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FACEOFF: Are today’s political commentators going too far with their ...
I recall not THAT many years ago, when commentators were older journalists, with decades of experience behind them. This came well before iReporters, and Twitter, and even CNN ...
Source: Mineral Daily News-Tribune

Baseball Capsules: MLB attendance drops for second straight season
NEW YORK — Rich Aurilia noticed all the empty seats as he made his way around the major leagues during the second half of this season. "You have to," the San Francisco Giants ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

He Read, She Read: Turning Tragedy Into Comedy Probably Saved Carrie ...
The title of Carrie Fisher's latest book is a wry comment on her less-than-conventional childhood, unusual career, failed relationships and fondness for drugs and alcohol. Part ...
Source: Daily News-Record

Kyle Farnsworth, Jerry Manuel and A.J. Burnett
There was just never any doubt last night, once Kyle Farnsworth took the mound for the Royals in the bottom of the ninth inning. In the best-case scenario, you figured, the Royals ...
Source: Newsday

Ken Davidoff's baseball insider
Off last night's Yankees game , I wrote about - who else? - Joba Chamberlain . The young man offered an encouraging performance, obviously, at a time when the Yankees needed to see ...
Source: Newsday

NFL Preview - Tampa Bay (0-4) at Philadelphia (2-1)
There are currently six winless teams in the National Football League, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers happen to be one of them. Bucs first-year head coach Raheem Morris is off to a ...
Source: Tacoma News Tribune

the melrose thursday 10: Robert Forshay
Melrose resident Robert “Bob” Forshay lost his wife Mary to Lou Gehrig’s disease (also known as ALS) last year, on July 9. In her memory, Forshay will lead “TEAM MARY ...
Source: Abington Mariner

Ken Davidoff's baseball insider
'Twas quite a day for Mets fans yesterday, as their leadership did an Accountability Tour of sorts: A news conference at Citi Field , followed by a Jeff Wilpon sitdown with SNY ...
Source: Newsday

Yankees, Mets, trade rumors and more MLB musings
I'd qualify it as a non-shocker that Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals came to terms at "11:58 and 43 seconds" last night, to quote Nats president Stan Kasten. Both sides had too ...
Source: Newsday

NFL Preview - Tampa Bay (0-4) At Philadelphia (2-1)
By Shawn Clarke, Contributing NFL Editor -- (Sports Network) - There are currently six winless teams in the National Football League, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers happen to be one ...
Source: WSB-TV Atlanta

D.C. foster-child project recasts concept of family
WASHINGTON — It's Friday night, and the pizza has just arrived. The kids race to claim their slices and load up on the homemade macaroni salad. The grown-ups are in the dining ...
Source: Daily Press

Colletti: McCourts’ problems not affecting team
LOS ANGELES — Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said Friday it’s been business as usual running the team despite owner Frank McCourt firing his wife as CEO of the club ...
Source: The Gaea Times

Archive: October, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer Blog - Green Living ... Momentum is building toward an international day of climate change action this Saturday.
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

The Steel Cage
Newsday tag team champs Alfonso Castillo and Seth Mates slam you with pro wrestling news and insights. I’ve gone to hundreds of wrestling shows over the years, witnessed dozens ...
Source: Newsday

Hand sanitizer, a foe of the flu, can be dangerous, too
Hand sanitizer is touted by medical experts, including the Centers For Disease Control, as one of the best ways to combat swine flu and other bugs. It kills germs, and it's cheap ...
Source: Evening Sun

Sunday reading: ALCS Game 2 review, and a Matt Holliday tidbit
The very late night prompted the Yankees to cancel their workout in Anaheim, and that prompted me to push back my departure to Cally until tonight. Gonna take the day to pack, say ...
Source: Newsday

Psychiatrist Details Anna Nicole's Drug Addiction
A psychiatrist who treated Anna Nicole Smith for drug dependency during her pregnancy said she tried to set up a program to wean her off prescription painkillers but found the ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

Week in Sloth
“The League” (FX 11:30 p.m.) A raunchy ensemble comedy about the unethical, backstabbing, win-at-all-costs players in a fantasy football league? Sounds like a fine companion ...
Source: Weekly Alibi

Bills’ Whitner gets probation diversion program on disorderly ...
CLEVELAND — Buffalo Bills defensive back Donte (DAWN’-tay) Whitner has been placed in a first-time offenders program with probation for three months for a disorderly conduct ...
Source: The Gaea Times

An Endless -- and Escalating -- War at Home, Part II
In my previous post, "An Endless -- and Escalating -- War at Home, Part I ," I ended with the following afterthought on a prediction that Denver's Morrison Road might be the next ...
Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Archive: October, 2009
The Philadelphia Inquirer Blog - Green Living ... On Saturday, Clean Ocean Action is holding its annual beach clean-up in New Jersey.
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Festivus 2009
4/11 KRBZ /Kansas City Aftentra's Prom at The Midland featuring The English Beat, Iglu and Hartly and The Zeroes. 4/11 WJBX /Ft Myers Live X at City Of Palms Park featuring Staind ...
Source: FMQB

Yankees, Mets, trade rumors and more MLB musings
As we planned our David Wright/Mets coverage yesterday, my boss (no, not that boss ) suggested we put together a chart on recent baseball players who had suffered concussions. I ...
Source: Newsday

Downward mobility, Hollywood-style
How do you go from “Charles in Charge” to overcharged? From “Eight is Enough” to not having enough to avoid foreclosure? From minor celebrity to major drug addict? “Broke ...
Source: LJWORLD

Will There Be Food Among America’s Ruins?
Were I an aspiring farmer in search of fertile land to buy and plow, I would seriously consider moving to Detroit. There is open land, fertile soil, ample water, willing labor, and ...
Source: HoweStreet.com

Yankees, Mets, trade rumors and more MLB musings
Man, it is really weird doing these blog posts and knowing that no one will comment. I feel like Patrick Swayze's character in "Ghost," after he's murdered and before he hooks up ...
Source: Newsday

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Source: Politicker

Thanksgiving for a Redskins rookie
Thanksgiving was a bleak day for the Williams family on Lee Street in Northeast Washington two decades ago. Cheron and her husband, Edwin, both were habitual users of cocaine. The ...
Source: FOXSports.com

Decade Retrospective: 2001
We continue our year-by-year look back at the decade with the year 2001, back when people wore fedoras and smoked in the office, back when Jimmy Carter was President of the United ...
Source: DEADSPIN

Jailbird O.J. in killer shape
On Oct. 3, 2008, as the jury deliberated charges against him – 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of murdering his wife, Nicole, and Ronald Goldman – Simpson spoke with ...
Source: New York Post

Eagles CB Brown expects to play on Sunday night
PHILADELPHIA — On the injury report submitted by the Eagles Friday, Sheldon Brown was listed as questionable. If he were a question then, he already had his usual answer: Yes. In ...
Source: Reporter

Cops: Fake prescriptions drove drug operation
Detectives charged Maria Capelli with 657 different counts, including felony drug offenses, conspiracy and identity theft. The alleged leader of a Lower Bucks prescription drug ...
Source: Burlington County Times

Hotstar return to index
In the very first line of “Mama’s Eyes” from Justin Townes Earle ’s acclaimed second album, Midnight at the Movies , the 28-year-old singer-songwriter mournfully announces ...
Source: POLLSTAR

'Bad News' Always Made Headlines
After signing a seven-year, $2.1 million ABA contract in 1974, Marvin Barnes averaged 24.1 points and 13.4 rebounds over the next two seasons with the Spirits of St. Louis. That ...
Source: FanHouse

Villanova scrapes by St. Joe's
Associated Press Villanova's Taylor King slams in a pair of points during the Wildcats' win over St. Joes. PHILADELPHIA — Scottie Reynolds willed third-ranked Villanova to ...
Source: Daily Local News

College Basketball: Reynolds, Villanova turn back Saint Joe’s
PHILADELPHIA — Scottie Reynolds was mad. Despite scoring 12 points, the 6-2 senior from Villanova felt he had a sub-par first half against Saint Joseph’s and was determined to ...
Source: Delaware County Daily Times

ART THOU: Danziger’s Intimacy with Nature
When I was younger, probably in high school, I had a friend who had struggled with a drug addiction for years. He was constantly in and out of rehab trying to kick the habit ...
Source: MontgomeryNews.com

Buffalo's Ralph Perella's Offense Distasteful To NFL Eagles/Packers ...
In this economy we should all be huddling together to help each other pull through the worst recession in a century. Team Work! Imagine my shock when I learned my favorite ...
Source: OfficialWire

Habits, Kicked
It's kind of amazing — given that big-city bureaucracy can be like a sticky, endlessly layered onion — what you can sometimes get away with in this town. For instance, you can ...
Source: Philadelphia Citypaper

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Source: Politicker

New Trial Date Set for Woman Charged in DUI Crash that Killed Mother ...
UPDATE: December 7 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A new trial date has been set for the woman charged in that fiery crash that killed a mother and two St. Joe High School students ...
Source: WSAZ

The Rehab Wars
The Rehab Wars Can a radical nun and a house full of junkies save Philadelphia from drug addiction? by Isaiah Thompson
Source: Philadelphia Citypaper

Chevon Miller's greatest save
It's a day that still motivates all these years later, a day that Chevon Miller makes sure she always thinks about. Would she survive, would she die, would she simply lose the last ...
Source: York Daily Record

Chevon Miller's greatest save was a gift for Chaz Powell, too
It's a day that still motivates all these years later, a day that Chevon Miller makes sure she always thinks about. Would she survive, would she die, would she simply lose the last ...
Source: York Daily Record

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Source: ETOnline.com

Treacherous Snow Storm Strikes East Coast
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A treacherous wintry storm slammed the East Coast on Saturday, dumping more than a foot of snow in some areas and creating misery for motorists on the weekend ...
Source: Salon

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Source: Politicker

Big Brother 9' winner ordered to Mass. treatment center as he ...
'Big Brother 9' winner ordered to drug center ... ‘Big Brother 9' winner ordered to drug center. BOSTON — The winner of the CBS reality television show “Big Brother 9? was ordered ...
Source: The Gaea Times

Doctor Linked to Tiger Woods Facing Drug Charges
On Wednesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police issued a news release that Dr. Anthony Galea, had been charged by the RCMP's Greater Toronto Area Federal Enforcement Section with ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

truesee's Blog
(Yong Kim / Staff Photographer) The home of Pastor Kirk Caldwell on the 100 block of Ridge Ave., in Darby Borough, where Caldwell allegedly killed his son, Jordan Caldwell ...
Source: Lottery Post

More youths fall to heroin allure
Heroin abuse among young people is rising at an alarming rate, judged by reports from police and a major area rehabilitation program. The number of admissions of young heroin ...
Source: Recorder Community Newspapers

Latin Grammy winner freed from Mexican jail 11:46
Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala was released from jail for health reasons Wednesday, but authorities said he remains under investigation for alleged ties to a drug cartel. Ayala, a ...
Source: Town Hall

Sport quotes of 2009
Sport stars can be profound, pretentious or just pig-ignorant, so put your feet up and look back over some of the more memorabel turns of phrase in 2009 with Part 2 tomorrow. Best ...
Source: Age

2009 Year in Review: RIP Manny Rivera and Chris Jones, heroes who died ...
Two public servants — a Trenton fireman and a Middletown, Pa., cop — died in the line of duty in 2009, both leaving legacies as heroes who died watching out for others. City ...
Source: Trentonian

Jim Thomas Live
onemoreramfan : If the Ram's draft Suh, who stays and who goes on the DL? Jim Thomas : Assuming no other moves are made in free agency, I would think Suh, Ryan and Darell Scott ...
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Charlie Sheen accused of using weapon 9:41
Authorities say actor Charlie Sheen is accused of using a weapon in an alleged case of domestic violence in Aspen. Sheen spent part of Christmas Day in jail after being arrested at ...
Source: Town Hall

Fifth seed or bust
Thanks to the magic of air travel, we're coming to you live from The Hangar mere hours after leaving a teary Indianapolis, where Colts fans continue to lament Jim Caldwell/Bill ...
Source: Newsday

Elton John Says He's Helping Eminem Fight Drugs
Musician Elton John said early Saturday that he's helping rapper pal Eminem cope with substance abuse issues, staying by the "Slim Shady" chart-topper's side as he deals with ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

truesee's Blog
KFC has been making positive moves with its KGC brand, or its grilled chicken. However, in terms of KFC commercial advertising and political correctness, it appears they have a way ...
Source: Lottery Post

Suburban hospitals forced to be competitive
Local full-service hospitals face pressure to expand and add profitable medical services. They also face new competition from private doctors. Ten years ago, four hospitals in ...
Source: Burlington County Times

Kindness fills an empty heart
The couple had overcome drug addiction to turn their lives around. Stephanie McCleary tries to be the person who holds open doors for others. But it's been others who've been ...
Source: Burlington County Times

The Steel Cage
Newsday tag team champs Alfonso Castillo and Seth Mates slam you with pro wrestling news and insights. January 4, 2010 – a date that has been on the tongues of wrestling fans for ...
Source: Newsday

Chubby ex-hubbies Kevin Federline and Bobby Brown to appear on ...
Kevin Federline best known as K-Fed has been photographed during the last few months looking more like the Pillsbury Dough boy, than the dancer and wanna be rapper that he aspired ...
Source: Examiner

Redmond O'Neal Arrested On Drug Charges
Redmond O'Neal has been arrested again, Access Hollywood has confirmed. O'Neal, the son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal, was taken in custody on December 29 on a felony drug ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

truesee's Blog
President Obama's misbegotten bank tax is precisely the wrong policy at precisely the wrong time. It will wind up backfiring across the board. Why? Because bank consumers and ...
Source: Lottery Post

BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers should not use certain beef dog treats distributed by Merrick Pet Care because the pet food might be contaminated with salmonella, health authorities ...
Source: Mercury

UPI NewsTrack Sports
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty Friday to one felony count of carrying a pistol without a license. The violation of the District ...
Source: United Press International

Over the Hedge: Disease is rampant, but lifestyle choices can help ...
Hardly. I’ve seen cardinals in winter before, but last Friday morning, as I opened the front door to find remnants of the snow shower during the night, I had a moment of joy in ...
Source: MontgomeryNews.com

Obituaries for Jan. 13
MELROSE - Grace R. Cartin, 88, a longtime resident of Melrose, died January 11 at Pleasant Valley Infirmary in Argyle, her residence since 2007, following a long illness. Born in ...
Source: Troy Record

Suburban hospitals learn to compete with big city counterparts
Local full-service hospitals face pressure to expand and add profitable medical services. They also face new competition from private doctors. Ten years ago, four hospitals in ...
Source: Burlington County Times

Could popping a pill stop you hitting the bottle?
IF YOU'RE hoping to find out about using pills to treat alcohol addiction, the Alcoholics Anonymous website is the wrong place to look. Search there for "medication" and the ...
Source: New Scientist

News, Blogs, Access: Jan. 11 AM
NBA: "When the dust eventually settles on the saga of gun-toting Gilbert Arenas, the aftershock of the sordid tale could be felt leaguewide. ... In the way of empty seats. You ...
Source: ProBasketballNews.com

The Steel Cage
Newsday tag team champs Alfonso Castillo and Seth Mates slam you with pro wrestling news and insights. . Last night’s Raw: Like everyone else who grew up in the 1980s, I thought ...
Source: Newsday

Harris is active
We were just handed the official list of today's inactives and LB David Harris, as we expected, will play. And just to tweak the Bengals and Cedric Benson a bit, Rex Ryan dubbed ...
Source: Newsday

Cydney Gillis
I started my career in journalism in ’80s with an inflammatory feminist column at The Daily, the student newspaper at the University of Washington. I got a B.A. in Russian and ...
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

Father of hip-hop, Gil Scott-Heron is a survivor
If you ask any of the world's most relevant rappers — from Chuck D to Common — who inspired them, odds are good they'll cite Gil Scott-Heron. PHILADELPHIA — In the late 1960s ...
Source: Houston Chronicle

February 2010 Archives
DOUGLAS, Ga. (AP) A memorial service is scheduled Saturday for a 23-year-old Douglas woman who died in the earthquake in Haiti. The body of Courtney Hayes, a student from Lynn ...
Source: News/Talk 750 WSB

Father of hip-hop’ Gil Scott-Heron is a survivor
PHILADELPHIA — Rumors of Gil Scott-Heron’s demise have been greatly overstated, declared the man himself. “I just turned 60 last April first,” Scott-Heron shared with a ...
Source: Popmatters.com

Kindness fills an empty heart
The couple had overcome drug addiction to turn their lives around.
Source: Burlington County Times

The allure of snake oil for parents of autistic children
Jeanette Holden remembers her parents struggling to comprehend why her younger brother had autism. Family vacations could be a desperate search for someone, anyone, who could give ...
Source: Toronto Star

Drew Brees: Standing taller than ever
MIAMI — He is "the other'' quarterback in the Super Bowl, and he brings quite an impressive résumé. High School: state champion. College: Lifts his school, for the first time ...
Source: Austin American-Statesman

Injured Conaway ‘making Funeral Plans’
JEFF CONAWAY’s girlfriend is calling for a medical intervention for the troubled GREASE star, after he started making bizarre funeral plans following his freak fall on Monday ...
Source: The Gaea Times

Sovereign Brands Beacham A ‘bully’ After Reality Tv Stint
British rapper LADY SOVEREIGN confronted TV bosses during her stint on a U.K. reality show accusing DYNASTY actress STEPHANIE BEACHAM of bullying her. The hip-hop star, real name ...
Source: The Gaea Times

Priest accused of cocaine buy had history of addiction
A local Catholic priest accused of buying cocaine in Philadelphia had a known history of drug addiction and volunteered ministering to recovering addicts at a rehab facility near ...
Source: Scranton Times-Tribune

truesee's Blog
To some in his remote Indian village he is a living version of India's multi-limbed God Lakshmi and worshipped every day as holy. To others eight-year-old Kumar Paswan is a monster ...
Source: Lottery Post

Chatham Courier > News
CHATHAM TWP. - The Green Village Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary is sponsoring a bus trip to the 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show on Saturday, March 6, at the ...
Source: Recorder Community Newspapers

Erma Brown Pleads Guilty to DUI Crash that Killed Mother, Two St. Joe ...
UPDATE: 2/19 10:00am HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The woman charged in that fiery crash that killed a mother and two St. Joe High School students has decided to a avoid a trial and ...
Source: WSAZ

February 2010
FORT WORTH — Colt McCoy said Monday his shoulder is progressing well enough that he’ll try to throw at the NFL scouting combine. The combine is scheduled for Feb. 24-March 2 in ...
Source: Austin American-Statesman

Sheen rehab could prove costly as show shuts down
Actors Charlie Sheen (L), Jon Cryer (C) and Angus T. Jones celebrate backstage after winning the award for Favorite TV Comedy for ''Two and a Half Men'' at the 35th annual People's ...
Source: Reuters

The Jan Brady Syndrome Of No. 2 Picks
Sometimes the best deals are the ones that aren’t made, at least that's how the saying goes. Andrew Perna runs through the rumored and proposed trades that didn't come to ...
Source: RealGM

W. Phila abortion doctor had problems 38 years ago
Kermit Baron Gosnell, whose West Philadelphia abortion clinic was shut down this week as a "clear danger to the public," was a key figure in a disastrous abortion experiment 38 ...
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

The New Huggins Hospital, Part Three
[Editor's Note: This is the third part of a three-part series prepared by Huggins Hospital to present our readers with a view of the new facility now nearing completion. The first ...
Source: Granite State News

From the Journal Gazette
Alfonso Soriano came to spring training Monday with his typical big smile and offered up a question mark about his surgically repaired left knee. Soriano underwent arthroscopic ...
Source: FortWayne.com

Author: Edith Tucker
AP - Charlie Sheen's publicist announced Tuesday the actor has entered rehab and is taking a break from television's top-rated comedy, "Two and a Half Men," prompting the network ...
Source: Granite State News

Haywood's recognition long overdue (cont.)
"If it were my choice," Haywood said, "it would be at the All-Star Game, [players] would walk me out onto the floor in the first quarter or the second quarter, and as the players ...
Source: CNN Sports Illustrated

Steele Hill says road to resort is damaging business
SANBORNTON — Bill Cutillo, owner of Steele Hill Resort, made an impassioned plea to Sanbornton selectmen last Wednesday evening, asking tham to help save his business by fixing a ...
Source: Carroll County Independent

Coös' health ranking is state's lowest
WHITEFIELD — A new study has determined that Coös County ranks the lowest on overall health as compared to other counties in New Hampshire. Overall health is measured by looking ...
Source: Carroll County Independent

truesee's Blog
Authorities were trying to determine Friday how an 8-year-old boy obtained a loaded handgun that was found in his backpack by school police after he made threats toward a classmate ...
Source: Lottery Post

Scranton priest facing drug charge dies in Minn.
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Roman Catholic officials say a northeastern Pennsylvania priest who was facing drug charges has died after developing a medical problem in rehab. Officials ...
Source: Pocono Record

Pa. priest facing drug charge dies
Officials from the Diocese of Scranton say 50-year-old James Shimsky died Thursday at a Rochester, Minn. hospital. Shimsky had been residing at a nearby rehab facility following ...
Source: WPVI

Northeastern Pa. priest charged with drug possession dies after ...
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Roman Catholic officials say a northeastern Pennsylvania priest who was facing drug charges has died after developing a medical problem in rehab. Officials ...
Source: FOX43.com

Priest Arrested On Drug Charges Dies
A priest from Lackawanna County recently arrested on drug charges has died. The Diocese of Scranton confirms the Rev. James Shimsky died Thursday at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota ...
Source: WNEP-TV 16

Chantix and a Loaded Gun: Police Officer Freaks Out
Philadelphia, PA : Pete (real name withheld) will most likely lose his job as a police officer because of Chantix . "At one point I put my gun on the kitchen counter and told my ...
Source: Lawyers and Settlements

A rare pact: Teens’ double suicide ahead of speeding train rocks Pa ...
NORWOOD, Pa. — As the high-speed Acela train came thundering down the rails, a teenage girl screamed at her friends to get off the tracks. But Gina Gentile and Vanessa Dorwart ...
Source: The Gaea Times

Mallards, Salvation Army team up for clothing drive Friday
MOLINE, Ill. (March 2, 2010) – The Quad City Mallards, proud International Hockey League (IHL) affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, have partnered with the Salvation Army of the ...
Source: Quad Cities Onlines

Allen Iverson won't return to 76ers this season
Allen Iverson's second stint with the team he once led to the NBA Finals ended with a whimper Tuesday when the Philadelphia 76ers announced he would not return for the rest of the ...
Source: Los Angeles Times

Spring roundup: Prospect Curtis wins it for Yanks with 3-run blast
TAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez went 1 for 2, Colin Curtis hit a game-winning three-run homer in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 Wednesday ...
Source: CBS Sports

Festivus 2010
4/11 KRBZ /Kansas City Aftentra's Prom at The Midland featuring The English Beat, Iglu and Hartly and The Zeroes. 4/11 WJBX /Ft Myers Live X at City Of Palms Park featuring Staind ...
Source: FMQB

DOCTOR FROM HELL . . . OR GODSEND?
IN A MATTER of a few moments - long enough for men with badges to say that they had a search warrant - Kermit B. Gosnell's 43-year medical career came to a grinding halt. A squad ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Bucks man faces homicide trial in I-95 crash
A Bucks County man with a history of drug use will face trial in a New Year's morning crash on I-95 that killed two people and injured a third. Jesse S. Maiden was held for trial ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Baseball Capsules: Hunter says black Latino players are ...
PHOENIX — Los Angeles Angels center fielder Torii Hunter insists he meant no harm toward Latino players when he referred to them as "impostors" while discussing the number of ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

truesee's Blog
Almost 80 percent of National Football League players are flirting with bankruptcy two years after they retire, according to Sports Illustrated. NBA players aren’t faring much ...
Source: Lottery Post

A rare pact: Teens’ double suicide ahead of speeding ...
NORWOOD, Pa. — As the high-speed Acela train came thundering down the rails, a teenage girl screamed at her friends to get off the tracks. But Gina Gentile and Vanessa Dorwart ...
Source: The Gaea Times

Priest facing drug charges dies
A local Catholic priest with a history of drug problems died Thursday afternoon in Minnesota, where he was seeking treatment at a rehabilitation facility. The Rev. James B. Shimsky ...
Source: New Age-Examiner

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Banned from United Airlines Uses ...
The irrepressibly sexy and hot Irishman , Jonathan Rhys Meyers is back in the news again. Unfortunately, it's not for his acting prowess. It's because of his drinking. RadarOnline ...
Source: Associated Content

St. Mary Medical Center first in Bucks to offer ...
St. Mary Medical Center recently announced the addition of Aquapheresis Therapy, making it the first hospital in Bucks County – and only one of four hospitals in the Philadelphia ...
Source: BucksLocalNews.com

J.C. Romero - Fantasy News & Updates
Right-handers Joe Blanton (left oblique strain) and Brad Lidge (right elbow surgery), and left-hander J.C. Romero (left elbow surgery), were placed on the 15-day disabled list ...
Source: Major League Baseball

Saints Team Report
In his first interview since filing a lawsuit against the Saints on April 30, former security director Geoffrey Santini earlier this week said he wasn’t going to stand by and ...
Source: YAHOO!

NFL Capsules: Cowboys' Romo expects Free, others to protect him
GRAPEVINE — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo isn’t sounding too concerned about life without five-time Pro Bowl left tackle Flozell Adams protecting his blind side. "I can ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

Redmond O'Neal Graduates Rehab, Moves on to Sober Living Enviro
Troubled Hollywood progeny Redmond O'Neal is moving on up, from a drug rehab facility to a sober-living environment. A judge gave the son of Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett good ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

Michael Lohan Asks Judge To Order Lindsay To Rehab; Compares Her To ...
Michael Lohan is asking a judge to order his daughter, Lindsay , to go to rehab, saying he fears that she will be the next celebrity to lose her life to drugs. In news first ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

Plouffe gets his first call-up
More Twins Gomez excited to be making his Minnesota homecoming with Brewers Slumping Brewers stick with Macha Twins' J.J. Hardy won't return in time to face former team Red Sox ...
Source: Pioneer Press

May 2010 Archives
Even if you don't like soccer -- and studies suggest that you don't -- the new Nike commercial making the rounds in advance of next month's World Cup is pretty darn compelling ...
Source: Chicago Sun-Times (blog)

Third mock draft proves a charm in 'Death Valley'
Nothing in life is easy, even in a realm where a make-believe team has a funny way of transforming reality into a tough pill to swallow every year. But as the saying goes, if at ...
Source: Kansas City Star

St. Mary Medical Center first in Bucks to offer aquapheresis therapy
St. Mary Medical Center recently announced the addition of Aquapheresis Therapy, making it the first hospital in Bucks County – and only one of four hospitals in the Philadelphia ...
Source: BucksLocalNews.com

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Banned from United Airlines Uses Racial Slur
The irrepressibly sexy and hot Irishman , Jonathan Rhys Meyers is back in the news again. Unfortunately, it's not for his acting prowess. It's because of his drinking. RadarOnline ...
Source: Associated Content

Ellsbury, Cameron continue rehab at Portland
PORTLAND, Maine — Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury went 3-for-4 with a double and a stolen base as he continued his rehab stint with the Portland Sea Dogs. Mike Cameron ...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

Chubby ex-hubbies Kevin Federline and Bobby Brown to appear on ...
The new season of Celebrity Fit Club , airing in early 2010 will have an interesting twist this year in featuring two chubby ex-hubbies that dazzled in the spotlight on the coat ...
Source: Examiner

Heroin Highway
It is a warm January afternoon, and undercover cop James Blaine has taken up his customary perch on the roof of an apartment building overlooking bucolic downtown Ephrata and the ...
Source: Philadelphia Citypaper

Lindsay Lohan Goes Blonde, but Does Her New Hair Make Any Difference?
From a Brunette Addict to a Blonde Addict? Lindsay Lohan dyes her hair blonde, as reported at MSNBC . The troubled actress changed her hair from brunette to blonde just nine hours ...
Source: Associated Content

Ten area people among 24 to enter guilty pleas
Ten area people were among 24 who entered guilty pleas to criminal charges last Thursday in the Schuylkill County court and were sentenced by Judge Charles M. Miller as follows ...
Source: Times News

May 2010 Archives
For a moment, it looked like the Phoenix Suns were going to send Game 5 of the Western Conference finals into overtime with an improbable late-game run. That was before Ron Artest ...
Source: Chicago Sun-Times (blog)

Pharmacists find changed profession
Nearly 180 young men and women graduated this month from St. Louis College of Pharmacy, facing changes in their profession few could have envisioned when they began their studies ...
Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune

Ex-WPIX reporter Vince DeMentri is one of many newscasters whose bad ...
Articles DeMentri 'no longer with' WPIX after allegedly slapping chauffeur 'Bad boy' reporter DeMentri in hot water again for slapping chauffeur When it comes to bad behavior ...
Source: New York Daily News

Six area residents enter guilty pleas
Six area people were among 18 who entered guilty pleas to criminal charges and were sentenced last Thursday by Judge John E. Domalakes in the Schuylkil County court as follows ...
Source: Times News

Despite threats, victim testifies in Phila. court
In Courtroom 801, Maurice Ragland began to shake. The drug dealer who shot him twice in the head had just been led in for a May 6 sentencing hearing. Ragland's nerves were raw. The ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Tila Tequila: "I Must Not Be Another Lindsay Lohan"
Troubled reality TV caricature Tila Tequila revealed the reason for her next role, saying she's going on "Celebrity Rehab" to kick an addiction to prescription pills. "I finally ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

Jays’ rotation plan remains a mystery
TORONTO — Brian Tallet will come off the disabled list to start for the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday night against Tampa Bay, but the club is not quite ready to tell the world ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Success hard-won for soul singer Sharon Jones
It was December 2007, only a month after Amy Winehouse had to scrap her tour promoting "Back to Black," her mega-selling, Grammy-winning smash album. While Winehouse was on a path ...
Source: Delaware Online

Shot twice, witness testifies to support fine for intimidators
They called him up to speak last. City Council chambers were about half full. He was nervous. "My name is Maurice Ragland," he began. "Four years ago, someone shot me in the head ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Reinvesting in the future
The Reinvestment Fund has had success turning old military housing into a thriving neighborhood in Philadelphia. The company thinks it can do it again in Warminster. Whatever ...
Source: Burlington County Times

Richard Riddick: Artistry of a great cop
THE DRIVER'S side window on a light-gray Ford Taurus rolled down, and a voice heavy with bass called out: "When's the last time you got locked up, Holmes?" The words seemed to hang ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

New Orleans
In his first interview since filing a lawsuit against the Saints on April 30, former security director Geoffrey Santini earlier this week said he wasn't going to stand by and ...
Source: FOXSports.com

Two stars shine brightest from '06 class
Four years have passed since the 2006 Draft, and yet the jury is still out on many of the first-round selections. Most of those who were drafted out of high school are still ...
Source: MiLB.com

White, Russell teamless and without a future
No place can match New York for Super Bowl spotlight. Hype, hype, hooray Maybe putting the Super Bowl somewhere in the swamps of Jerse... 'Bruuuce' or... Nervous over a chilly NYC ...
Source: FOXSports.com

Medical Community Responds to Prescription Drug Abuse
Pill Popping to the Extreme: Prescription Drug Abuse impacts the home and workplace from Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills to Main Street in small towns across America. The medical ...
Source: PRWeb

Sport was ‘ticket out of the ghetto’ for Alouettes’ Davis
LENNOXVILLE, Que. — Tanard Davis was raised in a section of Miami known as The Grove, and watched both his parents abuse drugs before turning their lives around through rehab ...
Source: Calgary Herald

The most disliked people in sports
Michael Vick has been out of prison for almost a year. He’s publicly apologized for his role in a dog-fighting ring that landed him behind bars for 21 months. He’s got an ...
Source: YAHOO!

District court, June 20
A 33-year-old Minersville man charged with assaulting and injuring another man Jan. 2 had charges against him held to court during a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District ...
Source: Republican & Herald

Wrestler Trent dies aged 29
TALENTED and popular independent wrestling star Trent Acid has passed away at the age of 29. The grappler, real name Michael Verdi, was found by his mother at around 9am yesterday ...
Source: The Sun

LOOKING BACK AT THE CAREER OF MICHAEL 'TRENT ACID ...
Note from Mike Johnson: The following article originally appeared on www.indywrestlingnews.com and was written by its webmaster, Adam Lash. I've been trying to find a way to write ...
Source: Pro Wrestling Insider

With Sons on Rebound, Eagles Coach Andy Reid Full of ...
PHILADELPHIA -- A boy fidgets in his mother's hold, as she repeatedly kisses his face. He recoils from her affection because he's eleven and they're outside in public and he'd ...
Source: FanHouse

(Indy) Breaking News: Indy Star Trent Acid Passes Away ...
We are sad to report today that Michael "Trent Acid" Verdi was found dead this morning. He was found by his grandmother at his place of residence in Philadelphia. He was only 29 ...
Source: TWNP-Wrestling News

Former R.O.H star Trent Acid dead at 29
Former Ring of Honor wrestler "Trent Acid" (Michael Verdi) was found dead by on Friday . Acid created quite a name for himself with stand out independent promotions on the East ...
Source: Examiner

Pa. cop facing DUI dies in head-on crash
PHILADELPHIA — An off-duty State Police trooper facing a DUI charge drove the wrong way onto the Schuylkill Expressway early yesterday and died after crashing head-on into ...
Source: Police one.com

Carroll: Houshmandzadeh, Branch will be at camp
T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Deion Branch ran sprints up a grass hill and weaved through cones. That final stage of recuperation - plus the words of Seahawks coach Pete Carroll - point ...
Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune

Vick tops disliked sports figures poll
Michael Vick has been out of prison for almost a year. He's publicly apologized for his role in a dog-fighting ring that landed him behind bars for 21 months. He's got an ...
Source: Canoe

Adler’s Appetite For Touring
Steven Adler, late of Guns N’ Roses and VH1’s “Sober House” and “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,” takes his band, Adler’s Appetite , out on the road this summer with ...
Source: POLLSTAR

Reclaiming Phil Spector's troubled genius
Phil Spector listens as the prosecution presents its opening statements in his murder trial in Los Angeles in 2007. For many people, the name Phil Spector is now more synonymous ...
Source: Salon

Reported divorce settlement a turning point in Tiger Woods legacy
Tiger Woods is back in action, playing the AT&T National near Philadelphia in his first tournament since coming up short on Sunday at the U.S. Open. In other news, he reportedly ...
Source: SDNN: San Diego News Network

Festivus (Station Festival Dates)
2/26 KFMX /Lubbock Birthday Bash featuring Chevelle, Drowning Pool, Sick Puppies and Cavo. 3/24 WRXP /New York The 101.9 RXP Anniversary Concert at The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza ...
Source: FMQB

Secret program lets nurses get drug treatment on the job
TAMPA - Nurse Kenneth Matsko brushed aside a doctor's misgivings at finding him asleep in the operating room. Matsko said he was tired because he had just eaten a turkey sandwich ...
Source: Tampa Bay Online

Calls commence for Eagles to part ways with Mike Vick
We've tried several times over the past two days to articulate the fundamental problem with Mike Vick's recent public birthday party, which anyone could attend. Based on some of ...
Source: NBC Sports

Plan a Process for Parading Your Site's Copy
Often, potential clients pose questions regarding how they can rank well on search engines. Of course, reading up on search engine optimization can introduce you to a variety of ...
Source: Examiner

Nurses struggle with addiction
Matsko said he was tired because he had just eaten a turkey sandwich. The tryptophan, you know? But the doctor soon discovered bloody gauze, hypodermic needles and other signs that ...
Source: Herald Tribune

Nurses get drug treatment on job through program
Matsko said he was tired because he had just eaten a turkey sandwich. The tryptophan, you know? But the doctor soon discovered bloody gauze, hypodermic needles and other signs that ...
Source: The Ledger

Lindsay Lohan's Twitter Freakout: Victim of 'Cruel and Unusual ...
Lindsay Lohan spent one of her few remaining evenings as a free woman complaining that she is the victim of "cruel and unusual punishment." Lohan conveys an explicit message on her ...
Source: ABC News

Correction: Philly Duck Boat Accident story
A judge sentenced Lindsay Lohan to 90 days in jail Tuesday after ruling she violated probation in a 2007 drug case by failing to attend court-ordered alcohol education classes ...
Source: Daily Oklahoman

Lohan's Twitter Freakout: Victim of 'Cruel and Unusual Punishment'?
Lindsay Lohan spent one of her few remaining evenings before being jailed for a probation violation complaining that she is the victim of "cruel and unusual punishment." Lohan ...
Source: ABC News

Report: Lohan drug tests were clean since May
Court records show six drug screenings of Lindsay Lohan since May were clean of illicit drugs and alcohol. A probation report released Wednesday shows the screenings occurred after ...
Source: Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Across the nation
A probation report released Wednesday showed six drug screenings from Lindsay Lohan since May were clean of illicit drugs and alcohol. The screenings occurred after the actress ...
Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Pennsylvania Drug Rehab Finders Site Launched Today
The website is designed to help the individuals struggling with addiction select the most appropriate Pennsylvania drug rehab or alcohol rehab program to meet their needs ...
Source: PR.com

Surviving infidelity
Tiger and Elin. Sandra and Jesse. Their names have become a staple in celebrity news over the past few months, with the philandering ways of both men and their efforts to repair ...
Source: Burlington County Times

Volquez wins in return, Reds beat Rockies 8-1
CINCINNATI -- Edinson Volquez gave a throwback performance in his return from elbow surgery, allowing only three hits over six innings Saturday night, and the Cincinnati Reds ...
Source: The Sun News

Reds shuffle roster to make room for Volquez
The Cincinnati Reds officially activated right-hander Edinson Volquez to make his season debut against the Rockies Saturday. Volquez, who had been out because of both Tommy John ...
Source: Raleigh News & Observer

Washburn traveled long road to recovery
He was a 6-foot-11 giant delivered from the basketball gods by way of Jim Valvano. Chris Washburn had it all. A feathery touch. A guard’s handle. The strength of a center. So ...
Source: YAHOO!

Volquez to make season debut for Reds on Saturday
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Edinson Volquez is scheduled to make his season debut on Saturday against the Rockies. Volquez, who has been out because of both Tommy John surgery and a 50 ...
Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune

Top 5 Child Stars Who Grew Up and Became Idiots
Child stars have long had a reputation for losing their stardom and well...their minds. With Lindsay Lohan's jail time in the near distant future it only seemed appropriate to ...
Source: Associated Content

This week in classic rock: Pink Floyd's Surprising Reunion
Pink Floyd's two creative leaders, bassist-singer-songwriter Roger Waters, who left the group in 1985, and guitarist-singer-songwriter Dave Gilmour, have fought for nearly three ...
Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Milt (Kutsher) and Wilt (Chamberlain)—mitzvah men
HENDERSON, Nev. (JTA) -- Up in the Catskills, a man named Yossi Zablocki is trying to save the last blintz palace of my generation’s youth. The place is called Kutsher’s ...
Source: JTA

Baseball Notebook: July 13
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican League baseball game was suspended because of gunfire around the stadium, an official in the mayor's office of Mexican border city Reynosa has confirmed ...
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

VA center to treat homeless veterans
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 10:34 p.m. The Veterans Affairs Department is launching a new San Diego treatment center for homeless veterans, part of an effort by the federal agency to ...
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Two dead after natural gas well explosion in Indiana ...
The natural-gas well that exploded this morning in Indiana Township, killing two people, has been extinguished. The explosion occurred in a remote, wooded area off Rich Hill Road ...
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

MLB implements HGH testing in minor leagues | Baseball notebook
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball implemented random blood testing for human growth hormone in the minor leagues on Thursday, the first professional sports league in ...
Source: Seattle Times

Baseball: Charges reduced for three Indians minor-leaguers
Charges have been reduced against three minor-league Indians players who police say were part of a nightclub attack that left a man with lung and rib injuries. Akron ...
Source: News-Herald.com

The Rev. Jon E. Swenson, 68
The Rev. Jon E. Swenson, 68, of Garnet Valley, a United Methodist minister who worked with recovering addicts after he retired, died of cardiac arrest Wednesday, July 14 ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Colorado Rockies (49-41) at Cincinnati Reds (51-41), 1:10 p.m.
Colorado Rockies (49-40) at Cincinnati Reds (50-41), 7:10 p.m. One-time Cincinnati staff ace Edinson Volquez makes a long- awaited return to the major leagues tonight ...
Source: Fresno Bee

Volquez to make season debut for Reds on Saturday
Colorado Rockies (49-40) at Cincinnati Reds (50-41), 7:10 p.m. One-time Cincinnati staff ace Edinson Volquez makes a long- awaited return to the major leagues tonight ...
Source: Fresno Bee

Man gets 11 to 22 years for stabbing
WEST CHESTER — As the man who blinded him in the other eye walked into a Common Pleas courtroom Tuesday for sentencing, Justin Kohuth noticed through his one good eye ...
Source: Main Line Media News

Harbaugh comments on T.O. signing
In the opinion of coach John Harbaugh, the Baltimore Ravens' AFC North competition got a little bit tougher when the Cincinnati Bengals signed talented but controversial wide ...
Source: Carroll County Online

Novel program rescues Skid Row's most vulnerable
After living two decades on the streets of Skid Row, Sheila Nichols was dying. Her body had withered to 61 pounds, ravaged by a heavy-duty crack cocaine addiction ...
Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune

Two dead after natural gas well explosion in Indiana Township
The natural-gas well that exploded this morning in Indiana Township, killing two people, has been extinguished. The explosion occurred in a remote, wooded area off Rich Hill Road ...
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Gillies close to returning to diamond
A tweet from Sports Illustrated’s Peter King, who is touring NFL camps: “Back in the day, writers and GMs pounded beers at training camp. I just finished organic green tea with ...
Source: Kamloops Daily News Online

Treatment for nurses improving with creation of ...
Registered nurse Noelle Kakuk takes a break in the "restoration room" from the medical surgical unit she works in Thursday at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital in Pittsburgh. The ...
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"High" explores depths of addiction in Hartford world premiere
A well-paced, gripping first act allows the audience at Mathew Lombardo's new play, "High," to start the evening's intermission on one. But it's all downhill once the second act ...
Source: Examiner

Robert Downey Jr's Highs and Lows
While now at the top of his game, Downey has had many highs and lows. Between 1996 and 2001, the actor faced sporadic drug charges and did several stints in rehab. Here's a look ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

NOTES Paulino draws drug suspension
Saying catcher Ronny Paulino's decision to take a banned substance was "extraordinarily disappointing," the Florida Marlins will begin a top-to-bottom review of how the ...
Source: San Francisco Gate

Phillies' prospect charged with drug possession
The Philadelphia Phillies on Friday afternoon confirmed that minor league outfielder Tyson Gillies, who was acquired in the trade of Cliff Lee last offseason, was ...
Source: Allentown Morning Call

Phillies' Halladay wins 16th
Roy Halladay pitched seven shutout innings to lead the host Philadelphia Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Halladay (16-8) won his ...
Source: Raleigh News & Observer

Phillies prospect nailed for cocaine possession
One of the prospects acquired from Seattle in the Cliff Lee trade has been arrested for cocaine possession. Tyson Gillies, an outfielder in the Phillies system, was arrested in ...
Source: CBS Sports

Phillies Prospect Tyson Gillies Charged With Cocaine ...
Tyson Gillies , a top prospect who came to the Phillies in the Cliff Lee trade last winter, was arrested Friday morning and charged with cocaine possession. The St ...
Source: FanHouse

Massachusetts at 8 p.m.
The breaking news staffer is Rodrique Ngowi, followed by Stephanie Reitz at 9:30 a.m. The news editor is Karen Testa. To reach the AP bureau in Boston, call 617-357-8100 or 1-800 ...
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune

Police bust drug, prostitution enterprise
At the motels along Bensalem's Old Lincoln Highway, Jamil Murray was an enterprising businessman with two specialties: crack cocaine and prostitution, according to court documents ...
Source: msnbc.com

AP Friday National Sports Page
White Sox rake Pavano in Minnesota...Six straight for the Reds UNDATED (AP) - The Chicago White Sox ended their four-game losing streak in a big way, rapping out 21 hits and ...
Source: WJBD Online

America and Ok! Magazine Reward Lindsay Lohan's Bad Behavior
America once again demonstrates its endless capacity to reward bad behavior. Just a few months ago, Americans media outlets handed out five-figure paydays to women whose ...
Source: Associated Content

SWIMMING-PAN PACIFIC/PHELPS
WASHINGTON (AP) — In another stain from baseball's steroid era, a federal grand jury has indicted seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to ...
Source: 9&10 News

MLB Capsules: Strasburg vows strong return from injury
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg had to get through a few hours of anger, confusion and certainly a few more volatile emotions before he was ready to accept the ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

Employees of Pennsylvania's Largest Medicaid Health Plan Award 49 of ...
Employee-Supported Scholarship Program Helps Medical Assistance Members in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware Counties Achieve Higher Education ? Sometimes ...
Source: StreetInsider.com

Health digest: Reading Hospital schedules support and education events
Reading Hospital will present the following classes and support groups: FLOW for Cancer Survivors, Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Conference Center. Weight-Loss Surgery Seminar ...
Source: Reading Eagle

MLB Power Rankings Week 21: The Legendary Lou Piniella Says Goodbye
Last month Lou Piniella told the Cubs he would be retiring at seasons end. Well apparently he got sick of watching the Cubs get beaten to a bloody pulp. Sunday's 16-5 loss was his ...
Source: Bleacherreport.com

Phillies Prospect Tyson Gillies Charged With Cocaine Possession
Tyson Gillies , a top prospect who came to the Phillies in the Cliff Lee trade last winter, was arrested Friday morning and charged with cocaine possession. The St ...
Source: FanHouse

Baseball briefs for Sept. 4
... completed his minor league rehab ... n Philadelphia Phillies minor league pitcher Alvaro Bacil has been suspended 50 games after a positive drug test.
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

Matt Leinart and 10 Top College QBs Who Couldn't Cut it in Pros
He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles and spent time in the CFL before being arrested in ... got into coaching, but was caught stealing painkillers and eventually entered drug rehab ...
Source: Bleacherreport.com

MLB Capsules: Clemens, in court, tells judge: 'Not guilty'
... slapped with a 50-game suspension after a failed drug ... and the slugger probably won't go out on a rehab ... Philadelphia's Charlie Manuel, in town for his team's series ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

MLB Capsules: Strasburg vows strong return from injury
When Strasburg grimaced in game at Philadelphia, he told the ... from a 50-game suspension following a failed drug test ... since July 1, would likely need a minor league rehab ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

Washburn traveled long road to recovery
Philadelphia 76ers; Toronto Raptors; Central. Chicago Bulls ... never came on the court, but after a dozen stays in rehab ... “How to fix a drug problem has never been easy for a head ...
Source: YAHOO!

Employees of Pennsylvania's Largest Medicaid Health Plan Award 49 ...
Employee-Supported Scholarship Program Helps Medical Assistance Members in Philadelphia ... and drug-addicted man who conquered his addiction and became a director of his drug rehab ...
Source: StreetInsider.com

Health digest: Reading Hospital schedules support and education events
... Weiss St., Topton 8 a.m. to noon; Reading Hospital for Post Acute Rehab ... Next Tuesday: Bause's Super Drug Store, 42 E. Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown, 3 to 6 p.m.
Source: Reading Eagle

MLB Power Rankings Week 21: The Legendary Lou Piniella Says Goodbye
Philadelphia’s Jamie Moyer leads all active pitchers with 628 ... Houston to set off on the next segment of his groin rehab. ... with a 50-game suspension for violating the league's drug ...
Source: Bleacherreport.com

Judge Orders More Counseling, Drug Tests for LiLo After Early ...
Philadelphia, PA ... Lohan is a free woman, unless she fails random drug and ... Elden Fox entered the order to release Lohan from rehab at ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

George Michael Enters Rehab After Car Crash
Philadelphia, PA ... have found a father figure of sorts in the form of rehab. ... Michael is still receiving outpatient drug counseling ...
Source: NBC Philadelphia

Helping veterans
In years past, the event was held in Philadelphia.This year, the ... Throughout their stay in alcoholic and drug free tents ... as he was when Elliott told him she was entering rehab ...
Source: msnbc.com

'Caron Cares' Lecture Series Launches Thursdays in ...
Event Honors September’s National Alcohol and Drug ... series concludes on Thursday, Sept. 30, “After Rehab ... PA, and Boca Raton, FL with regional offices in Philadelphia ...
Source: Frisco Enterprise

Gaudenzia DRC Inc Main Clinic
Gaudenzia DRC Inc Main Clinic 229 Arch Street,Philadelphia PA, 19106 Don’t Go It Alone – Contact Us Now 888-875-4497 How Can We Help you With our Alcohol or Drug Rehab [...]
Source: Zimbio

What happens when doctors can't connect the dots
Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... She was given a pacemaker, spent some time in rehab ... in this case: Electronic systems might turn up drug ...
Source: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

Night at York's stadium celebrates recovery from addiction (video)
... was in and out of jail nearly 15 times and visited about a dozen drug and alcohol rehab ... A former Major League pitcher who helped the Philadelphia Phillies win the 1980 ...
Source: York Daily Record

Vai on the Cougars
Vai Sikahema is the Sports Director and Anchor for NBC10 Philadelphia and host of the "Vai ... of one of our former BYU team mates who had fallen on hard times and was in a drug rehab ...
Source: Deseret News

More charges lodged in vehicle theft ring
Harvey told police that he and Goodbred had taken the guns to Philadelphia. ... According to the affidavit, Cook is currently in an inpatient drug rehab center.
Source: Susquehanna Independent Weekender

Strawberry, Gooden, Tyson and Coleman All Call Me Dr. J...for Jinx.
Drug arrests, DUIs, multiple rehab visits and a jail stint have been the bookmarks to the once great ... since getting a taste of World Series defeat two years ago to the Philadelphia ...
Source: Bleacherreport.com

Girard Medical Center Goldman Methadone Clinic
Find your own path to successful drug & alcohol addiction recovery. Affordable PA drug rehab. ... Center Goldman Methadone Clinic 8th and Girard Avenue,Philadelphia ...
Source: Zimbio

Group gets homeless on feet and running
The program, which began in Philadelphia, is going national. It started ... he says, he realized he had two choices: Fall deeper into his drug habit or find a new rehab ...
Source: USA Today

Baseball briefs for Sept. 14
Agents illegally seized players' drug-test records ... Rollins isn't expected to miss much more of the Philadelphia ... is scheduled to make his next minor league rehab ...
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

Some former Tent City denizens back in another ...
Nineteen are with friends and family or in shelters or drug rehab facilities. ... Daniel Rubin: An infuriating search at Philadelphia International Airport
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Helping veterans
Throughout their stay in alcoholic and drug free tents ... years at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory and Philadelphia ... as he was when Elliott told him she was entering rehab ...
Source: msnbc.com

MLB Capsules: Court again says feds wrongly seized ...
... Capsules: Court again says feds wrongly seized MLB drug ... Pettitte is scheduled to make his next minor league rehab ... runs before giving up three runs in a 3-2 loss at Philadelphia on ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

UPDATE: Erma Brown Back in Court, Judge Denies ...
"If you or a family member has a drug problem, get help ... they can find a good in-patient long term treatment rehab ... "I personally sent one of my deputies to Philadelphia to drop ...
Source: WSAZ

The Rangers, Rays, Yankees, Reds share pitching ...
... of 2009 — 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA for the Philadelphia Phillies ... the Rangers' celebratory party as a recovering drug ... Pettitte was so dominant in his first rehab start that ...
Source: USA Today

A Brief Chat With Nick Willis
On a comeback after surgery rehab for a labrum tear in his ... of the better eras to be running in in terms of a drug ... September 17: Shalane Flanagan and the Philadelphia Half Marathon ...
Source: Racingnews.runnersworld.com

39 Pa. police and firefighters receive Heroes Awards of Valor
Fire Rehab. Carbon Monoxide; Cyanide Poisoning; Health & Wellness ... The Philadelphia Inquirer . PHILADELPHIA — There were moments ... As he was running after a drug dealer in Ridley Township ...
Source: FireRescue1

In the Sports World
The Packers held on for a close win in Philadelphia, where they hadn't posted a ... of Lindsay Lohan, says he's moving to California and will open a drug and alcohol rehab ...
Source: Sawyer County Record

NFL Capsules - NFC: Giants ability to run may decide Manning Bowl II
It was always the drug dealers and always the bad ... locker room on Monday, will need three months of rehab ... Andrews was brought to Seattle from Philadelphia after his ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

2010 Stranger Theater Genius Marya Sea Kaminski
"I was drinking a lot, nursing a small drug habit. ... and college (University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia ... at Studio 54 when she was 9 and was in rehab for ...
Source: TheStranger.com

Some former Tent City denizens back in another encampment
Nineteen are with friends and family or in shelters or drug rehab facilities. ... Daniel Rubin: An infuriating search at Philadelphia International Airport
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

BUCKS BRIEFS
... Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia ... from the Livengrin rehabilitation facility ... under the influence of legal drugs. Data shows crashes involving drivers suspected of drug ...
Source: msnbc.com

Josh Hamilton, Pete Rose and the Power of Redemption
... Draft, he developed a horrible drug addiction that drove him out of baseball and into several unsuccessful trips to rehab. ... cities, such as Cincinnati and Philadelphia, where ...
Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Hamilton finds redemption in faith, sharing
... hit Hamilton with numerous suspensions as the drug tests began coming back positive. ... There would soon be relapses with both the drugs and ...
Source: Philadelphia Phillies

Texas NFL Capsules: Manning looks to again leave mark on Cowboys' home
They are tied with Philadelphia for the division lead. ... I’ll just be doing my rehab and icing it up, and just ... was released by the Cowboys in 2004 after failing a drug ...
Source: Brownsville Herald

Johnson Park Center a light of hope
... would begin to serve and nurture the homeless and drug ... After several failed rehab attempts, Morinitti came to ... The windows and siding have been donated by a Philadelphia ...
Source: Observer-Dispatch

AP News in Brief
... criminal court to face a judge who could send her back to jail or rehab for a failed drug test. ... The pitcher just stuck it out like the ace he is for the Philadelphia Phillies, who ...
Source: AP - msnbc.com

Other College Football Capsules: California schools split in Pac ...
After a grueling rehabilitation, Taliaferro walks with barely a ... spoke at a Taliaferro Foundation dinner in Philadelphia on ... 30-60 day suspension for a second positive drug test.
Source: Brownsville Herald

Clementon man, 78, delivers proposal to Pine Hill woman, 82
... his beloved while delivering prescriptions drugs to ... 82, of Pine Hill, on bended knee during a Philadelphia ... Services Center, where she is undergoing rehabilitation.
Source: Courier-Post

Kathleen Turner shines as tough nun in Repertory's 'High'
... is young actor Evan Jongkeit of Philadelphia, whose fearless raw work as Cody Randall, a 19-year-old drug-addicted ... to treat Cody at the St. Francis Rehabilitation Center ...
Source: News-Democrat

Deindustrialization, drugs and recovery
... last report on the US War on Drugs ... textile plants of North Philadelphia might ... the post-industrial US, North Philadelphia represents the prototype of an urban drug ...
Source: Newspaper Tree

High-demand accessory
Philadelphia County had a waiting list earlier this year with 73 ... state in arrests for driving under the influence of drugs ... the offender is permitted out, such as for work, drug and ...
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Hamilton’s redemption mirrors story of another ...
... Draft, he developed a horrible drug addiction that drove him out of baseball and into several unsuccessful trips to rehab. ... in cities, such as Cincinnati and Philadelphia ...
Source: Norman Transcript

Philly welterweight Butler ready to seize his ...
By KERITH GABRIEL Philadelphia Daily News. gabrielk ... "I sold drugs; I was in and out of [juvenile ... After about 2 months of rigorous physical rehabilitation ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

New gallery in North Philadelphia presents 9 ...
New gallery in North Philadelphia presents 9 artists ... Previous projects have included the rehabilitation of public ... "There's just so much drugs, so much alcohol, so ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Need for Alcoholism Rehab in Delaware
Need for Alcoholism Rehab in Delaware. Delaware is the ... in Delaware are a worried lot as binge drinking and drugs ... Close proximity to cities like Philadelphia and New York make it ...
Source: PRLog (free press release)

The Fine Print: Center for Literacy relocates
... 9140 Academy Road in Northeast Philadelphia for $500,000. Livengrin is a nonprofit drug and alcohol treatment center based in Bensalem. It plans to use the space for medical rehab ...
Source: Birmingham Business Journal

Redemption and Josh Hamilton
... Draft, he developed a horrible drug addiction that drove him out of baseball and into several unsuccessful trips to rehab. ... cities, such as Cincinnati and Philadelphia, where ...
Source: Richmond Register

Munsters star enters drug treatment
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The former child star who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster on TV has entered a drug and alcohol treatment facility. Butch Patrick’s agent said Thursday ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Prescription drug abuse epidemic
... tried to get him to go into a rehabilitation ... free or easy access to the drugs.County law enforcement and local drug ... double the combined total of drugs collected in Philadelphia ...
Source: msnbc.com

Schlesinger leads JCC medal haul; Herbst hobbles ...
... silver from the JCC Junior Maccabi Games in Philadelphia. ... "It has been a very tough autumn of rehab since I hurt ... injury, Robert Herbst is competing in the World Drug ...
Source: LoHud.com

Study Finds No Difference in Nonsuicide Mortality ...
Findings indicate two drugs of same class ... “We could not disprove that the drug caused ... Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse, a Philadelphia campus offering inpatient rehabilitation and ...
Source: Newswise

Josh Hamilton, Pete Rose, and the Power of Redemption
... Draft, he developed a horrible drug addiction that drove him out of baseball and into several unsuccessful trips to rehab. ... cities, such as Cincinnati and Philadelphia, where ...
Source: WKYT 27

Daily dish
Former 'Munster' in rehab The former child star who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster on TV has entered a drug and alcohol ... Patrick moved to the Philadelphia area ...
Source: Lowell Sun

No difference in nonsuicide mortality between 2 ...
... with the positive benefits of drugs. For example, the issue of the antipsychotic drug ... Medicine at Rittenhouse, a Philadelphia campus offering inpatient rehabilitation ...
Source: Genetic Engineering News

Munsters Actor Butch Patrick Enters Drug Rehab
Munsters Actor Butch Patrick Enters Drug Rehab ... seeking help for an addiction to alcohol and drugs. ... Patrick also recently moved to Philadelphia to start a ...
Source: dbtechno.com

Willis holds party on USS Intrepid
Eddie Munster actor checks into rehab The former child star who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster on TV has entered a drug ... Patrick moved to the Philadelphia area ...
Source: Monterey County Herald

"Eddie Munster" heads to rehab
PHILADELPHIA — The child star who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster on TV has entered a drug- and alcohol-treatment facility. Butch Patrick's agent said Thursday ...
Source: Denver Post

MLS Cup lacks lustre
... ratings by a Sunday-night NFL showdown between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Colts, Pats clash in battle of the QBs
... smarting from last week's surprise loss to the Dallas Cowboys, travel to the Philadelphia ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

This Could Entertain You All Winter Long
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... Highlights from that historic championship boxing match in Philadelphia September ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Megabus.com Expands Toronto Service to/from Washington D.C.
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... nearly 50 cities in North America from hubs in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia ...
Source: Canada Free Press

NorthEast Treatment Centers: Taking Positive Steps Toward Recovery
... face on recovery from addiction to drugs and ... director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, visited Philadelphia last ... our focus instead should be on treatment, rehab ...
Source: Market Wire

Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster as a 1960s child star ...
PHILADELPHIA - The former child star who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster on TV has entered a drug and alcohol treatment facility. Butch Patrick's agent said Thursday that the ...
Source: Canada East

Senators’ schedule about to get more challenging
... try and have a good one, and then focus on the Philadelphia ... Slain drug boss tied to mob: police; Police examining ... Lohan wants to open rehab clinic
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Lung cancer in smokers looks different than in non-smoker
... Agency and co-author on the study presented in Philadelphia ... Diabetes drug may keep lung cancer at bay; Fruits ... Lohan wants to open rehab clinic
Source: The Vancouver Sun

A lesson on the consequences of dangerous behavior
Put on by the Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital of Malvern, the ... getting hit by a drunk driver two years ago in Philadelphia ... slowly melted away under the weight of his drug and ...
Source: Burlington County Times

Surviving infidelity
Two men jailed on drug charges (25) Union: Teachers ... and training center serving the greater Philadelphia area ... Tiger Woods recently emerged from a 45-day rehab ...
Source: Burlington County Times

Devils drop Flyers in shootout
... fourth round of the shootout as New Jersey clipped Philadelphia ... Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide ... Bar patron slipped drugs in drink; 2. Gyllenhaal tried to ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Giants' Jacobs fined $20,000
... Liu said in an e-mail that prior to last week's game against the Eagles in Philadelphia ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Missing women probe spent $124 million bringing Pickton to justice
Lindsay Lohan Let Out of Rehab for a Turkey Binge ... Movie Review: Love & Other Drugs » ... 16,635 on Andy Bellwood for services including drug rehabilitation ...
Source: Dose.ca

Lindsay Lohan Let Out of Rehab for a Turkey Binge
... ca.,Linday Lohan was granted a 15-hour pass from rehab to ... Movie Review: Love & Other Drugs; Movie Review: Burlesque ... and is continuing to focus on getting better in rehabilitation in ...
Source: Dose.ca

God, The Eagle and the Turkey; A Thanksgiving Reflection
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... the Constitutional Convention at the end of that long hot summer in Philadelphia ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Rangers' Hamilton voted AL MVP, Jays' Bautista fourth
Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; San Diego; San Francisco; St. Louis ... back to the days when his career was derailed by drugs ... Hamilton overcame eight trips to rehabilitation for addiction ...
Source: TSN

Hamilton wins AL MVP, Bautista fourth
Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; San Diego; San Francisco ; Seattle ... back to the days when his career was derailed by drugs ... Hamilton overcame eight trips to rehabilitation for addiction ...
Source: Sportsnet.ca

Blue Jays still after Greinke
A year ago this week the foundation was laid to send Roy Halladay to the Philadelphia ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Richards helps Flyers nip Devils
Philadelphia - Mike Richards scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period as ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

The Smartest Man in the Room?
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... of Confederation didn’t work, they and others got together in Philadelphia ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... It was true when the Miracle at Philadelphia produced the Constitution, and it’s ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Former gang leader turned pastor to speak at ...
They travel to the most drug-infested areas of Philadelphia to tell ... The church also started drug rehabilitation centers for ... half-million dollars in money and drugs ...
Source: Montgomery Media

Grieving Pennsbury father Robert Daniels: 'Bobby ...
... to Terror Behind the Walls in Philadelphia and ... “It draws you into the drug world. It’s easy for someone to get drugs in that area ... seek help and check himself into rehab ...
Source: BucksLocalNews.com

Twin Falls program mentors kids of jailed parents
Being forced to go to rehab for drug and alcohol abuse - more than once. ... five years ago by Ken Whiting, an AmeriCorps Vista volunteer, the Philadelphia ...
Source: Idaho Statesman

Agency moves to end Philly cruise ship departures
PHILADELPHIA -- Declining demand has Philadelphia's port ... Janice Dickinson on Celebrity Rehab: "I'm Having ... Police: Man wrongly texts drug offer to prosecutor · ...
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

Simmons: Swap Burke for Alex
A World Series in Philadelphia, the Phillies’ first appearance there since playing the ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Waffle toss 'just stupidity'
The Leafs were booed off the ice on Thursday night against the Philadelphia Flyers and one ... Online High School; Wholesale Fashion; Drug Rehab Treatment Ontario; Golf Guide
Source: Toronto Sun

Far Right Anarchy Versus Far Left “Anarchy”
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... Born in June of 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jim O’Neill proudly served ...
Source: Canada Free Press

America’s SS Party
Drug Rehab - Drug rehab and drug rehabilitation resources and information provided for the public ... Born in June of 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jim O’Neill proudly served ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Brandon Spikes' Suspension Reportedly From ADHD Medication
Philadelphia Eagles; Washington Redskins; WEST; Arizona Cardinals ... but for an attention deficit and hyperactivity drug, ... are one of the ingredients in Adderall and other drugs ...
Source: FanHouse

Improved Army team hopes to end losing streak against Navy
... the game gave him extra motivation during his rehab. ... N. Philadelphia narcotics officer pulled from streets a 3rd ... Girl, 13, cleared in botched drug bust: Nabbed for ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

JAMELIA BREAKS DOWN DURING TV MEETING WITH DAD
Celeb News: Rehab: Star Videos: Classified: Offers ... arm-in-arm following a cosy breakfast together in Philadelphia ... Rockers KINGS OF LEON have swapped boozing and drug ...
Source: Daily Star

Clippers: Kaman out 3+ weeks with ankle injury
Kaman will wear a protective boot when not participating in assigned rehabilitation. ... Philadelphia 76ers (33) Magic (32) Milwaukee Bucks (32) Rajon Rondo (32) Blake Griffin (31)
Source: CBS Sports

Eating Disorders A Problem Among Orthodox Jews
... Union, which has been an advocate for treating drug ... Krumholz, a dietitian at The Renfrew Center, a Philadelphia ... TwitLonger: Demi Lovato just entered rehab on ...
Source: Huffingtonpost.com

VERGARA: 'O'NEILL'S EMMY COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MISINTERPRETED'
Celeb News: Rehab: Star Videos: Classified: Offers ... Rockers KINGS OF LEON have swapped boozing and drug ... arm-in-arm following a cosy breakfast together in Philadelphia ...
Source: Daily Star

Hamilton sees another value in comeback
Hamilton was still suspended from baseball, had been estranged from his family and gone through at least eight stints in drug rehab by early 2006 when he arrived in Clearwater, Fla., at the old spring training complex of the Philadelphia Phillies where ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Sheen sues producers for $100 million
Sheen, who has been in and out of drug and alcohol rehab in the past year, sued producer Chuck Lorre and a division of the giant Warner Bros. film and television studio on behalf of himself, the cast and crew of the No. 1-rated U.S. TV comedy. "Defendant ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Two options for closer in Lidge's absence
Outfielder Domonic Brown, who broke his right hand this month, said he will remain in Florida to continue his rehab. He said he is a couple weeks away from swinging a bat. Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval ...
Source: Philadelphia Phillies

Veteran lefty Hampton decides to retire
Doctors then discovered he had been pitching with a fully torn left rotator cuff. Instead of simply saying goodbye to the game, Hampton endured a grueling rehab and returned in time to make three relief appearances for the D-backs in September. His hope to ...
Source: Major League Baseball

A legal drug even a head shop owner won't sell because "It's too hard-core."
The Poison Control Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia had a spike in calls about "bath salts" - from four in 2010 to 55 so far this year. The center's medical director, Kevin Osterhoudt, blamed the drug's easy availability over the Internet and ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Burgess' layup lifts VCU to victory
SAN ANTONIO -- Bradford Burgess made a layup off an inbounds pass with 7.1 seconds left and Jamie Skeen blocked a shot at the buzzer, giving Virginia Commonwealth a 72-71 victory over Florida State in overtime in a Southwest Region semifinal Friday night ...
Source: Delaware Online

Madson wants to show he can close
He said the injury actually helped his mechanics, as during his rehab, he threw without the benefit of using his legs. Those improved mechanics helped him finish the season with a 1.64 ERA in 46 appearances. But a long talk with Boras really got him ...
Source: Major League Baseball

MVP made major lifestyle change
Hamilton was still suspended from baseball, had been estranged from his family and gone through at least eight stints in drug rehab by early 2006 when he arrived in Clearwater, Fla., at the old spring training complex of the Philadelphia Phillies where ...
Source: World Link

FDA Considers New Rules To Speed Up Confirmatory Trials Of Cancer Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval
Since 1992, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to 47 new indications for 35 cancer drugs and in more than half ... University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, notes that analyses such as this one ...
Source: Medical News Today

Michael Vick’s former Bad Newz Kennels could become haven for rescued dogs
So far, they have about $120,000 toward their goal: replacing the ugly memory of Vick’s dogfighting operation, Bad Newz Kennels, with the Good Newz Rehab Center for Chained ... who is a quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles and was named the Associated ...
Source: Washington Post

U.S. halts food imports from Japan nuclear zone
The Food and Drug Administration's decision to stop imports from four Japanese prefectures in the crisis-hit northeast crystallized international anxiety about the impact of the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl in 1986. Other nations may follow suit ...
Source: Dose.ca

Lohan, rehab worker heard yelling on 911 call
Lohan was nearing the end of a three-month court-ordered rehab stint at the center after authorities said she failed a drug screening. The Dec. 12 call resulted in an investigation by Riverside County sheriff's detectives into Holland's accusations.
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Sheen kicks off 'Torpedo of Truth' tour in Detroit
But in recent years, the actor has increasingly made headlines for his drug use, failed marriages, custody disputes and run-ins with the police. The wayward star's behavior finally became too much for Warner Bros. Television, which booted him from "Two and ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Auditor general says Pa. must save prison costs
But when a drug dealer is sentenced, someone else merely steps in to take that dealer's business. That's why programs to help drug dealers gain legal employment, and early childhood programs meant to prevent children from turning to drugs as they grow up ...
Source: Morning Times

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Pre-Term Labor
(HealthDay News) -- Pre-term labor occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy. About 10 percent of babies born in the United States are considered pre-term, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says. The organization says these factors ...
Source: YAHOO!

After 5 decades, R. Crumb's art shocks, edifies
His images echoed old-time cartoon styles, first in Philadelphia's "Yarrowstalks" and later in his own "Zap Comix," and helped define the underground comic stew of sex-and drug-themed surrealism ... in the '60s this was `Mr. Drugs and Rock `n' Roll'?
Source: San Francisco Gate

Study Suggests That Sleep Apnea And Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Combine To Cause An Elevation In Mortality Risk
Gooneratne, assistant professor of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia, Pa. "We did not find that being sleepy in and of itself was a risk. Instead, the risk of increased mortality only seemed to occur when sleep apnea ...
Source: Medical News Today

Free Online Tool Provides Parents With Access To Customized Sleep Tips And Support
Mindell, PhD, professor of psychology at Saint Joseph's University and associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa. "Within just one week, the children, and their mothers, were sleeping much better, and they ...
Source: Medical News Today

Judge deciding if Okla. St. player to stand trial
No court dates are scheduled in his case. Charges stemming from the party also were filed against Zachary Logan Thomason, 20, who has pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Two of Williams' teammates, Jean-Paul ...
Source: NBC Sports

Obese with strong heart beats thin and weak
For the new study, published in the American Heart Journal, Dr. Lopez-Jimenez and colleagues studied 855 men and women enrolled in a cardiac rehabilitation program. In the past, all of them had either had heart attacks, or bouts of severe chest pain ...
Source: YAHOO!

Penguins’ Crosby still has to clear several hurdles before returning
“His rehab is ongoing. He’s doing well with it ... The Penguins are 19-12-5 without Crosby and are second to Philadelphia in the Atlantic Division after dropping a 5-2 decision to the Flyers on Tuesday night. They play Thursday night at Tampa Bay ...
Source: Toronto Star

Twins struggle but win opener
(At) Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 3: Chipper Jones hit a go-ahead ... the greatest home-run hitter in MLB history had to know he was taking performance-enhancing drugs. Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka will not need a cast or surgery for his broken ...
Source: Detroit News

Ramirez retires after running 'out of bullets'
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The American baseball community expressed surprise and shock that disgraced slugger Manny Ramirez chose to retire rather than take part in the league's drug rehab programme ... out of bullets," said Philadelphia Phillies manager ...
Source: YAHOO!

Ramirez quits, shocks baseball
The US baseball community expressed surprise and shock that disgraced slugger Manny Ramirez chose to retire rather than take part in the league's drug rehab programme for ... been running out of bullets," said Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel.
Source: Bangkok Post

Rays ride five-run ninth inning to first win of season
Ramirez was suspended for 50 games for violating the drug policy in 2009, when he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers . "When you lose seven games in a row, it normally takes something very awkward to get you righted," Maddon said. "It began today by Manny ...
Source: ESPN.com

Knicks 116, Nets 93
So it's fun." It was an easy night despite the absence of Stoudemire, who sprained his left ankle in a victory at Philadelphia on Wednesday. He watched the second half Friday from the bench, wearing a walking boot, and could miss Sunday's game at Indiana ...
Source: NBC Sports

Jones, Braves beat Lee, Phillies, 6-3
ATLANTA - Chipper Jones hit a go-ahead, three-run double in the fourth inning off Cliff Lee and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on ... Jurrjens will make a rehab start for Gwinnett on Monday and could then return to Atlanta.
Source: NBC Sports

How "Arthur's" alcoholics have changed
Braun credits it to "all that psychoanalysis that became so popular in the '80s, and everyone going into rehab. Suddenly there's a different level of hyperawareness of addiction and drugs and alcohol ... "it's easier to glorify drug use than alcohol ...
Source: YAHOO!

Real Salt Lake-Revolution Preview
Ilija Stolica scored in stoppage time to give New England a 1-all draw with Vancouver FC on Wednesday, leaving the Revs tied with Philadelphia atop the Eastern Conference. "We feel as though we should have wanted to win the game, but we didn't make enough ...
Source: NBC Sports

Andrew Bynum a go for Lakers
Marcus Camby is not likely to play for the Blazers on Friday due to his neck injury. He's still a game-time decision, but it sounds like he won't play. Wesley Matthews and Nicolas Batum will see a boost in his absence. Andrew Bynum, who is dealing with ...
Source: Rotoworld.com

PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: High — Habit-Forming
He is a mass of tics and twitches when he is brought to Sister Jamie by Father Michael Delpapp ( Stephen Kunken ), who runs the drug rehab center where she works ... for this Broadway debut as an actor in Philadelphia. During a break between Philly shows ...
Source: Playbill

High Hits a Low: Broadway Drama Will Close April 24
Indiscretions, The Graduate and Hollywood's "Body Heat" and "Romancing the Stone") played Sister Jamison Connelly in Hartford, Cincinnati and St. Louis opposite young Philadelphia actor ... Jonigkeit's Cody into the faith-based rehabilitation center ...
Source: Playbill

Education vs. incarceration
Half of all state and federal prisoners meet the criteria for drug abuse or dependency ... In Texas, the rate is 83 percent while in Philadelphia the rate is 66 percent. With these facts on the table, the NAACP has called for a downsizing of the prison ...
Source: Michigan Citizen

Mets Pelfrey, Thole shake off comment
PHILADELPHIA -- Everything ... 50 games by MLB for failing a drug test. Paulino has been shut down from baseball activities for nearly two weeks, making it likely he will be placed on the disabled list. Jason Bay 's rehab took a step forward in Port ...
Source: New York Post

The New Rise of PCP
Lieutenant Charles Jackson has been in the Narcotics Unit of the Philadelphia Police department for 15 years. He says the powdered PCP called angel dust that partnered with drugs like crack ... to go back to work in a drug rehab, and steady work has ...
Source: Daily Beast

Overfunding prisons while neglecting education
According to the report, in Houston, Los Angeles and Philadelphia ... minor errands for her cousin's drug operation. In 1993, she was charged with conspiracy to deliver crack cocaine, which made her liable for all drugs ever associated with her cousin's ...
Source: The Final Call

Gonzo: Philadelphia the good guys for once, as Sixers face Heat
Breaking Bad is a great show - dark and deep and well-written. In the Season 3 opener, Jesse Pinkman, one of the two main characters, gets out of rehab. He's a drug dealer and a drug user, but until that moment he had never been very introspective.
Source: ProBasketballNews.com

Neuroscience: Brain buzz
The effects seen in experimental settings "are big enough that they would definitely have real-world consequences", says Martha Farah, a neuroethicist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia ... an interest in stroke rehabilitation strategies.
Source: Nature.com

Man 'waiting to be counted' in priest abuse case
Frey puts a human face to the sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Roman Catholic Church, its latest epicenter the Archdiocese of Philadelphia ... At 18, Frey entered a drug rehabilitation center. In 1994, 12 years after the alleged abuse happened, Frey ...
Source: PennLive.com

Animal-rights group buys Vick’s old “Bad Newz Kennels” house
This was the home where the "Bad Newz Kennels" dogfighting ring was operated until a drug sting in 2007 brought it down ... The obvious solution here would be for Vick, who was franchised by the Philadelphia Eagles this year, to put the rest of the ...
Source: YAHOO!

Is CBC's Jim Hughson a Canucks’ homer?
Hughson did not work the 2010 Montreal Canadiens-Philadelphia Flyers Eastern Conference final so ... then-chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency, talked openly of drug use in the NHL. Perhaps Cherry would like to square his statement in 2005 with the ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Reds option struggling Volquez to Triple-A
PHILADELPHIA ... During his rehabilitation early in the 2010 season, he was handed a 50-game suspension for testing positive to a substance that violated the Major League policy on performance enhancing drugs. He was allowed to serve the punishment ...
Source: Boston Red Sox

Rangers' Boogaard died of alcohol, oxycodone mix
"After repeated courageous attempts at rehabilitation and with the full support of the ... FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2010, file photo, Philadelphia Flyers' Jody Shelley, left, and New York Rangers' Derek Boogaard fight during an NHL hockey game in Philadelphia.
Source: Grand Island Independent

Faces and Names: Perez sues producers of ‘Law & Order: SVU’
As part of the reality show “Celebrity Rehab” in 2008, Conaway discussed his addiction to drugs and alcohol ... At the Guthrie he appeared in “Philadelphia, Here I Come,” “The Venetian Twins” and “The Importance of Being Earnest.”
Source: Duluth News Tribune

Cop, suspect injured in fall from window during struggle
A Philadelphia police officer ... after fleeing from a Chester County drug-rehab center, State Police said. James Lee Abner, 25, was last reported seen at 6:40 p.m. running from the Gaudenzia Inc. drug rehabilitation facility in Westtown Township, police ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Tuesday's baseball highlights
Cardinals 2, Phillies 1: Lance Berkman lined a bases-loaded single over a drawn-in outfield with one out in the ninth inning, giving host St. Louis the victory over run-starved Philadelphia ... schedule to play his first rehab game Wednesday with Double ...
Source: Raleigh News & Observer

Vick's graduation speech bound to unleash more bark than bite from cynics
Then it's to be expected that they would be looking around for any reason to complain - or exclaim in loud disbelief - about Vick's selection as the commencement speaker for a class of troubled, mistake-prone Philadelphia ... homes and drug rehab centers.
Source: HamptonRoads.com

Hamilton, Cruz close to rehab games
Rosenthal: It's time to stop accusing Jose Bautista of being a drug cheat. Cruz is expected to begin a rehabilitation assignment Monday ... first interleague series that begins Friday night in Philadelphia. ''Hopefully, if everything goes well ...
Source: FOXSports.com

Giants update: Former San Francisco player Kevin Frandsen suspended for 50 games
Former Giants infielder Kevin Frandsen was suspended for 50 games Wednesday after testing positive for Ritalinic acid, a banned substance under baseball's Minor League Drug Prevention ... the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Source: San Jose Mercury News

BOXING: Chavez Jr. looks to make own legacy
The fivesome was named in a defamation lawsuit filed in Nevada District Court in December 2009 for allegedly making remarks that suggested Pacquiao was using performance-enhancing drugs ... honored in his hometown of Philadelphia this week by Mayor ...
Source: Los Angeles Daily News

Ex-Flame shines light on substance abuse
“But there seems to be very little attention paid to guys who die because of drug and alcohol abuse ... He paid his first visit to rehab when he was a 24-year-old member of the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1997-98 campaign. “They say insanity ...
Source: Windsor Star

BC-UT--Utah News Digest, UT
The vote by the International Olympic Committee has led to a surge of interest in the sport, with the World Sevens Series making a stop in the United States and the second college championships for men's sevens scheduled for Philadelphia next weekend.
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune

Split at the top in D.A. office?
FRICTION BETWEEN Philadelphia's two top prosecutors has battered morale ... taking an extended medical leave starting June 6 to have hand and knee surgery and to rehab. Jamerson did not respond to an email seeking clarity on whether McGettigan was expected ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Grasping at peace of mind
Drug ... Philadelphia or Trenton to collect his daughter after she sent out a distress call. Neither parent could bear knowing Jennifer was out there somewhere, strung out and in real physical danger. There was a period, after multiple attempts at rehab ...
Source: Burlington County Times

Cincinnati's plan for homeless shelters takes shape
New neighbors for the shelters and rehab programs need to open their arms ... dozens of U.S. cities over the past 30 years and are ongoing in places such as South Philadelphia and the Moore Square Historic District area of Raleigh, N.C. William Rohe ...
Source: Cincinnati.com

Norris R. Payne Jr., 43, had a warm embrace
said. Norris Payne, a psychiatric technician who worked with patients at local mental and rehab institutions and a man who could whip up a mean barbecue at family cookouts, died May 31 of a heart attack. He was 43 and lived in West Philadelphia.
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

20 years later, a drug lord and his daughter make peace
Her father had been arrested as the "kingpin" of a $12 million cocaine ring, part of the Cali Cartel, that supplied drugs from Trenton to Philadelphia ... Cactus" will be a film about crime, America's drug habit, justice and, finally, redemption.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Mother to tell of son's fatal addiction at substance abuse event
The group wants to relocate the homeless shelter and include a drug rehabilitation center in the facility ... Tonight’s program facilitator will be Brian Kress of New Philadelphia. Topics will include: n Local facts and figures on usage and treatment ...
Source: Times Reporter

Ex-Met Lenny Dykstra jailed on auto theft, drug charges
Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies star Lenny Dykstra was charged Monday with grand theft auto and drug possession by prosecutors who ... tried to bust him out of a stint at "Celebrity Rehab" - even though Gooden did not want to leave.
Source: CBS News

Myhres wants to give back to NHL by fighting substance abuse
“But there seems to be very little attention paid to guys who die because of drug and alcohol abuse ... He paid his first visit to rehab when he was a 24-year-old member of the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1997-98 NHL campaign.
Source: Faceoff

The Air Out There
“Bad News” was arrested for a variety of off-court issues including burglary, assault and drug possession. He has reportedly undergone rehab—several times ... Background: In 1968 with the Philadelphia Eagles suffering through a miserable ...
Source: Oconee Enterprise

The Globe and Mail
Yet here he was, back socializing with the wrong crowds, patronizing the seedy part of towns, hustling for whatever type of drugs he could abuse ... when his first organization, the Philadelphia Flyers, ordered him to rehabilitation.
Source: Globe and Mail

Indiana County panel addresses growing concern about drugs
She cited Vicodin and Percocet, which each contain a narcotic pain reliever, as common prescription drugs that are sought by drug abusers ... a.m. to 9 p.m. every day at its Indiana office at 334 Philadelphia St. Appointments may be scheduled at the ...
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Update on the latest in sports:
NHL-OPENING NIGHT UNDATED (AP) The puck has dropped on the NHL season as the Boston Bruins take on the Philadelphia Flyers while the ... but he had a setback in his rehab. BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) Hank Williams Jr. and ESPN each are taking credit ...
Source: KGUN 9

Sideshow: Kutcher accuser playing for payoff?
The "No Mercy" singer wasn't out long before he was arrested again in September, along with wife Tameka Cottle, for drug possession. Fast-forward to an 11-month sentence: T.I. was released on Aug. 30 on condition he live in a halfway house. He was picked ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Manny Ramirez: where did it all go wrong?
He had to undergo extra drug testing from then on as part of his rehabilitation into the league ... National League Championship Series to the eventual World Series-winning Philadelphia Phillies. Ramirez hit an outstanding .520 with four home runs in ...
Source: Utv

What to Do When Arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) - Bob's Nightmare
it is a scenario that plays out in the Suburbs of Philadelphia every day. The facts may change slightly, but the end result, arrest and prosecution, does not. Individuals who would never even begin to think about stealing, dealing drugs or committing ...
Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

Ten enter guilty pleas in Carbon County court
Duke told Webb he spent 241 days in a Salvation Army rehabilitation ... Philadelphia. He also spent 48 days in jail. Webb deferred sentencing so the adult probation office can determined the exact amount of credit Duke is entitled to for the ...
Source: Times News

Ex-NHLer wants to rid hockey of fighting
into depression and the drug abuse of "self medicating" to ease the pain of being pummeled and the threat of being pummelled again. "We needed to numb the fear, the fear of going into Philadelphia and facing Dave Brown, all the while knowing you're one ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Kim Delaney Escorted Off Stage During Slurred Military Speech (WATCH)!
The event took place in Philadelphia where several high ... are claiming she was either drunk or on some kind of drug while attempting to deliver the speech. Delaney received treatment in rehab in 2003 for substance abuse. TMZ tried calling ...
Source: Twirlit

Letters: Tasco proposes bill to control absentee landlords
IN RESPONSE to "Are Absentee Landlords Killing Once-Good NE Philadelphia Neighborhoods ... the parole board and by incarcerating drug-related offenders who would be so much better off in rehab or a hospital. The reason for the astronomical ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Scott Hall, a cautionary tale
Hall's story of drugs and stints in rehab highlights the substance-abuse problems ... Hogan now makes decisions about the TNA IMPACT wrestling roster. In Philadelphia on Sunday, Hogan will mix it up in the ring once again against rival wrestler ...
Source: ESPN.com

Poverty, Addiction, and Medicaid Cuts: A Former Addict's Call to Occupy Wall St.
This week the City of Philadelphia ... pointless War on Drugs—stretch out like a vast plain, dotted with tens of thousands of abandoned properties and vacant lots. In recent year, efforts by the police to flood high drug and crime ...
Source: AlterNet

Mayor Nutter Meets With Vice President Biden to Push Obama’s Jobs Act
Philadelphia ... breeds “drugs and guns.” Biden painted a picture of cops filled with pained compassion when he said the first thing the chiefs of police and fire wanted to talk about was “drugs and rehabilitation.”
Source: PW-Philadelphia Weekly

Dykstra pleads no contest to auto theft charges
Dykstra, who played on the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets and the 1993 Philadelphia Phillies ... A report in the New York Daily News said Dykstra planned to enter a drug rehab center in the next few days.
Source: YAHOO!

Who is policing the Phila. school police?
the acronym for Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition. Many first-time offenders accused of nonviolent crimes such as drug possession, drunken driving or theft are put in the program, which has been extensively used by the Philadelphia court ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

MOONEYHAM COLUMN: Old School Wrestling in town next weekend
“This is my Stanley Cup,” said Roode, referring to his upcoming world title match with TNA champion and former Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle at the Bound for Glory pay-per-view Oct. 16 in Philadelphia. “This is the furthest I have ever ...
Source: The Post and Courier

Hargrove’s no longer a hard case
And it was witnessed by a number of family members, who were acutely aware of Hargrove’s story of squandered opportunities, drug addiction and rehabilitation ... drugs, and I finally hit a breaking point where the bottom fell in.” In rehab ...
Source: Bellingham Herald

Tickets on sale for Pathway event
Pathway to Wellness, a committee of the Friends of the Homeless, will hold “An Autumn Odyssey with Art, Wine and Music” from 7 to 10 p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 5, in the Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts in New Philadelphia. Local wineries including ...
Source: Times Reporter

Japan’s mental health policy: Disaster or reform?
I grew up in Philadelphia and saw what happened in the 1980s ... get them into community care and offer treatment, support and social rehabilitation as necessary. But by the 1980s, the safety nets were gone and many, institutionalized for years without ...
Source: Japan Today

The sorrow and the self-pity: Fumo lashes out in e-mails from prison
Fumo also siphoned off money and staff time worth hundreds of thousands from a South Philadelphia civic organization ... into an early release" by making up a drug problem to qualify for an in-prison rehab. Had Fumo been accepted into such ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Memorial Hospital starting new services
Levin, M.D., recently began traveling from Philadelphia twice a month to provide services at Memorial Hospital's new pain management clinic, said Russell. While general physicians can prescribe pain management drugs, the hospital had not had a ...
Source: Daily Review & Sunday Review

National Movement of Formerly Incarcerated Kicks Off 11/2 in Los Angeles
"The War on Drugs is the biggest cause of disenfranchisement" said co-organizer Pastor Kenny Glasgow. In 2008 Glasgow won a groundbreaking lawsuit restoring the voting rights of the currently incarcerated and those convicted of drug crimes in Alabama.
Source: Drug War Chronicle

Chiefs aim to continue rebound from 0-3 start against Dolphins
Blast from the past this week on the ninth podcast of the season: Ryan Leaf, the infamous second pick in the 1998 NFL Draft (one pick behind You-Know-Who), who has been through fame, failure, drug addiction, rehab, brain surgery ... and now ...
Source: CNN Sports Illustrated

Penn surgical team gives young woman new hands
PHILADELPHIA -- A University of Pennsylvania team of 30 ... "Lindsay's going through very intensive rehabilitation. It's stressful and she's very tired. She's not doing any other stories because she needs to focus." Ms. Ess spends several hours a day ...
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Corbett, DiGirolamo battle over drug office
There’s a new battle in the war on drugs in Pennsylvania ... DiGirolamo’s estimate — to implement the new department of drug programs. State Rep. Mark Cohen, D-Philadelphia, said Corbett’s reluctance in following through was not related ...
Source: msnbc.com

Biden stands with Philadelphia area police in push for jobs bill
Ramsey and police officials from around the Philadelphia ... to talk about drugs and guns and drugs and rehabilitation. These are very smart people." The vice president was joined by Mayor Nutter and Gil Kerlikowske, director of national drug control ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Heroin addict: 'I don't even care about myself. I only care about the drug.'
It’s cheaper in Philadelphia ... selling drugs. The largest part of his business was Ecstasy, but he also dealt cocaine, marijuana and mushrooms. Eventually, he collided with the law and found himself in jail briefly. He went to rehab and ...
Source: PennLive.com

Corbett, DiGirolamo battle over drug office
Mark Cohen, D-Philadelphia, said Corbett’s reluctance in following ... For example, many addicts are destitute and need support from Medicaid to pay for drug rehab programs, testified Deb Beck, president of the Drug and Alcohol Service ...
Source: msnbc.com

Heroin addict: 'I don't even care about myself. I only care about the drug.'
It’s cheaper in Philadelphia, and more expensive ... I only care about the drug.” Eighty percent of heroin addicts relapse, and many make repeated trips to rehab facilities. Sullivan said he spends much of his time battling insurance ...
Source: PennLive.com

Addict’ stabs Swat officer in standoff
A SUSPECTED drug user burned his room ... Kulatahon ko nila (I don’t want to go to rehab. They will beat me up there),” he said. A crying Mario told a policeman nearby: “Di mo kasabot sa akong feeling. Maayo pa nga mamatay nalang ko (You don ...
Source: Sun Star

The Plight of the Affluent Suburbs
Hurt your back at work? Here's a script. You need that medication to help with the pain so that you can rehab your body. Two years later you've run out of options to receive any more pills, you've made drug connections in bad neighborhoods and your wife is ...
Source: Examiner

I was an idiot, admits Frankie
But he insisted he is not an addict and does not need to go to rehab. The teenager said he went off the rails ... taking one line of cocaine - the first time he had taken the drug since the beginning of June. But he denied he was high on Sunday night's ...
Source: The Guardian

The sorrow and the self-pity: Fumo lashes out in e-mails from prison
Once one of the most powerful Democrats in Harrisburg and Philadelphia, Fumo was found guilty ... of Prisons into an early release" by making up a drug problem to qualify for an in-prison rehab. Had Fumo been accepted into such a program ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

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