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Perhaps spurred by the trial over Michael Jackson’s death, there has been increasing concern over what is being called a painkiller epidemic. A Los Angeles Times found that deaths from prescription pain medication far surpass those from heroin and cocaine combined. An estimated 50 million Americans live with chronic physical pain, and countless more are […]

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As stunned and grieving families buried Friday the five Israelis killed in Wednesday’s terror attack in Bulgaria, authorities were still trying to learn the suicide bomber’s identity. “It is really confusing,” Dr. Alexander Oscar, president of the Jewish community in Sofia, said by phone Thursday evening. “We still don’t have any clear information. … I […]

U.S. officials believe the suicide bomber who killed Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria, was a member of Hezbollah. The bomber was “acting under broad guidance” to hit Israeli targets, an unnamed senior American official told The New York Times. Other American officials confirmed that the bomber was a member of Hezbollah, according to the newspaper. […]

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