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LI Man Who Shot, Killed Hunting Pal Faces Charges: DA
LI man who shot, killed hunting pal faces charges: DA
By Nancy Dillon / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Monday, January 13, 2014, 2:30 AM. Print. Share This URL: … Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl, pictured, says there was no evidence of drugs or alcohol in the hunting accident that killed Long Island …
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Batavia Morning News Summary: Jan. 12, 2014
Opposition to New York State's Gun Safe Act was loudly heard yesterday as New York State gun owners gathered at gun clubs in the state to fire a single shot in protest. The shot occurred at noon in … An Elba man was arrested on various drug charges …
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Woman Finds Wrong Body in Her Mother's Casket
Woman Finds Wrong Body In Her Mother's Casket
The family wants to know for sure and will take possession of the ashes if they are determined to be those of Porkka, Kondvar said. The two dead women bore no … Howard K. Stern. Five months later, Smith was found dead in a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino …
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Colt Lyerla Pleads Guilty to Drug Possession
The former Oregon Ducks tight end was arrested on October 24 on charges of cocaine possession. Greg Bolt of The Register-Guard reported that Lyerla received a 10-day jail sentence in addition to two years probation. Lyerla is allowed to move to Las …
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Map: Pasadena Arrests – Including PETA Protesters – on New Year's Eve, Day
Map: Pasadena arrests – including PETA protesters – on New Year's Eve, Day
The Pasadena Police Department arrested 48 people between 4 p.m. on New Year's Eve and 11 p.m. on New Year's Day, according to the department's arrest log. Police said 19 of those arrests were of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals …
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Time for Oregonians to learn the facts about marijuana
The National Survey of Drug Use and Health has reported that youths between the ages of twelve and seventeen, who reported that they had used marijuana during the past year, are more likely to sell drugs, steal, carry a handgun, and to participate in …
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Fitchburg Man's Dookhan-Tainted Conviction Is in Limbo
Fitchburg man's Dookhan-tainted conviction is in limbo
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed a petition with the state Supreme Judicial Court Thursday asking the court to effectively vacate the drug cases and convictions of more than 40,000 defendants in the wake of Ms. Dookhan's Nov …
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A-Rod suspension reduced to 162 games
A-Rod's drug penalty was for “his use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including testosterone and human growth hormone over the course of multiple years,” MLB said last summer. His punishment under the …
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Arbitrator's Ruling Banishes the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez for a Season
… by injuries. The suspension amounts to a significant victory for Bud Selig, baseball's longtime commissioner, who in recent years has tried to redefine himself as a chief executive determined to crack down on the use of performance-enhancing drugs …
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Alaska Takes Major Step Toward Marijuana Legalization
Alaska takes major step toward marijuana legalization
In California, meanwhile, an October poll showed that 65 percent of likely 2016 voters support legalizing the drug, though some advocates want to see a ballot initiative voted on later this year. On January 1, Colorado officially became the first state …
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Make medicinal cannabis legal, urges mum whose daughter is 'cured' of epilepsy
AMA Victoria vice-president Dr Tony Bartone said cannabis was being used legally for medical purposes in places such as Canada, the USA, the UK and Germany. "There is a growing body of evidence on cannabis as an effective … Kay McNeice, spokeswoman …
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Inside Colorado's green rush
Though growing and possession were legalized at the end of 2013, the amendment gave state regulators until Jan. 1 to develop a retail sales system. "It's generally been uneventful, with the exception that it's historic," says Mason Tvert of the …
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LISA ZIKALALA, FEELS at HOME
LISA ZIKALALA, FEELS AT HOME
… freedom, blessings and prosperity. She further extended her appreciation to the government for the contribution they make in enhancing offenders' rehabilitation. Zikalala served more than 15 years in a Thai jail for drug trafficking and through the …
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Judge jails Torquay career criminal for 12 years
In addition to his drug dealing, he was also running a counterfeiting racket in which he sold fake designer T-shirts, handbags and jewellery for at least five times what he paid for them in Turkey and Thailand. Morrison admitted conspiracy to supply …
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Friend who tried to help: Loewen 'lost his way'
Records show that Jason Loewen was arrested for robbery and drug possession on Nov. 1, 2001, and has been in and out of … But Page said he had been in Pakistan and Thailand and seen radical Muslim insurgency up close. He believed Loewen had it all …
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