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This week's new study showing that a cholesterol-lowering statin drug can cut the risk of heart attack or stroke has opened up a debate over how aggressive doctors and patients should be when it comes to using statins — and who should take them.

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He has investigated waste, fraud and abuse — and a Justice Department scandal over political partisanship in hiring practices.

That kind of investigation can make someone a bull's-eye for political arrows, but it hasn't happened with Fine.

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Muslim and Catholic scholars have concluded an unprecedented three-day meeting at the Vatican vowing to work together to combat violence and terrorism —especially when it is carried out in God's name.

Pope Benedict called on both faiths to resolve past prejudices.

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The government's Troubled Asset Relief Program — known as TARP — was designed to thaw the frozen credit markets by, among other things, buying up financial firms' "toxic assets." The Treasury Department says it has given $155 billion to eight banks so far, which has helped them increase short-term lending.

But the department hasn't yet started to buy up problematic mortgage-backed securities.

One of the things investors hate most is uncertainty — and there is a little more certainty since the U.S. election has been decided.

Stock investors in Asia showed signs of relief and European stocks are trading lower.

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In the nation's capital, a celebration spontaneously began in a historically black neighborhood at 14th and U Streets NW.

Once the election was called for Democrat Barack Obama, hundreds of people poured from bars and restaurants into the neighborhood — despite a heavy drizzle.

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If you'd invested money in Barack Obama, you would have made a profit. Stocks in Obama and John McCain — or rather their chances of winning — have been trading on a political futures market called Intrade.

Millions of dollars have poured in to this prediction market. Investors are already placing bids for the U.S. presidential race in 2012.

If Barack Obama wins the White House, he already has an invitation for a foreign tour. Residents of Obama, Japan, have been wearing "I Love Obama" T-shirts.

As far as we know, there's no McCain, Japan. But it's a fair guess that the Republican is getting votes from customers of McCain Mall in North Little Rock in Arkansas — a state that McCain is favored to win.

Borrowers hurt by the credit squeeze and investors looking to boost their returns are turning to the same place: peer-to-peer lending.

The loans can be quicker than going through a bank — and offer rates of return that can beat government bonds.

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The Tampa Bay Rays woke up Wednesday in a historic hotel where Olympic runner Jesse Owens and eight American presidents have stayed.

The Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Del., was the only hotel with 85 available rooms after Game 5 — played in Philadelphia, 50 miles from the hotel — was suspended for rain.