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Most local homeless have ties to Costa Mesa
Challenging perceptions that the homeless mostly come to Costa Mesa from other communities, new data show a solid majority of the city's homeless population have ties of some kind to the city. At least 65% of the 182 homeless interviewed last year lived...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Politics, Culture, Personal Data Collection, Sociology
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Former swim coach sentenced for child sex abuse
Kelley Currin recalled dancing with her longtime swimming coach, Rick Curl, as a teenage girl the night of his wedding some 30 years ago. She wore a pink dress, held on too long and whispered in his ear, "I hate you." She told Montgomery County Circuit...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Justice System, Alcohol Addiction, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports
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Senate Approves Minimum Wage Hike; Sunday Deer Hunting Approved By House; Racial Profiling Law Strengthened
The Hartford CourantThe state Senate voted Thursday night to raise the minimum wage — after a huge clash between Republicans and Democrats. The latest version calls for raising the wage by 75 cents per hour over two years, with no index for inflation. As such, the...Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Norwich, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Hospital didn't report alleged sexual contact with patient, documents say
Aurora Las Encinas Hospital had evidence that a staff member had “inappropriate sexual contact” with a male patient and yet the facility failed to report the incident to county mental health officials, according to court documents. Los...Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Sex Crimes, Sexual Misconduct
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LETTER: Mental Health Travesty
I cannot possibly be the only one who was astounded to read that Sandy Hook parent Jennifer Maksel ended up "fighting with the school sytem to get someone to provide direct services in the classroom" for her first-grade son who had been traumatized by the...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Health
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READER SUBMITTED: Jazz And Chrome At Lime Rock
New BritainEach year, Community Mental Health Affiliates' (CMHA) Northwest Center kicks off the summer season with its Evening Under the Stars fundraiser and auction to help cover the cost of mental health care for those unable to pay. This year, guests will be...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Auction Service, Health Insurance Cost, New Britain, Limes
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Daughter, boyfriend indicted in Howard blogger's killing
A 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend arrested in the killing of her father in his Ellicott City home this month were indicted and charged as adults by a grand jury this week, according to court records. Morgan Arnold, a Mount Hebron High...
Tags: Murder, Trials, Prosecution, Justice System, Behavioral Conditions
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Ex-deputy avoids trial on charges he strangled his wife
Former Broward Sheriff's deputy Maury Hernandez will not go to trial next week on charges he tried to strangle his wife, an official with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said Thursday. Instead, Hernandez will enter a pre-trial intervention...
Tags: Trials, Alcohol Addiction, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami Lakes, Pembroke Park
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Community notes Thursday, May 23, 2013
Meetings Friday, May 24 Up North Network of BNI meets every Friday at the Charlevoix Public Library. Meetings are from 7-8:30 a.m. and visitors are welcome. For information or a reservation to attend, call Bill Ulvund, (231) 881-6700. Petoskey...Tags: Lutheranism, Politics, Planned Parenthood, Sex Crimes, Human Interest
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Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
— An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address...
Tags: Politics, Personal Weapon Control, FBI, Behavioral Conditions, Gun Control
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
ReutersDENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their...Tags: Murder, Shootings, Trials, James Holmes, Prosecution
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Mental health facility OK'd
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentLAPORTE -- Some Michigan City area residents put up a fight but lost their bid to keep a mental health treatment facility out of their neighborhood. The LaPorte County Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday night approved a request for a variance allowing...Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions, Health Treatments, Dwayne Johnson
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