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Although they carry some similarities in symptoms and treatments, pleural mesothelioma is not a type of lung cancer.
The first major difference is the incidence rate of the two conditions. Lung cancer is the second-most-common cancer in the U.S. with about 222,500 new cases annually.
Doctors diagnose...
Posted at 01:53h
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The petition of the day is:
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras v. Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited
17-664
Issues: (1) Whether the legal standard to invoke Basic Inc. v. Levinson‘s presumption of reliance at minimum requires empirical evidence that a security generally reacted in a directionally appropriate manner to...
Posted at 22:35h
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Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall has demoted several high-ranking officials, including two popular chiefs who were finalists this year for the job she now holds, the Dallas Morning News reports. The chief’s decision to pare down her leadership staff is an about-face from Chief...
Posted at 21:52h
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There are all sorts of reasons why women who report sexual misconduct, from unwanted advances by their bosses to groping or forced sex acts, are not believed, and with a steady drumbeat of new reports making headlines, the nation is hearing a lot of them....
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Massachusetts prosecutors will dismiss more than 6,000 convictions tied to a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years, reports the Associated Press. The move comes months after the American Civil Liberties Union...
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This afternoon the Supreme Court issued an initial order list from today’s conference. The justices added one new case to their merits docket for the term: Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District v. SolarCity Corp., in which they will decide a technical but...