AP 2010-12-21

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1. A call from President Barack Obama to the House to quickly approve a taxpack without changes already endorsed¹ by the Senate. Some Democrats² are denouncing the deal to extend Bush-era tax cuts to all taxpayers³.

2. In Florida, school officials say the wife of a man confronted a school board at gunpoint had been fired. The district hired Rebecca Crowder Duke as a teacher, but he does not pass probation⁴. Her husband fatally shot himself.

3. The Justice Department is suing BP and eight other companies in the Gulf⁵ oil spill, trying to recover billions of dollars. They will be responsible for removal costs and damages.

4. A circus act for the Pope. Four acrobats⁶ perform shirtless in front of Pope Benedict XVI. None in the audiences cheer. The Pope gave a more measured response.