Now, the president and Congress could have avoided that fiscal cliff by coming up with the compromise, a different plan to reduce the debt.

 There are two main ways to reduce debt: cut down on spending and or raise taxes.

 Secretary Clinton spent New Year`s day in the hospital after getting a blood clot in her head.

 Doctors say she`s on blood thinners to dissolve the clot and they expect she`ll be OK. 

 She fainted because of that, which gave her a concussion. 

 She didn`t testify as scheduled about September`s deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. 

 It is a blood vessel that actually drains blood away from the brain.

 For a while now, Secretary Clinton has been planning to step down from her position, once a new nominee is confirmed by the Senate.

 The Senate will have the final say as part of the advice and consent it gives the president.

 It didn`t apply to all U.S. States, and it didn`t officially end slavery in the U.S.

 Concord, Massachusetts has officially banned plastic bottles.