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Sales this holiday season. others lagged, but overall sales rose 3.5% last month, slightly below last year's level. among the standouts, limited, nordstrom's, and macy's. elsewhere, mortgage rates are starting the new year at record lows. according to freddie mac, the average rate for a 30-year loan is 3.91% this week. on the unemployment front, applications for first-time jobless claims fell last week. they dropped 15,000 to 372,000. that is down 11% from the same time last year. we're going to know more about the hiring environment when we get the december employment report, the payrolls num...

good morning. welcome. i'm soledad o'brien. welcome to "starting point." we are coming to you from manchester, new hampshire. we are coming to you live from the airport diner. five day ways from primary day here. our starting point this morning is something that you are bogey to hear on the combine trail today which is the future of the american military. just about four hours president obama will reveal his plan for a slimmed-down force that will no longer be fighting two full-blown ground wars. digging into the details and talking a lot about it this morning. also, mitt romney, doe...

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On a daily basis, when can i go home and i can't, looking at him say we're almost there when we're not. we just actually finished completing at the end of august from irene. now we have to do this again. heather: as you heard her say, this is the second major storm the family has dealt with. fema has been paying for the hotel room but so far denied requests for more funding. the family says they will continue to petition the insurance company for more money to begin repairs again. now to a fox news alert. an urgent warning from moody's investors service. the u.s. now at risk of losing its aa...

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