Where does health care reform stand?

The House is expected to vote this week on the health care bill passed by the Senate in December.
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Key liberal congressman flips to ‘yes’ on health care

Health care reform advocates inched closer to victory Wednesday morning as a high-profile liberal Democrat switched his position and announced his intention to vote for a sweeping $875 billion plan under consideration in the House of Representatives.
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Key liberal congressman flips to ‘yes’ on health care vote

Health care reform advocates inched closer to victory Wednesday morning as a high-profile liberal Democrat switched his position and announced his intention to vote for a sweeping $875 billion plan under consideration in the House of Representatives.
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DNA confirms baby Jenny’s identity

The parents of an injured baby girl who was flown to Florida for treatment after Haiti’s earthquake have been told what they already know: They are the biological parents of the little girl.
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Finding the Top Bot: High School Students (and Their Robots) Take the Prize at Tech Challenge [Slide Show]

NEW YORK–Despite the rain and cold this past weekend, dozens of robots took the field to compete in the New York City FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) regional championship at the Javitz Center in Manhattan. The tournament tested the skills and determination of 48 teams of high school students who have spent [...]

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The facts behind hangover remedies

Doctors still don’t know exactly what happens to cause a hangover, but contrary to popular belief, drinking more while hung over is not going to make you feel better, the experts say.
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Healthy recipe: Beef & Guinness stew

Long before the first band marched in South Boston’s now-famous -parade, and long before Chicago colored its river green, Irish Catholics quietly honored St. Patrick on March 17.
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Paralympics offer a vision of ‘what’s possible’

Jasmin Bambur, injured in 2000, skis competitively. He is participating in the 2010 Paralympic Games. Watching the Paralympics on television or on the Internet helps show newly disabled people that they have the potential to become active again in a variety of recreational activities, experts say.
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Sick ship turning back early

The Celebrity Mercury cruise ship is returning to port a day early and delaying its next sailing to address an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that sickened 350 passengers. The outbreak is the third consecutive outbreak on the ship in a month.
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Fly and cry: Babies divide air travelers

You’re stuck in a cramped metal tube with hundreds of strangers for hours, when it invariably happens: A baby starts screaming and the passengers’ collective blood pressure seems to rise along with the decibel level.
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