began, lifting the beleaguered U.S. dollar as investors bet a sustainable recovery was building.

  14. Ahead of the Bell: Take-Two shares plunge AP - Fri Dec 4, 8:45 AM ET

    NEW YORK - Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. plunged ahead of the regular session Friday after the video game maker lowered its financial outlook again and said it probably won't meet its profitability goals for next year.

  15. Regulators shut AmTrust Bank in Ohio, 5 others AP - Sat Dec 5, 12:19 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Regulators have shut down six more banks, bringing to 130 the number of U.S. banks to be brought down so far in 2009 by recession and mountains of bad debt.

  16. Health care issues: Medical cost inflation AP - Fri Dec 4, 11:01 AM ET

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