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Consumer confidence slipped this month as more people worried that the job market is worsening.

The latest survey from Conference Board showed a decline even after reports are showing that people increased their holiday spending at the biggest rate in four years and other indicators suggest the economy is brightening.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes dipped Tuesday after reports on consumer confidence and home prices fell below analyst estimates.

The Conference Board announced that consumer's confidence in the economy slid in December to a level of 52.5, down from 54.3 in November. Economists were expecting the index to rise to 55.8. A reading on the index above 90 indicates a healthy economy.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Three suspected U.S. missile strikes targeting a militant-riddled tribal region near the Afghan border killed 17 people Tuesday, including at least two who were retrieving bodies from the first attack, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

The strikes come in the final days of a year that has seen an unprecedented number of such drone-fired attacks as part of a ramped-up U.S. campaign to take out al-Qaida and Taliban fighters seeking sanctuary outside Afghanistan.

Here's the latest from the National Weather Service:

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY BELOW 7500 FEET WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY OVER THE PEAKS AND ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL JEMEZ MOUNTAINS.