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Do you really need that MRI, or is your doctor just trying to make a buck?

MRIs More Likely To Be Negative When The Doctor Profits

Maybe you didn't need that MRI, but your doctor did. Scans are more likely to find no problems if doctors make money from the MRI, a study concludes. Congress and the states have tried to crack down on doctors self-referring to scanners they own, but the practice continues to drive up health care costs.

U.N. Says Death Toll In Syria Has Surpassed 4,000

The United Nations' top human rights official also characterized the conflict as a civil war.

It's best to keep this out of Rover's paws.

Dog Shoots Man: Butt, And Pride, Injured

Shotgun's loaded. It's pointing toward a hunter's backside. Fido gets excited and steps on the weapon. And ... you can imagine the rest. Fortunately, the man's going to be OK.

In South Korea, Old Law Leads To New Crackdown

A South Korean man meant for his Twitter profile picture, with its backdrop of a North Korean flag, to be a visual parody of North Korean news programs. Now, Park Jong-kun may be charged with violating a security law from 1948. Critics say it's being used to stifle free speech on North Korea.

Photo Of Clinton, Suu Kyi, Says It All

It speaks volumes about the purpose and meaning of the first visit to Myanmar by an American secretary of state in more than five decades. Aung San Suu Kyi is a living symbol of the struggle there for human rights and democracy.

Foster care children are much more likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs, a federal report finds.

Foster Kids Given Psychiatric Drugs At Higher Rates

A two-year federal investigation found children in foster care — even infants — were prescribed psychotropic drugs at rates 2.7 to 4.5 times higher than non-foster children. Often, those prescriptions were at much higher doses.

The airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers have sparked protests. In Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday students shouted anti-U.S. slogans.

U.S. Officials Say Pakistan Gave Go-Ahead For Airstrikes

Twenty four Pakistani soldiers were killed by NATO missiles on Nov. 26. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports, U.S. officials say a Pakistani military official had assured them no such troops were in the area. A Pakistani official disputes the story.

Toppled trees in the Highland Park section of Los Angeles did some heavy damage to vehicles parked along a street.

'Freakishly Powerful Winds' To Ease In Southern California, Utah

But they'll still be blowing pretty hard. And the combination of strong winds and low humidity has raised the danger of wildfires.

The Niemeyer Center for the arts will shut its doors on Dec. 15 after being open for only nine months in Aviles, Spain. It's a victim of political squabbling during difficult economic times.

Curtain Could Fall On A Dazzling Arts Center In Spain

The Niemeyer Center for the arts in northern Spain is slated to close on Dec. 15, after barely nine months of operation, because of budget cuts. The fate of the Niemeyer could be an omen for the future, as conservative politicians slash funding for the arts and public projects.

A Border Patrol agent looks for footprints from illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.- Mexico border in 2010. Traffickers have begun using immigrants as drug smugglers, recruiting voluntarily and forcibly.

Migrants Say They're Unwilling Mules For Cartels

Traffickers are reportedly forcing illegal border crossers to smuggle drugs into the U.S. For courts along the border, it's a struggle to decide how to deal with terrified migrants, especially when there's no proof to their claims.

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