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"the new york times" briefly spoke by telephone with brother-in-law scott kelly on the international space station. and here's first lady michelle obama's advice for couples out there on this valentine's day. laugh with your partner. she said last week is what she and the president do and been working for 19 years. well now here's the first look at wall street kicking off the day. the dow opens at 12,273 after adding 43 on friday. the s&p inched up 7 points. nasdaq rose 18. taking a look at overseas trading the morning. this tokyo, the nikkei gained 119 points. an end to weeks of unrest ...

Raising taxes. so it's two-thirds cut in the president obama plan, one third raising taxes, basically, cutting tax deductions on home mortgages, which many have relied on for a long time, and also cutting what you get back when you give to charity. that's also in that package, in the higher brackets at least, two-thirds of that savings is going to come from the spending cuts, including $400 billion from a five-year freeze on domestic spending, domestic agencies. of course everybody says that's already at high levels to put in that freeze, so that's questionable. bill: certainly the markets wil...