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Writing sex scenes is a tricky business. Do it really badly and you could be awarded the annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award, like this year's winner, novelist Rowan Somerville.

The new health law may threaten the future of hundreds of thousands of health insurance brokers. But many brokers are convinced their services are worth the fees lawmakers have blamed for driving up health costs.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the release of a quarter-million confidential diplomatic cables by online whistleblower WikiLeaks' an attack on America and the international community.

He's the Democrat who described the GOP's health care plans this way: "Die quickly." And during the campaign, he dubbed his opponent "Taliban Dan." Alan Grayson leaves Capitol Hill the way he came in: firing at will.

As the U.K. celebrates news of Prince William's engagement to Kate Middleton, time will tell whether what promises to be an opulent ceremony will be a welcome distraction or grate on ordinary Brits weeks after the government announced tax increases and about $130 billion in austerity cuts.

You've probably never seen a person hooked up to so many plastic tubes as Olivia Welter. But if you think of being hooked up to machines as something that keeps a dying person alive, that's not what's going on here.

NPR INVESTIGATION: In states like Illinois, parents can provide at-home care for children with severe illnesses and Medicaid foots the bill. But the funding disappears the minute they turn 21, forcing families to make a painful choice: Find the money to pay for sometimes exorbitant health care costs or send their children to a nursing home.

Triumphant Republicans — having seized the House, narrowed their deficit in the Senate and won several key governorships — turned Wednesday to outlining a plan for rolling back the Democratic agenda.

With Democratic leader Harry Reid's victory in Nevada, Republican hopes for taking over the Senate have faded — even as Reid's leadership will be put to the test in a more narrowly divided Senate with a handful of Tea Party members. Republicans have picked up six seats — in Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.