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1 hr ago | WHSV

Drug Ring Worth Millions Busted in VA

The Drug Enforcement Administration says it has busted one of the largest drug rings in the Hampton Roads area.

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5 hrs ago | Northwest Florida Daily News

Two jail guards charged with smuggling drugs into prison

Two guards at a Northwest Florida prison are accused of smuggling marijuana and cell phones into the facility.

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Related Topix: Prison, Jackson County, FL, Graceville, FL

9 hrs ago | Click2Houston

Boy, 4, Fired Shot That Killed 3-Year-Old

Indianapolis police say a 4-year-old boy fired the shot that killed his 3-year-old playmate.

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11 hrs ago | WPXI

Feds Make $2 Billion Pot Bust

Federal agents in California said they seized nearly 450,000 marijuana plants worth about $2 billion during a raid in two national forests.

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Related Topix: Fresno County, CA, Madera County, CA

15 hrs ago | Vancouver Sun

George Clooney's girlfriend implicated in cocaine and prostitution scandal

A Elisabetta Canalis, a former showgirl who has been expected to marry American actor George Clooney, has been implicated in a sex and drugs scandal involving businessmen, celebrities and prostitutes, according to several reports out of Italy.

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Related Topix: Up in the Air, Sex Scandal, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Comedy Movies, Italy, World News

20 hrs ago | Penticton Herald

Dave Mustaine of Megadeth pens autobiography: tale of booze, drugs, redemption

On the cover of "Mustaine," a new autobiography from the frontman of metal band Megadeth, a more youthful, almost-cherub version of Dave Mustaine stares impassively at the reader.

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Related Topix: Metal, Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, Metallica

Thu Jul 29, 2010

Telegraph.co.uk

Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel killed

The death of Coronel, 56, is the biggest strike yet against Sinaloa cartel led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman - Mexico's top drug lord - since President Felipe Calderon launched a military offensive against drug traffickers in late 2006.

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Related Topix: World News, Mexico,

Calgary Sun

Synthetic marijuana causing outcry

An herb and chemical blend dubbed K2 that is sold legally in the U.S. as incense but produces a marijuana-like high when smoked is landing a rising number of people in emergency rooms, doctors said.

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The CW Washington, WDCW-TV

Colorado pot shops face closure as tough state rules take effect

Nearly a fifth of Colorado's medical marijuana dispensary operators could be forced out of business in coming weeks because of new state rules barring some convicted felons from the pot business, federal drug authorities say.

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Related Topix: Colorado, Colorado Government, Drug Enforcement Administration, Criminal Defense Law, Law

My58.com

Sweep Nets $1.7B In Pot, 97 Arrests 24min

Federal and state agents have arrested nearly 100 people in a sweep of marijuana-growing operations that's netted more than $1.7 billion worth of pot in California's Sierra Nevada range.

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Related Topix: Fresno County, CA

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Colo. pot center owners have arrest records

The majority of medical marijuana dispensary owners in Colorado have criminal records, and 18 percent were previously convicted of felonies, Drug Enforcement Administration statistics show.

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KVIA-TV El Paso

Package For 'Grandma' Contains 6 Lbs. Of Drugs

A package addressed from "Grandpa Henderson" in San Diego to "Grandma Henderson" in Talladega, Ala., wasn't ordinary mail, and it wasn't picked up by any grandmother.

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Related Topix: Talladega, AL, Talladega County, AL

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

House votes to narrow cocaine sentencing disparity

Disqus House votes to narrow cocaine sentencing disparity By William Douglas McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives passed a historic bill yesterday that narrows sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine convictions, which civil rights and civil liberties experts say contributed to the disproportionate ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Prison, Barack Obama

Wed Jul 28, 2010

WTEN

Police capture drug lieutenant in northern Mexico

A suspected drug cartel lieutenant with a quarter-million-dollar reward on his head was captured in the border state of Chihuahua, where rival gangs are waging a bloody turf war, police said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Mexico, El Paso, TX

NEWS.com.au

Corby may get 'significant' jail cut

Schapelle Corby in the Trijata Police Hospital in Indonesia where was treated for mental illness.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, World News, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

WBBM-AM Chicago

Woman charged after baby ingests drugs she smoked

A woman has been charged after a 1-year-old child was found to have cocaine and PCP in his system early Sunday at her Garfield Park neighborhood home on the West Side, police said.

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WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Congress seeks to narrow disparity between sentences for crack vs. powder cocaine convictions

Congress is reducing sentencing differences between crack and powder cocaine convictions that sent tens of thousands of blacks to prison while often letting whites skate for possessing the same amount of the drug in powder form.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat

CNN

Sex offender may have teen

A 19-year-old Kentucky woman who has been missing for more than a week is believed to be with a registered sex offender who has a history of kidnapping and unlawful confinement, authorities said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Bullitt County, KY, Law

NBC Philadelphia

Eric Roberts Latest to Check into "Celebrity Rehab"

"Celebrity Rehab" might have had trouble coming up up with a superstar for its upcoming season, but it has a superstar's sibling in Eric Roberts.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Eric Roberts, Julia Roberts, Sex Scandal, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television

Tue Jul 27, 2010

Standard Speaker

Sugarloaf police seize $10K in heroin after drug arrest

Sugarloaf Township police seized about $10,000 in heroin and drug-manufacturing paraphernalia from a Nanticoke man's home following his arrest Friday on drug charges, Sgt.

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Related Topix: Sugarloaf, PA, Nanticoke, PA, Hazleton, PA, Luzerne County, PA

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