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Millions of Dollars Donated for Malaria Drugs Stolen

Apr 20th 2011 – 8:24AM

LONDON -- A leading global health fund believes millions of dollars worth of its donated malaria drugs have been stolen in recent years - perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars worth - vastly exceeding levels of theft previously suspected, according to confidential documents obtained by The Associated Press. The internal...

Officers Arrested Over Mexico Mass Graves; Death Toll Climbs to 145

By Mara GayApr 15th 2011 – 12:20PM
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Federal authorities have pulled 23 more corpses from a mass grave near the town of San Fernando in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, bringing the death toll to 145 in a mass killing that has managed to shock even the violence-hardened residents of northeastern Mexico. Sixteen police officers were arrested there Thursday...

Mexican Authorities Find Six More Bodies in Border Pits

Apr 13th 2011 – 10:13PM

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican investigators found a clandestine grave with six bodies in Tamaulipas state, bringing to 122 the number of bodies found in pits in a region near the U.S. border that is wracked by battling drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday. Tamaulipas state Interior Secretary Morelos Canseco said...

Mexican Convicted of Murdering Border Patrol Agent

Apr 13th 2011 – 3:54AM

SAN DIEGO - Jesus Navarro eluded U.S. authorities even before he became the prime suspect in the 2008 killing of a Border Patrol agent. Their long efforts to get the Mexican man convicted in a U.S. court paid off Tuesday when a federal jury deliberated only two hours to find him guilty of murdering Border Patrol Agent...

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Nick Fairley Arrested: Lions DT Reportedly Charged With DUI, Attempting To Elude Police

May 27th 2012 - 05:36PM

Nick Fairley, the first-round pick last year who was arrested last month in Mobile, Ala., and charged with possession of marijuana , has run afoul from the law again.

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Rodney McGee Calls Deputy Azor, Drug Dog, To Testify In Florida Court

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 25th 2012 - 03:15PM

Azor, a doggy deputy who detects drugs in Florida, was issued a subpoena this week to testify about a February traffic stop.

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HUNDREDS SAVED

May 25th 2012 - 11:02AM

During a drug bust at Rockland Key apartments on Thursday, Monroe County Sheriff investigators stumbled upon what appeared to be a massive cockfighting operation involving over 250 chickens.

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Mom Gouged Son's Eyes Out In Drug-Fueled Ritual, Mexico Authorities Say

May 24th 2012 - 07:49PM

Police in a Mexico City suburb arrested a mother and several relatives Thursday for allegedly gouging out the eyes of her 5-year-old son in what authorities said appeared to have been a drug-fueled ritual.

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Jerry Weissman: It's All About You!

May 24th 2012 - 02:41PM

In a previous post on my site, you may have read about how self-centeredness is an obstacle to all communication, extending all the way from social conversations to our focus, presentations.

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