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On the fiscal cliff talks, now down to the wire. Here are our phone numbers you can join the conversation online. Host here are some of the friday morning headlines. A rare back to work for congress. Cliff talks down to the wi re is the headline in the wall street journal. Host that story from inside usa today. This is from the New York Times. Host there is this from roll call. Pessimistic asstima ever. The president summoning congressional leaders. We expect there will be a stakeout afterward. We may hear from the president and we will be following all of that as the day unfolds. Its begin wi...

In culpeper and fredericksburg and waldorf and the Eastern Shore soon. I have not seen snowflakes in rocklin yet, but there are some snow flurries on their way. Loudoun county, fauquier county, Prince William stafford, charles, prince georges, anne arundel, dancewear we will see close to a halfinch. I remind you of there are a few areas that still have flooding issues. Small rivers and creeks going within their banks later today. Despite warnings in loudoun, jefferson, morgan, so be careful. Wind chills in the upper 20s, low 30s. Expect another breezy day. Sunshine will be back for the afterno...

"Correction" by Ben Austen examines parole and incarceration in Illinois, a topic not foremost on the minds of voters. Maybe it should be.

This year marked 50 years since mass incarceration took off in the United States. In those years, the prison population has exploded, growing from 200,000 people in 1973 to nearly

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