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9 min ago | KOMO

Operation "Arctic Chill" busts major Northwest drug trafficking ring

Drug Trafficking, 1st Ld-Writethru,0107 Feds announce drug busts in Seattle Eds: APNewsNow.

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4 hrs ago | WZVN-TV Fort Myers

Corrections officer accused of smuggling drugs, bribery

COLLIER COUNTY : A Miami-Dade County prison guard has been charged with planning to smuggle cocaine and marijuana into Everglades Correctional Institution in exchange for cash.

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Related Topix: Collier County, FL, Miami Dade County, FL

9 hrs ago | Press-Enterprise

2 more face charges in Vegas boy abduction case

Two more defendants have been named in a federal cocaine trafficking case stemming from the kidnapping of a 6-year-old boy from his Las Vegas home last October.

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Related Topix: Prison, Toledo Metro, Toledo, OH

13 hrs ago | Sky News

Drugs Hell And Secret Love Of Jacko

Michael Jackson had a long-standing secret girlfriend and developed an addiction to drugs supplied by unscrupulous doctors, his bodyguard has told Sky News.

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Related Topix: Entertainment

17 hrs ago | KEPR CBS 19

Calif. jury gets 'Alpha Dog' kidnap-murder case

A jury is considering the case of Jesse James Hollywood, who is accused of kidnapping a teenager over a drug debt and then ordering his death in a case that inspired the 2007 movie "Alpha Dog." The jurors began deliberating Wednesday after hearing more than a month of testimony about the August 2000 killing.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WCAX-TV Burlington

Authorities: NY-Ohio pot smuggling ring broken up

Authorities say they've broken up a drug ring linked to Russian organized crime that smuggled as much as $27 million worth of marijuana through New York's St.

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PMFM 92.9FM

Michael Jackson's murder fears

Michael Jackson feared someone was trying to kill him shortly before he died. The pop superstar was reportedly terrified of being murdered for his money or the music publishing rights he owned, which included his own work and over 200 songs from the Beatles back catalogue.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson

PR-inside.com

US judge grills prosecutors on evidence handling

A judge asked federal prosecutors in a major drug-dealing case Tuesday whether they generally mishandle evidence after a second high-profile prosecution fell apart in his courtroom because of witness problems.

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Related Topix: Prison, World News, Mexico

NewsChannel 8

Police find 5 bodies, severed head in Mexico

Mexican police on Tuesday found the remains of six people tortured and shot to death in a western state that is a focus of the government's war against drug cartels.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico,

680News

UN tells Honduras to reinstate president; new one says he'll face arrest if he tries to return

Honduras' ousted president won overwhelming international support Tuesday as he planned a high-profile return to his chaotic country.

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Related Topix: Manuel Zelaya, Prison, Drug Enforcement Administration

Tue Jun 30, 2009

KIII

Prison Terms Upheld For Smuggler Shot At Border

An appeals court has upheld the prison term for an admitted drug smuggler wounded in a controversial shooting by U.S. Border Patrol agents.

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Related Topix: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

ABC7 Chicago

FDA panel: eliminate Vicodin, similar drugs

Government experts say prescription drugs like Vicodin and Percocet that combine a popular painkiller with stronger narcotics should be eliminated because of their role in deadly overdoses.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Medication, Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic), Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Health, Pain

Hampshire Chronicle

Charlotte's ex arrested over drugs

Singer Charlotte Church's former boyfriend Kyle Johnson has been arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

The Hartford Courant

Police Say Torrington Pot Dealer Used McNugget Box

Connecticut police have arrested a Torrington teen, accusing him of selling marijuana and packing it in a Chicken McNugget box.

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Niagara Gazette

Attorneys want seperate sex, drug charge trials

Attorneys for suspended Falls Police Officer Ryan Warme will renew their calls for two trials for their client when they appear later today in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh Scott at U.S. District Court in Buffalo.

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Related Topix: Buffalo, NY

TwinCities.com

Afghans blame coalition for police chief's slaying

The Afghan government Monday blamed U.S.-led coalition forces for the killing of Kandahar's police chief and criminal investigations director, saying the Afghan guards who shot them to death were working for and trained by the coalition.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Navy, Hamid Karzai

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Age

Heath Ledger is shown in a scene from

The professionals closest to Heath Ledger have revealed how the Hollywood star battled with fame, a failed relationship and incurable insomnia in the lead-up to his untimely death.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight, Thriller, Heath Ledger

WFMY-TV Greensboro

This Bank Deposit Drew Alot Of Interest From Police

It was a bank deposit with interest -- from the police. Authorities in Tallahassee, Fla., report a customer at a bank drive-through lane had more than cash in his deposit bag.

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Related Topix: Tallahassee, FL, Tallahassee Metro, Offbeat

The State

Frat president gets probation in Vt. cocaine case

A former University of Vermont fraternity president who helped run a cocaine ring from the organization's house was spared a prison term Monday by a judge who called him naive and a bit player.

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Related Topix: University of Vermont, Copiague, NY

Toronto Sun

Robin Hood a drug lord

A Brampton man who's considered a modern-day Robin Hood has been convicted in the U.S. of leading a drug smuggling ring that trucked at least 36,000 kilos of cocaine from California to Toronto.

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Related Topix: Bakersfield Metro, Bakersfield, CA, Livingston, CA

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