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Surgical gear may have spread brain disease

New Hampshire public health officials believe one person died of a rare, degenerative brain disease, and there's a remote chance up to 13 others in multiple states were exposed to it through surgical equipment.

Dr. Joseph Pepe, president of Catholic Medical Center, said officials are 95 percent certain that a patient who had brain surgery in May and died in August had sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Officials have notified eight people who had brain surgery during that time period, because the faulty proteins that cause the disease can survive standard sterilization.

AG certifies 14 citizens' petitions for potential referendum votes

Citizens' petitions to raise the minimum wage, eliminate the gas tax's tie to inflation and raise the minimum wage to $10.50 per hour were certified by Attorney General Martha Coakley's office to continue on toward the 2014 ballot, while a proposal to prohibit casinos was denied.

Coakley's office certified 28 petitions on 14 topics yesterday and denied five petitions. Generally only a few of the petitions certified by the AG make it all the way to the ballot.

Oil falls as U.S. weighs Syria action

The price of oil fell yesterday amid uncertainty over the United States' plans to launch a punitive strike against Syria.

Benchmark oil for October delivery fell $1.31, or 1.2 percent, to close at $107.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

TODAY

 Labor Department releases second-quarter productivity data.

 Institute for Supply Management releases its service sector index for August.

 Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims.

 Russia hosts two-day summit of G-20 leaders.

TOMORROW

 Labor Department releases employment data for August.

 Federal Statistical Office releases export and import data for July.

 Lewis Lee, left, has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in its Boston office. Lee focuses his practice on intellectual property. He has a study and research background in intellectual property law that includes patent, copyright and licensing.

 New England College of Business and Finance announced Michele Jurgens has joined the college as chairwoman of the master of science in business ethics and compliance program. She will be responsible for overseeing one of NECB's most innovative graduate programs.

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