"The Last Airbender": Shyamalan's fantasy schlockfest
Salon
That's what I learned in the first 10 minutes of the film, before I began exercising my own magic powers and writing shopping lists with my mind. ...

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Salon
The new single womanhood
Salon
Unlike the tales of trauma and addiction that studded the first wave of publishing's autobiographical boom, Crosley and her compatriots are staking out ...

Melise enters guilty plea
Providence Journal
Federal authorities accused Melise of possessing, intending to distribute and/or distributing various quantities of 80-milligram oxycodone to a person in ...
Former city worker pleads guilty to drug chargesTurn to 10.com
Ex-RI official pleads guilty to drug chargesWLNE-TV (ABC6)
'Buckles' Melise reaches plea agreementProvidence Eyewitness News

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Violence, drugs in Mexico
Bangor Daily News
Above all, drug addiction and abuse is a health problem and the terms by which it is addressed must reflect that fact. Joseph Califano, chairman of the ...

Violence, drugs in Mexico
Bangor Daily News
Joseph Califano, chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and former secretary of Health, Education and ...

New York Times
Economies in Latin America Surge Forward as Others Creep
New York Times
LIMA, Peru — While the United States and Europe fret over huge deficits and threats to a fragile recovery, this region has a surprise in ...

Lincoln man gets prison for role in cocaine ring
Bangor Daily News
He said his addiction to cocaine began after his mother's death in 2004. “Going to jail in Massachusetts change my life,” he said. ...

Barstow Drug Court grows
Desert Dispatch
“It's a chance to redeem yourself,” said drug court client and Barstow resident Marlo Washington, who said she abused cocaine before entering the drug court ...
Prison ordered for former Drug Court participantOshkosh Northwestern

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Summer Reading: Heidi Moore
Marketplace (blog)
From our reliance on debt to the greed of some on Wall Street -- all of it came from our own addiction, not to crack but to money. Traders talk about this. ...

Summer Reading: Heidi Moore
Marketplace (blog)
Cocaine, sex and power make for a juicy read. Reporter Heidi Moore shares her summer reading pick "Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man: A Memoir," which ...

Summer Reading: Heidi Moore
Marketplace (blog)
From our reliance on debt to the greed of some on Wall Street -- all of it came from our own addiction, not to crack but to money. Traders talk about this. ...

Cheers & Jeers: The (James) Franco Regime Rules!
Seattle Post Intelligencer
I hadn't dialed up a daytime drama since my brief, inexplicable high-school addiction to the recently snuffed-out Guiding Light, but I caught a bit of James ...

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Christopher Hitchens undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer
Salon
Because despite the risks, smoking is delicious -- nicotine addiction is insidious and persistent and wonderful all at once. You might have heard about ...

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Agent: DEA probe 'has nothing to do' with Ellison
San Diego Union Tribune
The last known time a Chargers doctor had an issue with prescription drug regulations was 2002, when Chao was issued a $1000 citation by the state medical ...

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Quest News
Struggle street
Quest News
He said violence and substance abuse were realities for homeless people. Despite battling alcohol addiction while homeless, he has not had a drink for three ...

Two convicted in drug scheme tied to Belton pharmacy
Kansas City Star
Rostie, who co-owned a Belton pharmacy, acknowledged that the scheme moved millions of doses of prescription drugs, including hydrocodone.
Belton residents Rostie, Martin plead to roles in $1M drug schemeKansas City Business Journal

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Taking Aim
Alva Review-Courier
Why is life so difficult that is it necessary to spend large amounts of money and risk addiction, prison, and loss of your current lifestyle in order to ...

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Taking Aim
Alva Review-Courier
Why is life so difficult that is it necessary to spend large amounts of money and risk addiction, prison, and loss of your current lifestyle in order to ...

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FDA Prepares to Walk the Opiate REMS Line
PharmExec.com
Any REMS would have to focus on ER and LA formulations of drugs like hydrocodone, oxycodone, and morphine. The immediate-release formulations hold less ...

MyFox Tampa Bay
Five-year sentence for food tampering
UPI.com
Police said the pill was the painkiller hydrocodone. Duclos and another Burger King employee accused of selling him the pills were fired by the restaurant, ...
Ex-Burger King employee gets to 5 years in prisonMiamiHerald.com
Ex-Burger King Employee Gets 5 Years in Prison for Putting Painkillers in BurgersFirst Coast News
Popping pills into Burger King sandwiches gets Jacksonville man 5 years in prisonFlorida Times-Union
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