Good morning! 15+ things to know for Wednesday


1. SENATE APPROVES 'FISCAL CLIFF' DEAL: Next up is the House, which meets at noon to vote on an agreement that kept taxes steady for the middle class, among other things.

2. WHAT IT MEANS FOR TAXPAYERS: Tax cuts are extended on incomes of up to $400,000, estate and capital gains taxes increase and payroll taxes go up 2 percentage points.

3. 5, 4, 3, 2 ...: From Times Square to Myanmar, the world rang in 2013 with hope for change after a year of hard economic times and natural disasters.

4. DOCTORS GIVE DETAILS ON CLINTON'S BLOOD CLOT: It's located in a vein between the brain and the skull behind the secretary of state's right ear.

5. WHY NO ONE KNOWS NEWTOWN SHOOTER'S FINAL RESTING PLACE: Families of other mass killers have had to weigh their need to mourn against the risk that a public gravesite could be desecrated.

6. WHAT NEW DRUG COULD FIGHT TB: Sirturo, used for hard-to-treat strains, is the first new medicine approved to fight the deadly infection in more than four decades.

7. SUPPORTERS PRAYING FOR CHAVEZ: Three weeks after cancer surgery, the Venezuelan leader's condition appears increasingly dire.

8. WHY OSCAR VOTERS HAVE ONE MORE DAY: Criticism of its new online system prompted the motion picture academy to extend the deadline until Friday.

9. THIS CLUB IS BYOP: Two Colorado clubs were believed to be the first legal recreational marijuana dens in the nation.

10. 12 SACKED IN NFL POSTSEASON: Seven football coaches and five general managers lost their jobs after the regular season ended.



1. NO BIG STORMS, BUT PROPERTY INSURANCE COSTS RISING: The one thing a New Year always brings in Florida is higher property insurances rates and 2013 will be no different. Although Florida escaped a major hurricane for a seventh straight year in 2012, property insurance costs continue to soar.

2. PIP RATES UNLIKELY TO CHANGE MUCH DESPITE NEW LAW: Florida drivers looking to save money resulting from a new law designed to crack down on no-fault auto insurance fraud may have to look hard to find any significant savings.

3. PILOT SPOTS THEFT AT OWN HOUSE WHILE FLYING PLANE: Authorities say a Florida man flying home from North Carolina caught a man stealing a trailer while piloting his plane over his own home. The pilot called the deputies from the air, and the trailer was recovered.

4. BEACH CLOSES AFTER SHARK BITE: A Central Florida beach has been closed following reports of a shark bite. Officials say a swimmer was bit on the lower leg or ankle Monday afternoon at Jensen Beach. The bite was minor and not considered life-threatening.

5.MEN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING DEER FROM VEHICLE: Two Tampa Bay area men face charges after authorities say they shot a deer from their vehicle and then drove off, leaving the dead animal by the road.



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