Levels of LDL, or bad cholesterol, can be as high as six times normal, and patients can have heart attacks in their teens or twenties.

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Cholesterol is clearly not the only risk factor for cardiovascular disease -- half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal levels of LDL, or bad cholesterol -- but the accuracy of CRP as a predictor of cardiac risk has been disputed.

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The fact is the financial crisis and the recession were not the result of normal economic cycles or just a run of bad luck.

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Anxiety or fear at normal levels aren't necessarily a bad thing.

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Similarly, if you claim special deductions and credits, you may need to keep your records a little longer than normal (for example, if you file a claim for a loss from worthless securities or bad debt deduction, you should keep those records for 7 years).

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