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Medication Mix-Up Leaves Knee Surgery Patient Paralyzed

A patient was unable to move from the sternum down after a routine knee-replacement operation at a Nashville hospital this month. The hospital said she had been given the wrong anesthetic.

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Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown in Nashville said it ordered an emergency halt to all remaining operations scheduled for Aug. 14 after officials noticed serious adverse reactions in four patients.
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U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk

Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”

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Samuel Tunick faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search last year.
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Chinese Start-Up Lands Reusable Rocket for the First Time

The milestone by the private company, LandSpace, could put China closer to challenging SpaceX’s rule in lower-cost spaceflight.

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Penn State Fraternity Members Are Charged in Cocaine Trafficking Case

More than a dozen current and former students from two fraternities were part of an operation that involved packaging drugs at fraternity houses, the authorities said.

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Administrators at Pennsylvania State University said that they are investigating the current and former students who were charged in trafficking cocaine.
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