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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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In California, it's Big Tobacco vs Lance Armstrong

Jun 01st 2012 - 06:24PM

SAN FRANCISCO -Fabled as a mecca for the health-conscious and fitness-obsessed, California is also one of only a few states that has not hiked its cigarette taxes in the last decade, meaning it is less expensive to light up in Los Angeles and San Francisco than many other places in the country.

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PepsiCo's Mexico snack subsidiary attacked again

Jun 01st 2012 - 05:36PM

MORELIA, Mexico -Banners signed by a cult-like Mexican drug gang say that cartel members launched firebombing attacks on a PepsiCo. subsidiary because they believe the snack company let law-enforcement agents use its trucks for surveillance.

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R. Gil Kerlikowske: Veterans Treatment Courts: Providing Our Nation's Heroes the Support They Have Earned

Jun 01st 2012 - 04:55PM

The Obama Administration is committed to the health and well-being of our armed forces, including support for the physical and mental health needs of service members and their families.

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Connecticut Becomes 17th Medical Marijuana State

Jun 01st 2012 - 03:04PM

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on Friday signed a bill permitting the medical use of marijuana statewide, making Connecticut the 17th state to enact such a law.

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MommyJuice

Jun 01st 2012 - 01:26PM

Why must nearly every marketing campaign aimed at women portray them as either stressed-out moms or wanting to lose weight?

drugs News From the Web

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  • 06/01/12 Fox strikes a plea deal Source: NBC - WETM 18 - Elmira NY Actor Matthew Fox has been banned from driving and drinking alcohol for a year in his DUI case.
  • 06/01/12 DEA investigating Honduras drug raid shooting Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA State Department officials say the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has opened an investigation into a drug raid in a remote Central American jungle where local authorities say four people were killed.
  • 06/01/12 Mo. Woman Sentenced For Illegal Vehicle Sales Source: ABC - KMIZ 17 - Columbia MO A northwest Missouri vehicle broker been sentenced to five years' probation for her role in the illegal sales and export of hundreds vehicles abroad.
  • 06/01/12 Teacher charged with DUI during school trip Source: Canoe A teacher from a Catholic high school has been charged with impaired driving after being involved in a crash while she was driving students in a van.

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