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Prince cremated; family, friends honor him at ceremony in Minnesota

By Jane Ross CHANHASSEN, Minn. (Reuters) – Prince's remains have been cremated and his family and friends attended a private ceremony on Saturday to pay their respects to the late pop superstar at the studio complex where he died in a suburb of Minneapolis, a Prince spokeswoman said. Among those seen entering the Paisley Park Studios complex, where Prince lived in Chanhassen, Minnesota, were his sister, Tyka Nelson, musician and former collaborator Sheila E., his former bass player Larry Graham and model Damaris Lewis. The service came two days after Prince, whose hits included “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry,” was found dead in an elevator at the complex at age 57.

Is Chipotle a riskier place to eat? Hard to know

By Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – In recent months, Chipotle has lost customers, sales and profits after outbreaks of foodborne illnesses that sickened more than 500 people from Seattle to Boston. The burrito chain will shut its 1,900 U.S. restaurants on Monday for a meeting with employees to review a rapid overhaul of practices that it hopes will eliminate outbreaks of E. coli, Salmonella and norovirus. Food safety investigations in the United States begin – and often end – at the local level, and some states limit the disclosure of implicated restaurants, keeping diners in the dark.

Pacira sues FDA over pain drug marketing restrictions

By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking a court order allowing it to promote its post-surgery pain drug, Exparel, for a wide range of surgeries, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opposes. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, cites another New York judge’s recent decision allowing Irish drugmaker Amarin Plc to market its fish oil drug Vascepa for unapproved, or off-label, uses, though Pacira contends that its own marketing is not for off-label use. Pacira, however, has promoted it for use in all kinds of surgeries.