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While it's definitely higher than the 0.4% in the last quarter of 2012, this fell short of forecasts.

The mayor's speech contained both constructive and unrealistic suggestions for the Budget Supercommittee, but what was troubling was his vigorous, if unsurprising pro-business slant.

The CDC refuses to let good, taxpaying Americans clean up your little whiskey-fueled mess.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who voted "no," said in a statement, "This deal...is an unbalanced approach that cuts deeply into discretionary spending while being overwhelmingly stacked in favor of large corporations."

Senator Mitch McConnell told reporters this afternoon that a default on U.S. debt "is not going to happen," and that he's "confident and optimistic" of an "agreement within the very near future."

Bill Clinton said last week that Obama should use Section 4 of the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling himself, and though Obama has seemingly rejected the idea, legal professors think it's kosher.

Speaker Boehner said, "In the end, we couldn't connect. Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our country."

After cows tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease last week in Japan,

East Village residents packed a community forum Wednesday night to vent about

NYC comptroller William Thompson is proposing that the city plug the MTA's