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THE WEEK

TORONTO SLAMMED ITS MAYOR

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Age, in years, of the world's oldest animal, a mollusk, which was killed when researchers attempted to learn its age

'If you put the data from hypothetical patients in ... you can get results that are very implausible.'

STEVEN NISSEN, cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, suggesting that a new risk calculator from the American Heart Association may drastically overestimate the number of people who should be taking cholesterol-lowering statins such as Lipitor and Crestor

GOOD WEEK

Planes

Boeing received nearly $100 billion in orders for its folded-wingtip aircraft

BAD WEEK

Cars

Tesla is being...

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