In April the giant Minneapolis maker of biomedical devices had to recall 396 external defibrillators, the kind used by paramedics, on top of 1, 924 snatched back in February, after a defect may have "prevented patient resuscitation" in eight cases.

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The vast majority of colorblind people have trouble seeing red or green, due to a genetic defect in the color-sensing cells, called cones, at the back of the eye.

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But the number of condos was scaled back as the economy cooled and because one of the towers was halted by a construction defect.

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