Dr. Barth Green, chairman of the department of neurological surgery at the University of Miami school of medicine and consultant to Everett's doctors, says this is the first time he's heard of a doctor starting this procedure within moments of an injury a critical move that should greatly increase Everett's chances of regaining full mobility.

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Fewer states have debated legislation affirming abortion rights in recent years, but expanded insurance coverage through the U.S. health law is giving abortion-rights advocates a new avenue to protect the procedure starting next year.

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This is a two-step procedure, starting with the naming of official suspects, which requires relatively little evidence, before progressing to a formal indictment if more conclusively damning evidence is found.

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Few players in history have recovered from this type of procedure once, let alone twice, casting significant doubt on the future of one of the best starting pitchers of this generation.

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