According to a new study by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which looked at five cities with high numbers of gang murders between the years 2003 and 2008, drug trading or usage and other criminal activity ranged from zero to 25% of all gang-related killings.

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As interest rates approach zero, the Fed's ability to influence activity through the manipulation of short-term interest rates is diminishing, though some economists believe it could start to do more to influence medium and longer-term rates.

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When researchers zero in on electrical activity in yet another area, they can tell which parts of commercial messages, if any, are encoded in the experimental subjects' long-term memories.

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