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A Canadian sports doctor who treated top athletes and admitted bringing illegal performance-enhancing drugs into the United States was sentenced on Friday to probation for his role in transporting drugs across the border.

Canadian doctor to star athletes gets fine, no prison

A Canadian sports doctor who treated top athletes and admitted bringing illegal performance-enhancing drugs into the United States was sentenced on Friday to probation for his role in transporting drugs across the border.

Microsoft, Silver Lake Working on New Yahoo Stake Offer: Source

The Yahoo! offices are pictured in Santa Monica - April 18, 2011.
A consortium of software giant Microsoft Corp., private-equity group Silver Lake, and venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are reworking their bid for a minority stake in Internet company Yahoo Inc., a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Stanford ends bid to build NYC tech school

California's Stanford University, one of the top engineering schools in the United States, said on Friday it had dropped out of the bidding to build an applied sciences and engineering college campus in New York City.
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Bruised X Factor limps toward finals

American viewers have chosen the three singers who will compete in the finals of The X Factor after a first season that underwhelmed critics and raised questions about audience fatigue ahead of returning TV contests American Idol and The Voice.
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Wall Street Rally Fades After Warnings on Europe

A rally in stocks fizzled, leaving major indexes with modest gains on Friday, as Wall Street was torn between hope that U.S. economic data signals better times ahead and fear Europe's debt crisis will engulf world economies.
A patient waits in the hallway for a room to open up in the emergency room at a hospital in Houston, Texas

States to weigh in on basic health coverage

U.S. health officials will allow states to select the basic set of medical benefits that must be offered by insurance plans participating in new exchanges mandated by the federal healthcare overhaul, the U.S. government said on Friday.
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Many surgeons don't discuss end-of-life care

Many U.S. surgeons fail to discuss their patients' wishes in case a risky operation goes awry, and even more would not operate if patients limited what could be done to keep them alive, a survey found.
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Rudy inspiration charged with securities fraud

U.S. securities regulators on Friday charged Daniel Ruettiger -- the inspiration behind the 1993 movie Rudy -- and 12 others with running a scheme to deceive investors into buying stock in Ruettiger's sports drink company.
British actor Bale and Chinese director Zhang attend the premiere of "The Flowers of War" in Beijing

Christian Bale Attacked by Guards in China [VIDEO]

In China to promote his new film, actor Christian Bale was assaulted by government-backed guards as he attempted to visit a prominent Chinese activist detained in his home in eastern Shandong Province.
If passed, NDAA would allow the military to detain anyone on the Internet who it believes "threatens" national security, including activists and independent news sites.

NDAA Bill Aims to Suppress Internet Freedom

The NDAA Bill 2012 contains language that allows the Pentagon to wage cyberwar against any domestic enemies of the state, including activists and independent news outlets.
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Fed's Fisher says further monetary easing is wrong path

Europe's debt crisis threatens to throw a strengthening economy off track, but more monetary accommodation from the U.S. Federal Reserve is not the answer, a top Fed official known for his hawkish views on inflation said on Friday.

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