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News flash: We're spending more money on certain drugs than we need to.

But one reason for this may surprise you.

In a new study in the medical journal the BMJ, researchers with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found that the Medicare program spent $3 billion on cancer drugs that were never used.

The reason?

The drugs came in vials that were too big.

Take for example Avastin, a drug that's used to treat certain kinds of cancer including lung, kidney, and colorectal cancer. Читать дальше...

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Business Insider Senior Editor and NBC News contributor Josh Barro joined the Today Show this morning to discuss the next stages of the campaign.

If GOP frontrunner Donald Trump wins Louisiana and other upcoming states by the same margin that he won on Super Tuesday, Barro says, the race will essentially be over.

Trump will win enough delegates to take the nomination this spring, long before the Republican convention in July. That would eliminate the last hope of the Republican establishment to stop Trump ... Читать дальше...

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked Europe to assist Greece in addressing the ongoing refugee crisis. "Greece will demand that all countries respect the European treaty and that there will be sanctions for those that do not," Tsipras told EU Council President Donald Tusk on Friday. 

"We are at a crucial moment for the future of Europe ... We will not push back people in the sea, risking the lives of children," Tsipras said.

The following interview was conducted by Kai Darkman... Читать дальше...

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ISIS has taken the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to a nearly industrial level as the terror group continues to hold onto territory in Iraq and Syria, Foreign Affairs reports.

The terror group, which holds large swathes of territory in both Iraq and Syria despite being pressured from nearly all sides, has turned to the use of IEDs as a major force multiplier.

An investigator for Conflict Armament Research (CAR) told Foreign Affairs that ISIS' use of IEDs... Читать дальше...

In his new book The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, political scientist Andrew Hacker proposes replacing algebra II and calculus in the high school and college curriculum with a practical course in statistics for citizenship (more on that later).

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Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán secretly entered the US twice last year, despite being one of the world's most wanted fugitives, according to the Mexican drug kingpin's American daughter.

In an interview with The Guardian published on Friday, Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz said that Guzmán crossed the Mexican border into California twice in late 2015 after his notorious escape from a maximum-security Mexican prison in July.

Guzmán used the opportunities to see relatives... Читать дальше...

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals is hitting another rough patch.

After a mostly quiet January, the former stock market darling has been hit by news of SEC investigations, questions about its business model, and a delay of its earnings.

Here's a timeline of what's happened to Valeant's shares over the past six months:

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September 21: Hillary Clinton tweets about price gouging, and the whole biotech market slumps.
Percent change in stock from prior day's close... Читать дальше...

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Late last year, Boeing rolled out the first completed 737 Max 8 airliner at its assembly facility in Renton, Washington. The company's next-generation single-aisle plane was presented at a ceremony in front of several thousand Boeing employees.

Over the years, the 737 family has become the best-selling airliner in the history of commercial aviation, with more than 13,000 aircraft sold since 1965. It is arguably Boeing's bread-and-butter model.

"Today marks another in... Читать дальше...

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Have you heard of Kayla Itsines?

The Instagram star and trainer has built a massive empire with over 4.6 million followers.

The 24-year-old Australian has become Instagram-famous with her Bikini Body Guides. She also recently launched an app that essentially puts her training in her fans' pockets.

The star has cultivated an online community that calls itself "Kayla's Army," largely by sharing impressive progress photos — or "transformations" ... Читать дальше...

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Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder of VC firm Social Capital, thinks the American political system is broken.

But he sees a way to fix it: get Mike Bloomberg elected the next US president.

In fact, he believes in it so much that he's willing to temporarily shut down his firm, and use its resources on backing Bloomberg's presidential bid instead, if he decides to run.

"I've told them (Bloomberg's folks) that most of us would pause our day jobs to get him elected. Читать дальше...

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It had 16 cylinders, 1,001 horsepower, went from 0-60 in 2.5 seconds, had a top speed of 253 miles per hour — and a starting price of well over $1 million.

The Bugatti Veyron was made of incredible numbers. What began as a mere idea deep within the Volkswagen Group grew to become the equivalent of the Concorde for the road.

But it's now officially retired — but succeeded by an even more insanely fast and powerful Bugatti, the Chiron, which was just unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. Читать дальше...

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Little-reported but extremely critical data point for the oil and gas industry emerged yesterday. With insiders in the debt business saying that risk levels in the sector have risen to unprecedented levels.

That came from major ratings service Moody’s. With the firm saying that one of its proprietary indexes of credit problems in the oil and gas sector has hit the highest mark ever seen.

That’s the so-called “Oil and Gas Liquidity Stress Index.” A measure of... Читать дальше...

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When you’re starting out in life, you’re not likely to spend much time pondering your credit report.

You’re not running out to buy any big ticket items; you’re just trying to make ends meet.

You can get credit — even before you establish a credit history — simply because Visa, MasterCard, and all the rest want your business and are willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

It’s the same deal when you get those first few business clients. Читать дальше...

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As of 2016, there 2,188 billionaires across the world, according to a recent report from Hurun, a Shanghai firm that releases yearly rankings and research about the world's richest people.

It turns out that some companies have a higher concentration of the richest of the rich than others. Of course, some of these companies are run by powerful families that have multiple billionaires in their clan, but others are not.

Read on to see the 11 companies with the... Читать дальше...

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Conventional wisdom goes like this: When you go to the gym, you're there to work out, not to impress anyone. So you can safely wear that ratty old t-shirt with stains and holes in it. Who cares, right?

Well, wrong. It actually does matter what you wear to the gym when you go for two reasons: one of them is technical and the other is personal.

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This may seems obvious to most, but if you've ever been to the gym, you'd be shocked by how many don't quite "get it". Читать дальше...

Arsenic Magazine

In the hills above Hollywood, Arsenic's team of 12 — 10 women and two men — is building a media powerhouse based on being real, raw, and edgy.

Arsenic MagazineIn the last two years, Arsenic has transformed from being one woman's hobby to a social-media movement where women of any shape, size, skin color, or location are submitting their own photos and videos for free just because they want to be a part of it.

The startup, which officially launched in June 2015... Читать дальше...

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This year, for the 75th anniversary of the introduction of the war-winning Willys MB jeep, today's Jeep will be showering us with a good many ads involving a rather streamlined evolution from that fabled vehicle to their latest range of models.

But let's be clear here: the Jeep Wrangler is not a modern-day Willy's Jeep.

It's more of a car inspired by an interpretation of a descendant of a civilian version of a Willy's MB.

But that's close enough to allow for some heavy marketing from Jeep. Читать дальше...

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Water contamination in an upstate New York village has brought officials’ handling of early information under scrutiny.

Just as lead in the water in Flint, Michigan took over a year to gain widespread attention, Hoosick Falls’ battle with a synthetic contaminant has been quietly unfolding largely outside the public eye since late 2014. Despite cleanup efforts, recent testing suggests that the crisis is not over.

The village, with a population of 3,500, has... Читать дальше...

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Kerri Walsh-Jennings and her partner Misty May have been synonymous with the sport of beach volleyball for well over a decade.

After failing to drop a single set en route to the gold medal in Athens in 2004, the duo rattled off an impressive extended run that saw them win 108 consecutive matches, recapture gold in 2008 in Beijing (where they again failed to drop a set), and again in London in 2012. 

May retired following the London Olympics, but Walsh-Jennings (37)... Читать дальше...

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hasn't always been in the public sphere.

Before she was locked in her second race for president, a Secretary of State, a senator from New York, a First Lady, a lawyer, or a Yale or Wellesley student, then-Hillary Rodham was a Chicago-area teen and part of the first graduating class at Maine South High School.

She was also a Republican who supported ultra-conservative Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona in the 1964 election.

"At the time... Читать дальше...

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The knife found on O.J. Simpson's property is inconsistent with the killings of O.J.'s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, Los Angeles law enforcement officials told NBC on Saturday. 

The knife is a relatively inexpensive, small knife carried by landscapers and gardeners. The characteristics and condition of the knife, which had no traces of blood, were inconsistent with the weapon used to murder Brown and Goldman, sources told NBC. 

The... Читать дальше...

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Yelp recently released its list of the highest-rated restaurants in America, and the best pizza place on there probably isn’t what you expected.

It doesn’t sell deep-dish pies in Chicago, or hawk thin-crust slices in New York.

The highest-rated pizza place in America is actually a quirky cheese shop and bakery in Berkeley, California, called The Cheese Board.

The Pizza

The Cheese Board produces only one type of pizza per day, which rotates depending... Читать дальше...

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Energy pioneer Aubrey McClendon died in a car crash just a day after he was indicted on conspiracy to rig bids for oil and natural gas leases.

The former Chesapeake Energy CEO rose to prominence by pioneering production techniques that unlocked America's supply of shale gas, which helped wean the country from its reliance on foreign oil.

His indictment came on the heels of a four-year federal antitrust investigation which found that his company had planned to rig the price of land leases in Oklahoma... Читать дальше...