Republicans to push ahead on new math for U.S. taxes, budget

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republicans assume control of the entire U.S. Congress in the new year, they are expected to push a controversial change to use more macroeconomic projections in determining the impact of tax and budget legislation on the federal deficit.

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Cincinnati reaches deal on pension reform

(Reuters) - Cincinnati struck a deal with labor unions late on Tuesday to reform the city's troubled $2.4 billion pension system and eliminate an $862 million funding gap over the next 30 years, city officials said in a statement.

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NYC to ring in new year with heightened security in Times Square

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of New York City police officers prepared for protests in Times Square against excessive police force as an enormous crowd of revelers gathered there under unusually tight security for the nation's biggest New Year's Eve celebrations.

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Republicans to push ahead on new math for U.S. taxes, budget

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Republicans assume control of the entire U.S. Congress in the new year, they are expected to push a controversial change to use more macroeconomic projections in determining the impact of tax and budget legislation on the federal deficit.

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At least 35 dead, 42 injured in Shanghai New Year's stampede: CCTV

(Reuters) - At least 35 people were killed and 42 were injured in a stampede during a New Year’s celebration on the Bund, a waterfront area in central Shanghai, official Chinese government television CCTV America reported on its website.

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Hitchhiker charged in deadly South Carolina carjacking

(Reuters) - A South Carolina man accused of shooting two people who gave him a ride on Christmas Eve and dumping them on the side of an interstate has been arrested on a murder charge, a sheriff said on Wednesday.

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At least six killed by suicide bomb in bus in Nigeria's Yobe state: witness

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least six people were killed and others were injured when a suicide bomb went off in a bus in Fika in Nigeria's northeast Yobe state on Wednesday, one of the injured told Reuters.

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Group sues to free bear caged 18 years at Pennsylvania sweets shop

HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - A national animal rights group is suing the owner of a Pennsylvania ice cream shop to force him to release a female bear kept caged behind his store as a public attraction for 18 years, the group said on Wednesday.

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