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Fertility doctors aim to reduce epidemic of twins

Doctors are reporting an epidemic — of twins. Nearly half of all babies born with advanced fertility help are multiple births, new federal numbers show.

 
Hospital worker gets 39 years in N.H. hepatitis case

A traveling medical technician who stole painkillers and infected dozens of patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison.

Green light for state taxes on Internet sales

On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused to wade into a dispute over state sales taxes for purchases on websites like Amazon.com, an outcome likely to prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet sales.

 
Sister: ‘Bama fan shot because she wasn’t ‘bothered’ by loss

A woman charged with killing a fellow Alabama fan after the end of last weekend’s Iron Bowl football game was angry that the victim and others didn’t seem upset over the Crimson Tide’s loss to archrival Auburn, said the sister of the slain woman.

 
Crash site where actor killed known for street racing

The neighborhood where “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker died in a one-car crash is known to attract street racers, according to law enforcement officials.

 
Jesse Owens’ 1936 Olympic medal up for auction

An Olympic medal won by track star Jesse Owens at the 1936 Games in Berlin could fetch $1 million. The medal — being auctioned online — is both a cultural and sports symbol.

 
CEO Bezos: Amazon testing delivery with drones

Amazon.com is working on a way to get customers their goods in 30 minutes or less — by drone.

New York-New York’s ‘sultry’ Lady Liberty at center of stamp lawsuit

An embarrassing mistake involving a Statue of Liberty stamp is coming back to haunt the U.S. Postal Service. The stamp design released in 2011 was not based on the statue in New York Harbor, as intended, but on a replica outside the New York-New York casino hotel in Las Vegas. Now the sculptor is suing.

NTSB says New York commuter train was going 82 mph before crash

A commuter train that derailed over the weekend, killing four passengers, was hurtling at 82 mph as it entered a 30 mph curve, a federal investigator said Monday. But whether the wreck was the result of human error or brake trouble was still unclear, he said.