Justice & Redemption

Justice & Redemption – Law enforcement officers say that close to 90 percent of the crime that occurs in our communities can be traced to substance abuse. North Carolina’s Drug Tre…

Indians closer Perez charged with pot possession

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Prosecutors are recommending four years in prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., following his guilty plea this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $ 750,000 in …. Under the drug agreement between Major League Baseball …
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An Intimate Appraisal of E. Gordon Gee

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Constance tried hard to get on well with Gordon's 20-something daughter and to be an appropriate first lady, while building the graduate arts policy program (her #1 job, but not really). In the spring of '95 the University of California Board of …
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Alderman: addiction treatment center closure 'disastrous'

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A Black Mountain alderman is organizing opposition against the proposed closing of a local addiction treatment center and detention centers. Alderman Carlos Showers says the state Senate's move to close the Julian F. Keith Alcohol and Drug Treatment …
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