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Health officials are notifying nearly 7,000 people they may have been exposed to HIV and other infectious diseases at an Oklahoma dental practice where improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools were discovered at the offices of Dr. Wayne Scott Harrington in Tulsa.

The U.S. government's wide-ranging insider trading probe of SAC Capital Advisors put increased pressure on founder Steve Cohen Friday, arresting principal manager Michael Steinberg. A high-ranking portfolio manager who handled technology, media and telecommunications stocks at the firm, Steinberg was indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, the authorities said. He is 41 years old.

Bill Maher has his share of detractors. Sarah Palin, Donald Trump and Michelle Bachmann come to mind. If there is one topic excoriated by Maher more than any other, it is organized religion. After all, the host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" made the documentary "Religulous," exposing what he sees as the zany rituals of all kinds of faiths. The Catholic League is not happy, particularly since it is often the brunt of Maher's jokes.