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Past care tied to later treatment's success
Past care tied to later treatment's success
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If a person doesn't have much success with one pain treatment, they may say the next one they try doesn't work so great either, suggests a new study from Germany.

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FBI digs for Jimmy Hoffa's body in Michigan field
FBI digs for Jimmy Hoffa's body in Michigan field
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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) - FBI agents in suburban Detroit widened their search of an overgrown field Tuesday for the remains of former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by mobsters.

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FBI releases new video of suspect in 2008 Times Square bombing
FBI releases new video of suspect in 2008 Times Square bombing
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal authorities announced a $65,000 reward on Tuesday in the unsolved 2008 case of the Times Square bomber who tried to destroy a military recruiting station before escaping on a bicycle.
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Ex-fund managers can remain free during U.S. insider trading appeal
Ex-fund managers can remain free during U.S. insider trading appeal
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former hedge fund managers persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to allow them to remain free on bail as they seek to have their insider-trading convictions thrown out.
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Chrysler relents, to recall 2.7 million Jeeps over fuel tanks
Chrysler relents, to recall 2.7 million Jeeps over fuel tanks
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC said it would recall 2.7 million older Jeep models after initially fighting a recall request from U.S. regulators in a dispute over crash protection for their fuel tanks.

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Optimism fading, Brazil protests put leaders on alert
Optimism fading, Brazil protests put leaders on alert
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When more than 200,000 protesters took to the streets across Brazil on Monday night, they demanded a dizzying array of improvements - from halting the fast rise of prices to cleaning up government corruption.
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Illinois pension fix headed to legislative conference committee
Illinois pension fix headed to legislative conference committee
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Seeking to break a weeks-long impasse in efforts to fix the state's woefully underfunded pension system, Illinois will turn to a rarely used legislative conference committee in hopes of reaching a compromise solution, Governor Pat Quinn's office said on Tuesday.

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U.S. says surveillance thwarted NYSE attack, Somali funding
U.S. says surveillance thwarted NYSE attack, Somali funding
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(Reuters) WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday identified two of the more than 50 classified cases in which they say National Security Agency eavesdropping helped thwart terrorist plots including a planned attack on the New York Stock Exchange.
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New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law
New Hampshire nears approval of medical marijuana law
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LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - New Hampshire is set to become the final state in New England to allow medical marijuana after negotiators from the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House agreed Tuesday on a bill backed by Governor Maggie Hassan.

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Deloitte to pay $10 million to settle misconduct accusations
Deloitte to pay $10 million to settle misconduct accusations
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A financial advisory unit of Deloitte LLP has agreed to pay $10 million and accept other New York state penalties to settle accusations of misconduct related to an investigation of money laundering at Standard Chartered Bank.

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Jamaican federation suspends Campbell-Brown
Jamaican federation suspends Campbell-Brown
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Jamaica's twice Olympic 200 meters champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was suspended by her national federation on Tuesday following a positive test for a banned diuretic at a meeting last month.

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Exclusive: Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers
Exclusive: Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers
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(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue growth.
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Jamaican federation suspends Campbell-Brown
Jamaican federation suspends Campbell-Brown
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Jamaica's twice Olympic 200 meters champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was suspended by her national federation on Tuesday following a positive test for a banned diuretic at a meeting last month.

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Wall St. extends rise, investors see no change in Fed policy
Wall St. extends rise, investors see no change in Fed policy
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks advanced for a second straight day on Tuesday as investors bet the Federal Reserve would temper statements which were interpreted to mean a sooner-than-expected winding down of stimulus efforts.

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Google asks U.S. surveillance court permission to publish request data
Google asks U.S. surveillance court permission to publish request data
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Tuesday it has asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow the Internet company to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests, including disclosures under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), separately from criminal requests.

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MRI may help find infection from tainted injection
MRI may help find infection from tainted injection
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some people who received potentially contaminated steroid injections may benefit from a MRI to check for signs of infection, a new study suggests - even if they don't have obvious symptoms.

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Obamacare-like groups tied to lower costs: study
Obamacare-like groups tied to lower costs: study
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large independent doctor practices that focus on primary care tend to spend less money and are more likely to meet guidelines for Americans on Medicare than smaller groups, according to a new study.
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Montreal mayor resigns, says will fight corruption charges
Montreal mayor resigns, says will fight corruption charges
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(Reuters) - Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum resigned on Tuesday, a day after he was charged with fraud and corruption in the latest major Canadian municipal scandal.
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U.S. court finds Novo Nordisk Prandin diabetes drug patent invalid
U.S. court finds Novo Nordisk Prandin diabetes drug patent invalid
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(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court found the patent on Novo Nordisk's Prandin diabetes drug in combination with metformin to be invalid, paving the way for introduction of a generic version of the medicine, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday.

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ICRC says opening its Guantanamo files would set dangerous precedent
ICRC says opening its Guantanamo files would set dangerous precedent
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - No court in the world has ever ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to open its confidential files on prisoner visits and the U.S. Guantanamo war crimes tribunal would set a dangerous precedent if it becomes the first to do so, a lawyer for the humanitarian group said on Tuesday.

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