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Crime decreases in Highlands County
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.Crime overall decreased in Highlands County in 2012, surpassing statewide trends in the same direction, according to statistics released last week by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton, whose office...Tags: Law Enforcement, Theft, Rick Scott, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hyrdrocodone tops list as most-prescribed drug in W.Va.
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A powerful narcotic was the No. 1 prescribed drug among Medicare patients in West Virginia for 2010, and a Charleston neurologist was the top prescriber in the state. State doctors wrote 402,159 hydrocodone-acetaminophen...Tags: Omeprazole (drug), Medicare, Headaches, Lisinopril (drug), Migraine
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UC pharmacy graduates excel in testing
Charleston Daily Mail, W.Va.The University of Charleston School of Pharmacy may still be in its infancy, but its students are making high marks on the national certification exam. The third graduating class -- students who finished the program in 2012 -- posted a 98.55 percent...Tags: Students, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Powerball Lottery, Health and Medical Professionals
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Luxury drug-rehab center in Umatilla to offer recovery in style
Troubled celebs struggling to overcome addictions might start pointing their limos in an unlikely direction: the remote Lake County town of Umatilla. The former Florida Elks Children's Hospital in Umatilla is being reborn as a luxury drug-rehab center...
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No clear source of funding for corrections changes
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Changes in Indiana law that will require judges to sentence low-level, nonviolent offenders to local treatment and counseling programs instead of jail starting next year has universal support, but no clear source of funding. A years-long rewriting of...Tags: Punishment, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals, DOC: The Documentary Channel (tv network)
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Physicians, health administrators wary of for-profit insurers in Medicaid reform
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Through all the clamoring surrounding the state's latest Medicaid reform effort, one message is coming through loud and clear from physicians and administrators: Let North Carolina providers resolve Medicaid financial and operational issues, not for-...Tags: Medicare, General Practitioners, Health and Safety at Work, Economy, Business and Finance, Earnings Forecasts
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The Record, Stockton, Calif., Michael Fitzgerald column
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Today we go to Indiana, Pa., to catch up with Victor Garcia. The professor has gained international recognition for his research into migrant farm workers. Garcia, 58, is a Stockton native, an Edison High grad and -- bless him -- a former Stockton...Tags: Research, Health and Safety at Work, Mexico, Alcohol Addiction, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Letters: Addiction treatment that works
Re "Felons allowed to help addicts, a report finds," May 14 The fact that addiction counselors in California who are sex offenders and other types of felons are allowed to provide addiction treatment is just the tip of the iceberg in a fundamentally...Tags: Addiction, Behavioral Conditions
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Alleged pot grower is in custody
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserA man on the run from the law since he was charged in 2010 with cultivating more than 1,000 marijuana plants in a Maui home is in federal custody. The U.S. Marshal Service arrested Eric Welander, 40, in California on April 29 and brought him to Oahu....Tags: Drug Trafficking, Judges, Rentals, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Murder in a rural county
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.High on a hill, in woods overlooking a multi-family cemetery, a hunter set about readying a tree stand for the fall season when he spied a human skull. Before long, other body parts were discovered, scattered across the forest, all belonging to Rachel...Tags: Murder, Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Missing Persons
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Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Lena Mitchell column
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloLast week, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps noted that the state parole board has severely decreased the number of inmates awarded parole, which in turn keeps the prison population high. When I was a police beat reporter in 1994, one of...Tags: Punishment, Richard Nixon, Crime, Law and Justice, Newspaper and Magazine, Prisons
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Toddler's death gets national attention
South Bend Tribune, Ind.The circumstances surrounding the case of a toddler beaten to death in 2009 by her caretaker in LaGrange County will be featured this week by a national television newsmagazine. The Tribune has reported extensively on 16-month-old Alissa Guernsey's...Tags: Punishment, Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Child Abuse, Broken Bones
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