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  • That ten-month time lag gave the makers of anti-virus software programs time to issue a fix, preventing Chernobyl from spreading as far and wide as last month's Melissa virus - which now looks a harmless prank in comparison.

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  • The anti-cigarette smuggling bill Mr. Weiner sponsored was aimed at preventing online cigarette vendors from selling to people who weren't paying local taxes or were underage.

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  • The charge is equivalent to a hate crime under Oklahoma law, according to Partners Against Hate, a joint project of the Anti-Defamation League, the Leadership Conference Education Fund and the Center for Preventing Hate nonprofit groups.

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  • "It's not the first time something in large epidemiological datasets just didn't work out clinically, " Ferris says, noting that statin medications, anti-inflammatory drugs, and estrogen therapy have all failed to live up to their initial promise in preventing or treating Alzheimer's.

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  • In 2010 during the H1N1 flu epidemic, the FDA warned consumers about a potentially harmful counterfeit anti-flu drug that could be a killer in two respects: It lacked any of the flu-preventing medicine it purported to be while it did contain an antibiotic similar to penicillin that can be lethal to certain people.

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