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Senate Democrats have reached a tentative agreement to drop a government-run insurance option from health care reform legislation, officials say. Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, says there is a "broad agreement" but declines to reveal details. Earlier, senators voted against putting abortion restrictions in the legislation.

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Fierce Snowstorm, Winds Pummel West

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Woods' Mother-in-Law Released

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Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is released from a Florida hospital after being rushed there by ambulance. It's the latest media frenzy for the golfer whose personal life has come under scrutiny, following a minor car accident and his admission of "transgressions" as a husband.
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Gumbel Says He's Had Cancer Surgery

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Bryant Gumbel shocked a television audience with the news that he's recovering from cancer surgery and treatment. The former "Today" show anchor, 61, said a malignant tumor and part of his lung were removed two months ago.

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Inmate Executed With Untested Drug

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The state of Ohio executes an inmate with sodium thiopental, an untested drug that is used to put animals to sleep. Lawyers for convicted murderer Kenneth Biros say that the state's action amounts to "human experimentation, pure and simple."

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Death Toll in Baghdad Attacks Hits 127

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filed under: Iraq News, World News

Coordinated attacks in Baghdad resulted in the worst wave of violence in more than a month. More than 100 people were killed in four attacks on Tuesday, including three car bombs near government sites. Here, a U.S. soldier patrols the scene of one explosion

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Coordinated assaults in Baghdad resulted in the worst wave of violence in more than a month. At least 127 people were killed in five attacks Tuesday, including three car bombs near government sites. Here, a U.S. soldier patrols the scene of one explosion.

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Do Big Stars Spawn Giant Black Holes?

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Galaxy NGC-1097 with black hole at center

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Scientists thought that the universe's biggest black holes were formed by smaller holes joining together. But a University of Colorado astrophysicist has come up with a new idea: The holes are actually born in mammoth stars that are tens of millions of times the mass of our sun.

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Moonshine Sold at Day Care, Police Say

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A North Carolina woman is charged with selling moonshine out of the day care center she ran. Authorities say there were children in the center when an undercover agent went in to buy two gallons of the homemade liquor. An 82-year-old man has been charged with making the moonshine. Officials seized more than 80 gallons of moonshine from him.