This week the Paediatric Intensive Care Society warned all 29 units in the NHS were running close to capacity due to a spike in respiratory infections.

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Regulators began an inquiry into possible insider trading very shortly after the deal was announced, alerted by a spike in options trading the day before, according to people close to the investigation.

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And before the Garnett incident, Knick fans hated Boston's Paul Pierce, who has antagonized them and Garden courtside super fan Spike Lee with big shot after big shot to close out games over the years.

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Then, too, a spike in the price of oil coincided with a fear that natural limits to supply were close.

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That occurs when prices spike lower but then the bears become exhausted and prices rebound well off the daily low to close near the daily high.

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