Government liabilities rose $2 trillion for year...

BLOWOUT: Government liabilities rose $2 trillion for year...


PEOPLE: 308,745,538
DEBT: $13,868,461,000,000

STATE OF THE NATION: Census shows slowing US growth... GOP-leaning states pick up seats in Congress... NY, OH, IL, MA, NJ and PA lose seats... White House downplays political impact... City threat to shut street lights in budget crunch... Funding Deal Snarls Obama Agenda... Unemployed get another jobless benefit -- free yoga... Latest Terror Threat Aimed to 'Poison Food'... CHRISTMAS CRIMES 'Baby Jesus' stolen from manger... Christmas Sweater Club Punished At Local High School... Cop shoots and kills family Golden Retriever... SALVATION ARMY kettle stolen, again... Stores put security tags on turkeys to stop shoplifters... Singing Santa Driving Residents Nuts... Police: Man kills bride, best man, self at wedding... AZ hospital loses Catholic status over surgery...

FCC Gives Government Power to Regulate Web... Agency splits along party lines... DeMint vows to reverse 'Internet takeover'... Arms treaty with Russia nears Senate approval... AP: TOP 10 STORIES OF 2010... SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING: Flier wrongly accuses Philly man in deaths... DC Metro randomly inspects bags... REPORT: Millions enter US without passports, secure IDs... Judge sets limits on time residents may gather in building lobby... Woman With Gun Enters TV Station... SHOCK: China online stores offer skin products made from cat and dogs... TWITTER BREAKING NEWS FEED...

Obama's Top Intelligence Official Unfamiliar with London Terror Arrests... SHOCK VIDEO... THE MAN WHO DECLARED WAR ON MURDOCH... AND LOST UK business secretary stripped of media role... DRAMA: Rahm's residency hearing officer to give recommendation today... Life Ingredients Found in Superhot Meteorites... Deputies wrangle monkeys at meth lab raid! 'Epic proportions' of snow could fall in Colo. mountains... 'Mini ice age coming'... Record rain in West... Dramatic satellite image shows huge storms heading toward L.A... An 'atmospheric river' of rain... UPDATE: Winter disruptions turn travel bitter, chaotic in Europe... Misery at Heathrow Continues... China moves in to 'rescue' EU... Prisons get education funds; Corrections biggest recipient of federal stimulus... AGAIN: Actor Plunges To Stage During SPIDER-MAN Performance... VIDEO... The show will go on... 'Flash mob' forces evacuation at California mall...