Good morning, it's Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Here are a few tidbits that may catch your eye.

A small group of Democratic senators, at the direction of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has apparently reached consensus on how to handle any public health option as part of a health care overhaul effort. Ssh! NPR's Julie Rovner says the senators aren't saying what's in it.

Last night, as Frank told us, senators defeated an amendment introduced by Nebraska Democratic senator Ben Nelson limiting abortion coverage under some overhauled health care insurance plans.

Congressional negotiators have also reached agreement on spending legislation. The bill is worth at least $446 billion and stitches together several appropriations bills that actually began funding the government when the fiscal year got started on October 1. The bill hasn't yet been voted on by Congress.

Primary voters in Massachusetts have selected their candidates to run for the seat opened by the death of Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy. The Democratic winner is Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley; the Republican victor is Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown. They'll face off January 19, 2010 in a special election.

And the social networking site, debuts its new stream application programming interface. Users who share links or videos will see it show up elsewhere, because web developers can look more easily for public status updates by other users. One of MySpace's partners in the new venture is search engine, OneRiot.