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  • Republicans Consider Breaking Tax Vow
    Congress comes back to work this week and the fiscal cliff is its top priority. Some Republicans have said they'll break a longstanding pledge not to raise taxes. Host Michel Martin talks politics with columnist Mary Kate Cary of U.S. News and World Report and The Root's political correspondent Keli Goff.
  • Vermont Utility Says Snow Caused Loud Wind Turbines
    Vermont's largest electric utility says snow stuck to turbine blades caused a roaring sound that drew noise complaints shortly after the Lowell Mountain…
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    New Mexico Man in Custody in Murder-for-Hire Plot in Vermont
    Vermont State Police say they're just learning the details of what's being called a murder for hire plot involving two New Mexico men, one of whom had…
  • A baby hatch that is fixed in a window at Waldfriede Hospital in Berlin. Mothers can bring unwanted babies and leave them anonymously. Baby boxes are a revival of the medieval "foundling wheels," where unwanted infants were left in revolving church doors.
    U.N. Committee Calls For An End To Centuries-Old Practice Of 'Baby Boxes'
    The committee says that allowing parents to anonymously abandon newborns only encourages the practice. But others say it saves lives by preventing infanticide.
  • Spain Expands Renewables With Wave-Powered Electricity Plant
    The Bay of Biscay, off Spain's northern coast, is notorious for its huge surf, which has claimed countless lives in shipwrecks over the centuries. Now Spanish engineers have found a way to harness the power of those big waves to produce electricity.
  • Conflicts Brew Between Kurds, Arabs In Iraq
    Arab-Kurd skirmishes in southern Iraq late last week injured dozens of people and killed at least one. Now troops from both sides are escalating and tensions are high again. This all comes as Kurdistan president Massoud Barzani battles Iraqi Central government Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Analysts say Barzani has been emboldened by independent oil contracts, the increasing support of Turkey, and ongoing events in Syria.
  • Grover Norquist, head of Americans for Tax Reform, speaks on Nov. 5, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
    GOP Pushback On No-Tax Norquist: Less Than Meets The Eye
    A handful of Republicans in Congress say they won't honor the Grover Norquist-led no-new-taxes pledge if it prevents a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.
  • Invasive Pest Prompts New Hampshire to Clear Trees
    An invasive forest pest commonly found in New York and Southern New England was recently discovered in New Hampshire, and now it’s prompting state…
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    Mass. Gov. Not Seeking New Regulations After Explosion
    Gov. Deval Patrick isn't looking for any new laws or regulations after a natural gas explosion injured more than 20 people and damaged 42 buildings in…
  • Mass. Regulators Approve Cape Wind Deal
    State regulators have approved the utility NStar's deal to buy a significant portion of the Cape Wind offshore wind project's planned power.The…
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