Every major automaker has skin in the electric vehicle game, so the current National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation into Chevy Volt battery fires potentially threatens the whole industry, not just Chevrolet and its parent, General Motors.

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In tackling tuberous sclerosis, the hereditary condition in which benign tumors grow in the skin, kidneys or brain, Novartis hopes a pill can improve on current treatment, which includes the surgical removal of tumors.

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Esmerelda Santiago, author of the memoir When I Was Puerto Rican, says the current crop of singers being pushed by the major labels could use some skin-tone diversity.

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