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GOP makes budget counter offer – cut tax rates to increase revenue

By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers

Republicans in the House of Representatives offered Monday to support $800 billion in new revenue over 10 years as part of a package aimed at averting the fiscal cliff. They proposed raising the new revenue by cutting tax rates, a counter to President Barack Obama’s proposal to raise tax rates on the wealthy. » read more

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Rebels walk along the frontline in Mayadeen, Syria

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For one Syrian activist, second thoughts on the armed rebellion

By David Enders | McClatchy Newspapers

Hasaka is still controlled by the Syrian government, but even from the window of a taxi it’s obvious the people here have not been spared from the country’s civil war. » read more

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