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Drug Overdose Deaths Up for 11th Consecutive Year

Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines.

"The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which gathered and analyzed the data.

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Greek Man Accused of Stealing Dali Work in NYC

A Greek man proved inept at the art of thievery by swiping a Salvador Dali painting from a New York City gallery as security cameras rolled and, in a panic, later trying to send it back anonymously, authorities said Tuesday.

Phivos Istavrioglou also left fingerprints that helped detectives track him down — another misstep in a botched fine art caper that even he found foolish, according to an account of a confession contained in court papers.

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Nature Follows a Number Pattern Called Fibonacci

What do pine cones and paintings have in common? A 13th century Italian mathematician named Leonardo of Pisa.

Better known by his pen name, Fibonacci, he came up with a number sequence that keeps popping up throughout the plant kingdom, and the art world too.

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FIFA Urges Government Support against Match-Fixing

FIFA's head of security has warned that the fight against match-fixing will ultimately flounder without the full support of governments across the world.

Ralf Mutschke said he hopes a Singaporean businessman accused of heading a crime syndicate that made millions by betting on rigged Italian games will be brought to face the courts with the help of Singaporean authorities.

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Johnson's OT buzzer-Beater Lifts Nets Past Bucks

Joe Johnson hit a tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter and hit a buzzer-beating jump shot at the end of overtime to lift the Brooklyn Nets to a 113-111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.

Johnson finished with 24 points, and Brook Lopez and Deron Williams added 19 each as the Nets ended a 13-game losing streak against the Bucks dating back to March 30, 2009.

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Bayern Cruises to 3-1 Win over Beleaguered Arsenal

Bayern Munich seized on the uncertainty sweeping through Arsenal to claim a 3-1 victory in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 match on Tuesday, enhancing the German side's status as one of the favorites for the title.

Germany internationals Toni Kroos and Thomas Mueller did the early damage with goals in the opening 21 minutes for Bayern — a beaten finalist in two of the last three years — before Mario Mandzukic sealed victory by bundling in a third in the 77th at Emirates Stadium.

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U.S. and Iran Find Common Ground: Olympic Wrestling

Arch foes Iran and the U.S. have found some common ground in the fight to save wrestling as an Olympic sport.

U.S. wrestling coach Zeke Jones on Tuesday called the sport an important "ambassador," suggesting possible cooperation to fight a decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the 2020 Games.

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Pistorius Says No Intentions to Kill Girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. The prosecutor called it premeditated murder.

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Microsoft's Outlook Takes Aim at Google's Gmail

Microsoft is so confident it has the Internet's best email service that it's about spend at least $30 million to send its message across the U.S.

The barrage begins Tuesday when Microsoft's twist on email, Outlook.com, escalates an assault on rival services from Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., AOL Inc. and a long list of Internet service providers.

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Palestinian Prisoners Announce Solidarity Strike

A Palestinian group said Tuesday hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails are refusing food for one day in solidarity with four other inmates who are on hunger strike.

The move could escalate a brewing crisis. One of the four hunger-striking Palestinians is 35-year-oldSamer Issawi whose health has severely deteriorated after he has refused food, on-and-off, for more than 200 days.

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