Easter, when a Kindle surprise turns into a curate’s egg
It’s Easter and I’m cross again. What’s that? No. God no, not that sort of cross. Look around.

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Teens Learn The Dangers Of Drunk Driving
Jefferson County Students Get “real Feeling” Look At Crash Some Jefferson County High School students got a serious warning today about drinking and driving on prom night. A simulated fatal accident played out in front of students at Fox High School in Arnold.

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Crack and cocaine use a significant HIV risk factor for teens
Teens with a history of crack or cocaine use are significantly more likely to engage in unprotected sex than youth who have never used these drugs, putting themselves at increased risk for HIV, according to a study in the April issue of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.

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Don McNay: What are we going to do about gambling addicts?
I need ten thousand angels watching over me tonight – Mindy McCready I grew up at a time when you couldn’t buy alcohol on…

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Violent crime, domestic violence figures rise
Anti-crime advocate Garth McVicar says there has been a hardening of public attitudes towards crime, which will eventually lead to a reduction in violent offending.

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Homewood firefighter dies battling blaze
HOMEWOOD | A Tuesday night house fire claimed the lives of aHomewood firefighter and an 84-year-old resident, and left a secondfirefighter and another woman hospitalized.

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DUI offender gets another rehab chance
An Elkhorn man convicted multiple times of driving while drunk will get another chance at lasting sobriety.

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Chemical exposure before mid-30s may be critical in breast cancer development
Occupational exposure to certain chemicals and pollutants before a woman reaches her mid-30s could treble her risk of developing cancer after the menopause, suggests research published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine .

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FIRST-PERSON: Legalizing marijuana won’t solve America’s drug problems
WASHINGTON (BP)–California continues to lead the way on marijuana decriminalization. Now the state plans to vote on legalizing possession, production and commercial sales and taxation of marijuana.

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Lancaster fights back against addiction
No community is immune to the plague of drug or alcohol addiction, but one local community is concentrating on prevention.

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Police Log, March 31
Police to conduct checkpointsREEDSVILLE – State police at Schuylkill Haven reported a sobriety checkpoint will be conducted at an undisclosed location sometime between Friday and Sunday.Troopers said motorists are reminded to use proper restraint syste

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Greeley police search along roadways for missing girl
A morning search by police of the areas around Kayleah Wilson’s home produced no new evidence and nothing to show what happened to the 12-year-old. Wilson left her home Sunday afternoon to go to a friend’s birthday party and never arrived. She didn’t show up at the pick-up location, and she hasn’t come back home since. Greeley police have been on the case since Sunday night, when it was reported …

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Mormons: ‘We don’t want Bible bashers’
Mormonism is among the world’s fastest-growing faiths. But what goes on at their UK training camp?

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GOOD FOR YOU: Good things for and by our Collier Citizens
German-American Club Gemuetlichkeit offers dinner-dance, Operation Spring Break, Florida’s ‘Wild West’ lecture set, Make-A-Wish Foundation receives award

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News: iPad Demand Set to Outpace Kindle in Ebook Reader Market
A recent study by PriceGrabber indicates that consumers in the market for over the next year are more likely to choose an iPad over Amazon’s Kindle. About 20 percent of the survey respondents said they’re planning on buying an iPad in the next year, compared to 12 percent are planning on buying the Kindle.

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Drunk driver gets jail time
A 36-year-old Northport woman who authorities said fell off the wagon after five years of sobriety was sentenced Monday for third offense felony drunk driving in the 13th Circuit Court. “I’m well aware that I have an alcohol problem,” said Christine M. read more

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Man gets 5 years for shooting at Woodstock house
WOODSTOCK – A 26-year-old Rockford man admitted he had smoked marijuana and drank about a half gallon of brandy before shooting a Woodstock house last summer.

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Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
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Update: Man Arrested On Fourth Offense DUI
Police arrested a man on several charges, including his fourth DUI, after chasing him through a Southwest Omaha neighborhood early Wednesday morning.

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Kindle Tops in Brand Recognition, but More Plan to Buy iPad
Pricegrabber has revealed the results of a new survey conducted on its site users. According to the survey results, the Amazon kindle is the top eReader device in brand recognition, but more people plan to buy the iPad. This makes sense considering that…

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