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USA Update Kermit Gosnell defense rests without calling any witnesses (+video)
In a Philadelphia courtroom Wednesday, Kermit Gosnell's attorney declined to call any witnesses. Gosnell is charged with murder in the deaths of infants during late-term abortion.
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Jacquelin Perry dies, leaving legacy as pioneering orthopedic surgeon
Jacquelin Perry dies: She pioneered treatments for polio patients. Jacqueline Perry was one of the first 10 women to be certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
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Patents suit filed against Microsoft's Windows 8
Patents suit involves Windows 8 use of tiles. SurfCast claims it developed dynamic tiles used by Windows 8. Microsoft, a veteran of patents suit, says it can prove the claims are without merit.
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Health-care system wastes $750 billion a year
Health-care system squanders roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar through unneeded care, byzantine paperwork, fraud and other waste, a new study shows. Deep cuts to the US heath-care system may produce a more efficient, better-quality product.
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After 20-year battle, protests over Italian high-speed train derail
Farmers lost the battle against a high-speed train they see as serving the economic interests of the Italian elite and causing harm to the environment.
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Modern Parenthood Teens drinking hand sanitizer – though underage drinking is down
Teens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk is a new trend noticed by California authorities. While overall underage drinking has been going down in the past decade, 72 percent of teens who do report having had an alcoholic drink apparently were able to get it without resorting to the gooey gel.
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Change Agent Young Internet entrepreneurs embrace philanthropy
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Biz Stone, Craigslist's Craig Newmark, and many others have turned their entrepreneurial skills to solving the world's social problems.
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McDonald's skirts Happy Meal law by charging 10 cents for toys
Beginning Thursday, it will cost an extra dime in San Francisco to get a toy in a Happy Meal at McDonald's — a move one county supervisor called a marketing ploy prompted by the new law.
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Movie industry hasn't stopped smoking, but it has cut back a lot
Top movies in 2010 depicited far fewer smoking scenes than in 2005, especially films for kids and teens, a new report finds. Movie companies with antismoking policies cut tobacco scenes the most.
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High-functioning 'short sleepers' make good entrepreneurs
Up to three percent of the population needs fewer than six hours of sleep each night to function well. Being highly productive and having plenty of time are advantages for an entrepreneur.
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Full-body scanners pose 'exceedingly small' radiation risk, says new study
As Japan brings radiation into daily headlines, a new report from biomedical researchers finds that full-body scanners emit 'extremely small' doses of radiation, posing very little health risk to fliers.
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Money can't buy you love – or social skills
To read other people's emotions, it helps to be poor, a study finds.
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In digitizing healthcare, a battle over patient privacy
US lawmakers argue over how to balance the benefits of electronic medical records with privacy needs.
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