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WASHINGTON – One manufacturer couldn’t persuade U.S. federal health advisers that it’s time to lift a 13-year near-ban on silicone-gel breast implants (search). Now another gets to try. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (search) cited lingering questions about how long the controversial implants really last before breaking and …

CLEVELAND – High gasoline prices are turning some drivers into riders, say public transit authorities in several states. It’s a trend that Joe Calabrese, general manager of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (search), expects to continue as long as a gallon of gas remains about $2. “I know there …

QUITO, Ecuador – President Lucio Gutierrez‘s (search) ouster Wednesday was almost foretold five years ago by another Ecuadorean president, the one that Gutierrez helped topple. A former army colonel, Gutierrez was the main player in the January 2000 coup. He joined with Indian leaders and led a rebellion of young …