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Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Cost Insurers $72.5 Billion Yearly: CDC

Insurers Bear U.S. $72.5 Billion Yearly For  Prescription Painkiller Overdoses: CDC
Nearly 15,000 people in the U.S. die from overdoses involving prescription painkillers annually. The new report by the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) noted that the trend has reached epidemic proportions but could be controlled. The extent of the damage is that non-medical use of prescription painkillers costs health insurers up to $72.5 billion annually in direct health care costs.
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Rick Hendrick Plane Crash: NASCAR Owner Safe

Rick Hendrick, owner of one of the most successful NASCAR teams, Hendrick Motorsports, escaped with only a broken rib and broken clavicle when his small plane lost its brakes and crash landed at Key West International Airport.
Miami Heat owner Micky Arison arrives for the NBA labor negotiations in New York

League Fines Heat Owner Following Lockout Tweet

The National Basketball Association (NBA) said on Tuesday Miami Heat owner Micky Arison has been fined following reports that he used his Twitter account to comment on the league's four-month-old lockout.
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Man Pleads Not Guilty to Hacking Celebrity e-mails

A Florida man pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to hacking into e-mail accounts to access and distribute nude photos and other personal information of numerous celebrities including actress Scarlett Johansson.
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College Football Hot Seat: Nutt, Neuheisel Could be Fired

The NCAA has already seen multiple coaches fired mid-way through the season, but there are still plenty of coaches on the hot seat. IBTimes takes a look at the coaches on the verge of losing their jobs, including Ole Miss' Houston Nutt, UCLA's Rick Neuheisel, and NC State's Tom O'Brien.
16-Foot Python

16-Foot Python Killed, 76-Pound Deer Found in Stomach [GRAPHIC PHOTOS]

A 16-foot long python snake has been captured and killed in Florida and a deer was found in its stomach. When they cut open the belly of the Burnese python, officials in south Florida found a 76-pound, fully intact female deer, reports the Huffington Post. It was killed by a shotgun blast.
Allstate insurance posts fourth quarter results as office shown in San Francisco

Allstate Profit Sinks on Disaster Losses

Allstate Corp posted a sharply smaller profit for the third quarter, as the largest publicly traded home and auto insurer in the United States lost more than $1 billion due to natural disasters.

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