| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | First chunk of Sandy aid OK'd by House | | It got held up by bickering over the fiscal cliff and it's not as much as expected, but the House has finally approved an aid bill for Superstorm Sandy victims. Now, the Senate has to act. |
| U.S. troops land near Syria | | A group of 27 U.S. troops landed in Gaziantep, Turkey, to help deploy Patriot missiles, Turkish state media report. Syria has launched Scud missiles at cities near the border. |
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