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Sen. Schumer calls the payroll tax cut agreement a "win for the American people."
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(CNN) - It’s not even a week since all U.S. troops have been pulled out of Iraq, but the situation there is quickly deteriorating. I don’t think it’s by any means out of the question that civil war is possible.
The terror attacks in the country Thursday were brutal – scores dead, many more innocents wounded. The pictures are horrendous.
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Top ten YouTube videos of 2011 include a talking dog and Lady Gaga. CNN's Jeanne Moos counts them down.