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How push to cut costs, boost profits at surgery centers led to a trail of death

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A composite image of patients that have died at surgery centers across America.
 
  How a push to cut costs and boost profits at surgery centers led to a trail of death  
  Surgery centers were created for simple operations. But more than 260 people have died after procedures since 2013.  
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  A truck driver makes his way through a snow storm which left a few inches of snow in the Cajon Pass and Oak Hills areas  in Hesperia, Calif., Tuesday Feb. 27, 2018. Many of California's mountains are sporting new coats of snow, much of it down to low   Nor'easter a 'life and death' situation with high winds for almost all of East Coast
March will roar in like a lion in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast as a potent storm delivers a ferocious mix of wind, rain, snow and waves.
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  Former  Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is pictured addressing the court during the sentencing phase in Ingham County Circuit Court in Lansing, Mich.   First male gymnast alleges abuse by Larry Nassar
Jacob Moore joins older sister and gymnast Kamerin Moore as plaintiff in amended complaint.
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  At the Golden Globes, stars like Mariah Carey, America Ferrera, Natalie Portman, Emma Stone and tennis great/women's advocate Billie Jean King wore black in support of Time's Up.   Oscars 2018: Time's Up to have a 'moment' during the broadcast
The organization plots its way forward, having now raised $21 million for its legal defense fund.
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  President Trump   Trump claims 'trade wars' are 'easy to win' day after tariff talk roils stock market
Skeptics say trade wars will lead to higher prices and slower growth. Trump wants to target imported aluminum and steel
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  President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump lay a wreath during a ceremony for American evangelist Billy Graham as he lies in honor in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Feb. 28, 2018.   5 things you need to know Friday
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  epa06219374 An Uber app on a mobile telephone in central London, Britain, 22 September 2017. Transport for London (TFL), the governing body responsible for transport in London, announced on 22 September 2017 that they will not renew Uber's license as   Drunk man blacks out, takes $1,600 Uber ride to New Jersey from West Virginia party
We've all had those nights. You go out, maybe have a little too much to drink, and then call an Uber to drive you from West Virginia to New Jersey.
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  Workers are pictured removing a billboard poster for the Battlefield Vegas shooting range after it was vandalized.   Activist group takes credit for Las Vegas 'Shoot A School Kid' billboard
The altered advertisement, which had said "Shoot a .50 caliber only $29," was taken down within hours
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  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle meet with panelists and beneficiaries as they attend the first annual Royal Foundation Forum held at Aviva on Feb. 28, 2018 in London, England.   Prince Harry and Meghan Markle invite 2,600 members of the public to their wedding
The couple want 2,640 people to watch them and their guests arrive at Windsor Castle.
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  A Burmese python captured in Southwest Florida ingested a large prey animal.   Snakes alive! 31-pound Burmese python devours 35-pound white-tailed deer fawn in Florida
The 2015 finding in Southwest Florida is believed to be the largest python-to-prey ratio documented to date.
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A woman tosses hot water into the freezing cold air that turns into a sparkling cloud of snow. Fresh heavy snowfalls and icy blizzards were expected to lash Europe as the region shivers in a deadly deep-freeze that has gripped countries from the far

A woman tosses hot water into the freezing cold air that turns into a sparkling cloud of snow. Fresh heavy snowfalls and icy blizzards were expected to lash Europe as the region shivers in a deadly deep-freeze that has gripped countries from the far
 
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