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Arguments began Monday in a federal lawsuit alleging that a Maryland doctor stapled a man’s rectum shut during an operation, rendering him unable to move his bowels for 17 days, the Baltimore Examiner reported. Ronald Watkins, 64, of West Virginia, has accused Dr. Manuel Casiano, a doctor in Frederick County, …

NEW YORK – Wall Street took a step back from the ledge Tuesday, with the Federal Reserve resisting a cut in interest rates and the stock market staging a small rebound one day after a stomach-churning drop. Investors still kept a nervous eye on American International Group Inc., the world’s …

BEIJING – Mariel Zagunis stood proudly atop the podium, the first American to do so at these Olympics. A former president was in the front row — and three red, white and blue flags were rising to the rafters. “It was a dream come true,” Zagunis said. Zagunis won the …