Budget-and-tax impasse threatens troops, economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the government heading toward a year-end "fiscal cliff," House Republicans approved a full plate of Bush-era tax cuts Wednesday that they said could help shore up a still-frail national economy. At the same time, the Obama administration warned that threatened budget cuts could send some of America's troops into battle with less training.

By: Andrew Taylor and Donna Cassata, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun