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REFILE-Gulf Shi'ites fear rising sectarian rhetoric over Syria
Reuters(Adds dropped first name, title in paragraph 26) * Syrian crisis fuels sectarian tensions in the Gulf * Inflammatory language stoked by gory footage posted online * Shi'ites fear being blamed for Iran, Hezbollah's role in crisis By Sami Aboudi DUBAI,...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Human Rights
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Gulf Shi'ites fear rising sectarian rhetoric over Syria
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Shi'ite Muslims in the Gulf, alarmed by the shrill sectarian rhetoric of some Sunni clerics after Lebanon's Hezbollah militia entered Syria's civil war, fear they will be blamed and may be victimized for the bloodshed. "Hate language is...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Bashar Assad, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, Human Rights
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University of Wash. study shows dramatic increase in heroin use in state
The Seattle TimesSEATTLE Prescription-drug abuse has fallen in Washington state, but heroin use particularly among those under age 30 has increased dramatically, according to a University of Washington report released Tuesday. In King County, overdose deaths involving...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Heroin, Laws, Hydrocodone (drug)
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READER SUBMITTED: Gala Raises Funds To Benefit CMHA'S Behavioral Health Services
New BritainOn Saturday, June 1, at Lime Rock Park, more than 165 guests experienced the glamour, hot jazz and cool cars of the late 1950's and early 1960's, when tailfins ruled the road and jazz ruled the clubs, at an Evening Under the Stars Jazz and Chrome. All...Tags: Limes, Health, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Mental Health, Entertainment
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Walgreens agrees to record-breaking $80M fine to settle Florida oxycodone probe
Walgreens has agreed to pay a record-breaking $80 million penalty to resolve a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into the company's dispensing practices in Florida, including at an Oviedo pharmacy. The DEA in September banned a Walgreens...
Tags: CVS Corp., Percocet (drug), Pain, Crime, Law and Justice, Oviedo
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Hope House opens 'new chapter' on Laurel's Main Street
On a sunny afternoon last week, a family could be seen walking inside Hope House Laurel, while two groups of people of varying ages sat in chairs in the shade on the side of the building talking amicably. This private substance abuse treatment center in...Tags: Human Interest, Prince George's County, Addiction, Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance
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READER SUBMITTED: NEIS Holds Summer School With Kathryn Power Of SAMHSA As Keynote Speaker
WindhamThe Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery (CCAR) hosted Kathryn Power, Regional Administrator for Region 1 of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), at their Windham Recovery Center to tour the facility. Prior to...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Addiction, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions
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New treatment for college interrupted by addictions
"It's time to get the 'high' out of higher education," former cabinet secretary Joseph Califano said to release findings that 49 percent of full-time college students binge drink or abuse prescription and illegal drugs. That four-year study was...Tags: Medical Specialization, Addiction, Nursing, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Research
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Album review: Black Sabbath, '13'
2.5 stars (out of 4) Hey, it’s not easy being Beelzebub’s sidekick. Just ask Ozzy Osbourne. Though he will always be best known for his work in Black Sabbath, he hasn’t recorded a new studio album with fellow founding members Tony...
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Time to shift focus in fight against PEDs in pro sports
Apathy is a far more dangerous emotion than anger, and I fear that's where many in the general public have landed in this marathon conversation about performance enhancing drugs. News broke last week that at least 20 Major League Baseball players,...
Tags: Male-pattern baldness, Steroids, Awards and Prizes, High Blood Pressure, Sanya Richards-Ross
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High Court Reduces Payments To Victims of Fatal Hartford Nursing Home Fire
The Hartford CourantThe state Supreme Court Monday agreed with a subsidiary of insurance giant AIG and sharply limited the pool of money available to victims of a fire that killed 16 patients a decade ago at Greenwood Health Center, a former Hartford nursing home. Chief...Tags: Long Term Care, Medical Specialization, American International Group, Abusive Behavior, Nursing
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Discover (or rediscover) a giant of comedy
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceThe great African-American comedian and actor Richard Pryor died of a heart attack at age 65 in 2005. By then, Pryor who had mostly retreated from public life after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986 had spent his final decade in seclusion....Tags: Louis C.K., John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Mark Twain, Heart Attack
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