Disgraced Illinois Judge Awaits Prison Assignment
Disgraced Illinois judge awaits prison assignment
[rewrite]LOUIS — A disgraced Illinois judge at the center of a courthouse drug scandal is getting time to square away things before serving a two-year sentence on heroin and gun convictions. But exactly where Michael Cook will spend his time … McDade also …[/rewrite]
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Ex-nurse saw 'dark side' of mother under investigation for son's death
[rewrite]She also had to pay a fine and attend drug rehab. She was back working at the hospital during Garnett's visits in 2009. In 2010, she gave up … Spear, of DHR, said Garnett Spears appears just once in department records: On June 20, 2009, DHR received …[/rewrite]
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'We'Re All Paying:' Heroin Spreads Misery in US
'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
[rewrite]FILE – This May 1999 file photo provided by the DEA shows a circa 1900 Bayer aspirin advertisement featuring heroin as an ingredient, part of an exhibit at the new Drug Enforcement Administration Museum and Visitors Center in Arlington, Va. Heroin …[/rewrite]
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Waldorf native, med student bikes for North Carolina health center
[rewrite]… might as well take my bike there, too,” said Cox, who, along with boyfriend Jordan Vance, spent a few days after the Asia trip with family in Charles County, which includes her mother, Mary and stepdad Joe Gemmell, father Gary Cox and sisters …[/rewrite]
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25 Instances of Mascots Misbehaving
25 Instances of Mascots Misbehaving
[rewrite]In November 2008, the student who played the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot was arrested and charged with DUI, just hours before a game against Michigan State. James …. The NJ Devil has managed to rehab the image of the franchise's mascot and has …[/rewrite]
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The Top 12 Most Shameless Moments
[rewrite]At first, Monica is always smiles and lollipops for the kids she abandoned even more thoroughly than Frank, who at least wanders past the old homestead for drug money every couple of weeks. … Robbie is the kind of guy who will do cocaine tomorrow and …[/rewrite]
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Montgomery County Community Calendar, April 3 to 10, 2014
Montgomery County community calendar, April 3 to 10, 2014
[rewrite]Friendship Heights walking club, leaves the village center at 8:15 a.m. Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; call to confirm event during inclement weather. … 8 p.m., Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ, 1 Westmoreland Cir., Bethesda …[/rewrite]
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Randall Beach: Nobody is alone at this faith-based center
[rewrite]One of them, Tara Edmundson, told me, “I had an alcohol addiction, and I was living in Philadelphia when my godmother told me about this program. In a move of desperation, I quit my job and came here. It was a leap of faith, but it's working …[/rewrite]
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Love and Fire
Love and fire
[rewrite]ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. — The corn was harvested, and the field was a dirty sort of brown. Deborah Clark would think about that later, how at a different time of year she wouldn't have seen anything until it was too late. A friend had come over to her …[/rewrite]
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Mojo – April 2014
[rewrite]According to a new report from the Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC), a nonprofit advocacy organization, the United States has fully returned to the 18th-century model of incarcerating the mentally ill in correctional institutions rather than treating …[/rewrite]
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At 21, Recovering Heroin Addict Starts Over
At 21, recovering heroin addict starts over
[rewrite]Lewis completed rehab and started taking methadone. But after six months, he says, he realized he'd replaced one addiction with another, so he entered a detox program. He has been clean since Oct. 12. He's severed all connections with drug-using …[/rewrite]
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Last of Heroin is Here meetings held in Mason County
[rewrite]Clarke said there are 2,400 beds in rehabs in the state of Kentucky. There are 120 … O'Hearn said she remembered in 2005 a drug summit, seeking intervention, was held in Mason County and a plea was made for a rehab facility in the area. "Everyone …[/rewrite]
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