Virginia News Headlines: Wednesday Morning

Here are a few Virginia (and national) news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, December 26. *Obama to Leave Hawaiian Vacation Early to Work on Fiscal Deal *Democrats push for tax cuts they once opposed (In other words, we now have a grand total of ZERO major political parties in this country who are in any way serious about balancing the federal budget. Great, huh?) *FreedomWorks tea party group nearly falls apart in fight between old and new guard (An insane story about an insane organization, ideology, etc.) *Police probe NBC's David Gregory on gun clip *Poll: Fears of cliff dive mount *Top 10 media stories of 2012 *The Biggest Republican Miscalculations Of 2012 *The District, Maryland tops in pay equity, Virginia lags behind *Guns in Schools: Virginia Educators Concerned about Governor's Interest in School Staff Carrying Weapons *Cuccinelli faces test of appealing to independents ("As the Old Dominion becomes a firmly centrist state, more closely resembling the rest of the country demographically and politically, Virginia Republicans are shifting rightward.") *Finding the humanitarian message in Christmas *Wednesday and weekend storms have wet and wintry potential *Redskins' Fletcher isn't acting his age