A new study, conducted in Europe, found the medicine worked just as well as an earlier disputed study, sponsored by ImClone Systems, said it did.
Doctors concluded Erbitux, the cancer drug that enmeshed ImClone Systems in an insider trading scandal, worked just as well as an earlier company-sponsored study said it did.

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Answer: 3

Death toll rises to 29 in India's Mumbai building collapse
Death toll rises to 12 in Indonesia mine collapse

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The rapper's lawyer, Mark Gann, didn't return calls for comment.
The 27-year-old rapper's attorney in the civil matter, Mark Gann, did not return calls for comment.

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Answer: 4

Heavy rain raises threat of Christmas Day flooding
Fresh rain brings more flooding

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3