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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Jan. 2. The 'fiscal cliff' compromise, for all its chaos and controversy, was enough to send the stock market shooting higher Wednesday, the first trading day of the new year. (Seth Wenig/AP)

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The House of Representatives passed the budget bill late Tuesday night, a contentious exercise because many Republicans had wanted a deal that did more to cut government spending.

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Estela de Carlotto has spent nearly 34 years searching for her own missing grandson.

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Estela de Carlotto heads the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, who seek to reunite children taken from their mothers during Argentina's military dictatorship with their real families.

 
 
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