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Health care bill on brink of Senate passage
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Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system.
Winter storm moves across nation's midsection
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Holiday travelers battled slick, icy roads and flight cancellations and delays on Wednesday as a major winter storm began to spread across much of the nation's midsection - and the worst of the weather was still expected to come.
Officials: Suicide bombers kill 4 in NW Pakistan
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At least one suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a busy commercial area full of government buildings in Pakistan's main northwest city Thursday, killing four people and wounding six, police and government officials said.
Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011
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President Barack Obama's commitment to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by next month may be delayed until 2011 because it will take months for the government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it to hold suspected terrorists.
2 vessels collide in Philippines; 27 missing
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Search-and-rescue teams combed the waters of Manila Bay on Thursday for at least 27 people missing after a passenger ferry collided with a fishing boat, the coast guard said.
Balloon boy parents are sent to jail for hoax
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The parents who pulled the balloon boy hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show were sentenced to jail Wednesday - 90 days for him, 20 days for her - and barred from profiting from their newfound celebrity status for the next four years.
TCU's Patterson is AP Coach of the Year
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Gary Patterson guided TCU to its best season in 70 years on the way to becoming the first Associated Press Coach of the Year from outside the six conferences with automatic BCS bids.