Washington stirs for "fiscal cliff" talks as Obama heads home

Efforts to prevent the U.S. economy from going over a “fiscal cliff” stirred back to life on Wednesday with less than a week to go before potentially disastrous tax hikes and spending cuts kick in at the New Year. In a sign that there may be a way through deadlock in Congress, Republican House o…

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Washington stirs for "fiscal cliff" talks as Obama heads home