Super failure: Deficit-cutting panel gives up (AP)

[TimesTen]

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111122/ap_on_bi_ge/us_debt_supercommittee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111121/capt.6862b3d7b64241bdabc479c467207365-6862b3d7b64241bdabc479c467207365-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=OooOpeymcwENYwoDBiQPsQ--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="Supercommittee member Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., walks amid reporters as the deficit reduction panel ends in failure, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /></a>AP - Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government debt that stands at a staggering $15 trillion, unable to overcome deep and enduring political divisions over taxes and spending.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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