Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement (AP)

AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them offstride.

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Corey Haim Dies At 38

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Actor Corey Haim has died, Access Hollywood has confirmed. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office confirmed the actor died at 2:15 AM on Wednesday at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, Calif. The Los Angeles Police Department said they received a call from the hospital before 4 AM confirming the actor's death.

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McDonald's offers work-based GCSE
Teenagers who complete a period of work experience at McDonald's will be able to gain a qualification equivalent to a GCSE.

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Hotel guest dead after gas leak
A MAN has died in a hotel west of Geelong after a suspected gas leak.

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Woman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son (AP)
AP - A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical cord. Kelly Bottom told The Advocate-Messenger that she also picked up her other son from school and stopped in at the baby's grandmother's house to show her the infant before going to the hospital Thursday.

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Supreme Court chief fights back after criticism from Obama (The Newsroom)
The Newsroom - It's no secret that many think the fierce mood of partisanship is routinely crippling Washington. While most of the fur flies between the major parties in Congress ? with the president weighing in occasionally to keep his party leaders on message ? this week has seen an outbreak of hostilities in a less traditional venue: between the Supreme Court and the president.

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Big Generation Gaps in Work Attitudes Revealed (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Experiences help to shape life, so it's reasonable to think someone who grew up when John F. Kennedy was shot might have a different worldview than a person who witnessed Enron collapse and has been "wired" since just a tot.

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Man killed in hotel gas leak
A MAN has died in the cellar of a country pub in Birregurra, west of Geelong, after being overcome by leaking gas in the cellar.

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'It was my life or the money'
TWO Gold Coast brothers demanded $50,000 from a man and told him it was either his life "or the money", a court heard today.

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MRI's successes put the brain on trial
As we obtain a finer-grained understanding of the brain structures that perform specific functions, the use of MRI to probe an individual's mental capacity may be ready to take a starring turn in the courtroom.

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Sebelius piles pressure on insurers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ratcheted up the pressure on health insurance companies on Wednesday, urging them to forgo short-term profits to make coverage more affordable and to stop fighting the Obama administration's reform effort.

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OK Go Announces New Label

OK Go, who have been feuding with the label EMI for years, announced they're leaving to form a new label called Paracadute. Lead singer Damian Kulash and his associates (read: dogs) made the announcement via YouTube yesterday.

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