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Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama today proposed new spending on the nation’s infrastructure, tax credits for small businesses to spur hiring and incentives to make homes more energy efficient in a plan to cut the jobless rate. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan won approval from most U.S. voters, who increasingly see the conflict as the right thing to do, according to a poll released today. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats, struggling to find compromises in U.S. health-care legislation, are considering dropping plans to create a government insurance program in favor of alternatives such as expanding the Medicare program. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The “fair and reasonable” price financial advisers recommended to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for the biggest borrowing in its history cost taxpayers $8 million in unnecessary interest and resulted in a bonanza for bankers, according to documents initially withheld from the public. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is proposing new aid for small business, public works projects, and home- energy efficiency measures to create jobs and reduce the unemployment rate from a 26-year high. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama today will propose upgrading infrastructure, promoting home-energy efficiency and helping small businesses as ways to spur job growth, an administration official said. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will today propose upgrading infrastructure, promoting home-energy efficiency and helping small businesses as ways to spur job growth, an administration official said. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under pressure from the U.S. to exclude corrupt ministers from his government, delayed announcing a new cabinet as Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived to hold security talks. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s envoy to North Korea won’t offer any incentives to entice the regime to return to disarmament talks seven months after the country tested a second nuclear device, a U.S. official said. Full Story »

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A bill offering gay and lesbian couples in New Jersey the same rights to marry as a man and woman was approved by a legislative committee last night and sent to the full Senate. Full Story »