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Budget deficit drops to $27 billion in January (AP)

Ytop stories  Fri, 02/10/2012 - 1:12pm

AP - The budget deficit fell sharply in January compared to a year earlier, as an improving economy lifts income tax revenue.



 

AP sources: Obama revamping birth control policy (AP)

Ytop stories  Fri, 02/10/2012 - 9:12am

AP - Retreating in the face of a political uproar, President Barack Obama on Friday will announce that religious employers will not have to cover birth control for their employees after all, The Associated Press has learned.

The administration instead will demand that insurance companies will be the ones directly responsible for providing free contraception.