news4 your health reports on headaches. so many of us will automatically pop a pill and wait for the pain to go away, but what we might not realize is that some of these over-the-counter medications could actually be causing that headache.

the wedding season is fast approaching and those of you about to tie the knot know what i'm talking about when I say it's difficult to maintain good looks under stress.

top christmas films entertainment : film & tv : reports memories of christmas are inextricably linked to escapist cinematic fare. but what are the best festive films?

how should the county address the funding shortfall for jail operations? eubanks: this question is about a funding shortfall, but i believe it should equally address out of control spending. the 0.20 percent detention center sales and use tax will expire in 2014. this tax rate drops to 0.15 percent for the last two years of its life, in 2013 and 2014. the law enforcement budget has been allowed...

the complete health calendar is posted online at www.citizen-times.com . scroll down to living and click on health.

sunday, oct. 5 12:44 a.m. steamboat springs police responded to a reported disturbance in the 700 block of lincoln avenue, where four men were fighting. officers arrested a 24-year-old delta man and a 27-year-old paonia man on suspicion of obstructing a peace officer.

yes, it's Fall Break, that two-day break that my parents can't seem to understand. being a senior, i want to share some advice for all of our students here at carolina with fall break dos and don'ts.

if you can move beyond the hunger pains, you can enter a deeply spiritual experience.

the second debate between john mccain and barack obama features a town hall forum. the questions will come from voters who haven't decided which candidate is getting their vote for president.

thursday 2 a.m. — a man reported the theft of his bicycle from the 100 block of wightman street between 11:30 p.m. on wednesday and 2 a.m. on thursday.

bedford — the death of a lawrence county jail inmate has been ruled a suicide by coroner john sherrill. lester tipton jr., 33, springville, died saturday morning at the dunn memorial hospital emergency room.

tourists flock to the island of bali but some leave their good behavior at home.

university of colorado police ejected 57 people from cu's Homecoming football game at Folsom Field on Saturday night, mainly for alcohol-related violations.

as local and state officials continue to disagree whether a local mental health unit needs a license, onslow memorial hospital is inundated with potentially dangerous patients.

good morning! don't look for rain this week. The National Weather Service is teasing you with a 30 percent chance today, but it's more likely that rottkamp's would run out of pumpkins.

actor tom arnold is completing a rigorous detox regime, after finding himself addicted to soda, cake and nicotine gum. after battling drug and alcohol for many years, ...

america is deep into green. green books are filling up bookstore shelves. you can even read them with green reading glasses made of bamboo.

is it possible to clean green? is it necessary to give up mr. clean to be green? if you're not sure, that may explain the surge in books, magazine articles and websites explaining how you can clean and "detox" your home without chemicals found in familiar cleaning products such as Mr. Clean.

some people are getting rather happy about the crisis. they see it as the final collapse of capitalism, the exposure of the dangers of liberalisation, the vacuity of the american way and the folly of the free market.

bangkok: exit polls indicated a win for bangkok's incumbent governor on Sunday after a colourful race for the city's top job. as voting booths across thailand's capital closed at 3pm (0800GMT), two separate surveys showed Apirak Kosayodhin looking comfortable for a second term.

it has been four decades since the dawning of the age of aquarius, but aging baby boomers haven’t stopped turning on.

amy winehouse receives a call from scientologists in la offering to help her.

(ara) - as important as a fitness routine is to your physical health, it's just as vital to have a "well-being routine" that focuses on your mental health. Being well-rounded physically and mentally can foster balance between your work and personal lives, and help reduce everyday stress.

registration deadline, absentee voting the winchester voter registration office at 107-a n. east lane is open monday through friday from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

the three-bed youth detox program operating in an oriole park duplex will move to michener centre temporarily next year and timberlands in the future.

oprah brought out the big guns early again this week as monday’s show tackled the little known epidemic of heroin addiction in middle america. a rural ohio family joined oprah and lisa ling via satellite: a mother, father and two teenage boys all addicted to the drug. once a six-figure family, now without a home, without jobs, and with no possessions left to sell to pay for their habit, thi...

from new york and disney world to bollywood and beirut, our favorite places to drink in the culture.

bala cynwyd, pa.----skinny nutritional corp. , the exclusive worldwide marketer and distributor of skinny water®, today announced the company has signed a beverage distribution agreement with spike llc. , which will cover the entire state of arizona.

danville – if crosspoint human services were to close, clients like jeremy johnson and christina deckard said, they would have nowhere else to go. "If they did close it, I'm going to be out here in the world by myself," deckard, 35, said. "Crosspoint is my home."

the interim executive director of the local mental health association has some harsh words for collingwood council after she said it refused to allow her [...]

alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those...

the gym class heroes have experimented so much on their latest cd that even frontman travis mccoy can't quite describe the newly formed sound of the group, originally from Geneva.

a crowd of about 54,000 people is expected to fill folsom field for saturday’s sold-out university of colorado homecoming game, and authorities are planning for just as many potential problems.

one of the first physicians to practice in the conejo valley has teamed up with a local charity to run a methamphetamine and opiate detoxification clinic. the two will be coming to moorpark country days to let people know about the ways they'd like to help the community.

to partake in a meaningful experience, one first needs to undergo some measure of hardship.

summer is a thirsty season. and we had this idea about going to a bunch of dive bars, drinking on the company dime then writing about it as some sort of weak justification for the whole exercise. it's a tough job and we're the someones who have to do it.

india's 120 million smokers are the latest to be hit by a smoking ban. However, even though a majority of the population supports the ban, it is not expected to change anything.

willard - willard police chief joe daniel doesn't believe any community "where drugs seem to find their presence" should be labeled a "drug town." He said it's just as unfair to call columbus "the drug capital just because this seems to be the place where drug users find their supply."

actress, stand-up comic, producer and talk-show host rosie o'Donnell will try her hand at reviving the variety show genre.

february is the shortest month of the year, but it seems longer when you go without the creature comforts of dining out, hair and nail salon visits and mall shopping. that's what I did as part of a no-buy experiment.

winchester — recovering addicts in the community like to say that they have no excuse for missing a meeting.

1:18 a.m. a road hazard was reported near mile marker 136 on u.s. highway 40.

joe whaley appears to be an unlikely spokesman for a political campaign.

-- the clinic has what might be the most radical drugs detox treatment centre in the world. reforming addicts pay just €2 a day, and are encouraged to swallow vile potions by buddhist monks and e...

“you don’t get high off your own supply,” said morgan spurlock, equating mcdonald’s french fries to crack. it’s been some time since “super size me” catapulted him onto celebrity hot lists, but spurlock hasn’t let fame go to his head.

hundreds came to irvine's Mason Park on Wednesday to mark the end of a 30-day period of not eating or drinking between dawn and sunset.

dr andre waismann looks out of the window towards the gaza strip. speaking in a medical centre in the israeli town of ashkelon, a few miles north of the heavily fortified border and constantly under threat from kassam rocket attack, he explains his vision. "My goal," he says, "is that any drug addict in the world will one day be able to turn up at their local general hospital and say, 'good ...

as a yoga instructor in pittsburgh for the past seven years, i am always happy to see reporting on the benefits of yoga in the post-gazette.

at most schools across the country, classroom 'cool' status comes from having the newest gadget or the coolest pair of trainers. but up until recently, for kids in p.e.i, it was all about having a can of cola.

beth cintron's life was a mess.As a shy teenager from Conestoga, she began drinking, then partying.By the time she was in her 20s, she was a full-fledged crack addict, she told about 35 people Tuesday at the Heritage & Horizons adult educational series at Church of the Apostles UCC.The drugs con...

there seems to be no end to the lengths america will go to lose weight. from fasting to gorging, everyone seems to have a cure and a diet. how crazy can diets get? how about getting injections of a pregnant woman's urine? Or eating nothing but cabbage soup?

how would you like to spend a pleasant sunny afternoon picking up old cigarette butts? that’s just what a group of young people did last week, scouring the area at the end of mcqueen boulevard by centre wellington district high school – from the grass, off the sidewalk, and out of the roadway.

nutritionist and author lisa drayer cautioned against fad diets in general and several in particular, on the early show . among them: the grapefruit diet, cabbage soup diet and juice fast diet.

even though the long-delayed lp might be around the corner, guns n' Roses' chinese democracy was never meant to be heard, in bigger than the sound.

welcome once again to the pitchfork guide to upcoming releases, our seasonal guide to upcoming releases! this installment covers a wide swath of the crucial cuts you'll be jamming through the fall and on into the winter, from LPs and EPs to singles and music-related DVDs of note. Compiling such a list isn't easy in this day and age, with different release dates for digital and ...

many of us have deprived ourselves of our morning lattes, the elevenses chocolate treat or evening blowout in the search for aesthetic perfection. but thousands of muslim women in reading have for the past month done just that – not as part of a fad diet, but to achieve “spiritual awakening”.

lester traicheff needed to be rushed to the health sciences centre for emergency surgery on an ulcer he didn't know he had. Lambert, 39, needed someone to talk to -- he's dogged by loneliness and depression, and his illness often incites an urge to lash out violently.

monday, sept. 29

a former massage parlour tycoon and a glamorous high-heeled lawyer whose campaign adviser drowned during a bizarre media stunt are among 16 disparate candidates in the race to be bangkok's governor.

alamosa — san luis valley county commissioners association (slv cca) hesitantly handed down their 2009 budget decisions on tuesday morning.

all david cameron's 400,000 words as leader analysed

sunday 8 a.m. — an unknown suspect threw a rock through a window at the patricia sprague real estate office.

oak park heights - a 20-year-old bayport man faces a trio of charges after he threatened a man with a knife in an attempt to retrieve his friend's personal property.

posted: 12:51 pm- west jordan - four employees at a west jordan sportsmen's Warehouse came into contact with a white, powdery substance Tuesday morning in a delivery trailer, and one of them has complained of symptoms of illness.

longtime williams lake resident sheila mortensen is running for a seat on city council. mortensen, who has lived in williams lake for the last 36 years, has served on the central business improvement area, health advisory committee, social planning committee, and the advisory planning committee.

biometric treatment records are being introduced in the uk's jails to ensure drugs go to the right patients, Owen Bowcott reports

the world's media reacts to the US rejection of a proposed $700bn bail-out of its financial sector.

shelby -- drug addiction put richland county in a negative national spotlight monday.

a 5 percent price increase, projected rise in patient admissions and improved financial performance by several departments should lead pardee hospital to a positive outcome in the budget year that begins this week, the hospital board was told as it approved the 2008-09 budget last week.

y our best friend loves to shop. when she's not working, she's usually spending money - lots of it. she has closets full of clothes she's never even worn - and credit card debt that's piling up - but she can't seem to stop.

when it comes to weight loss, cheryl forberg knows how to do it big.

after 17 years, man gets the right diagnosis and some relief from a debilitating disease justin o'Connor wakes every morning not knowing if a bout of intermittent, rapid-fire vomiting and retching will blind-side him. It can sometimes last hours, other times for days.He can't predict when the pain that feels like a spiked glove punching the inside of his abdomen will double him over next. he...

the mental health council of australia has strongly criticised victoria's national parks authority for leasing a historic public building rent free to a drug treatment service connected to Scientology.

manila, philippines—here are my answers to your questions on health, beauty and wellness. happy reading!

friday 1:14 p.m. — police cited two people for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana at the intersection of east main and pioneer streets. friday 4:04 p.m. — police reported graffiti on a fire department sign on ashland street.

admissions for counseling and residential services started again today at the guilford county substance abuse treatment center, which had been suspended from accepting new patients since august. "Since we currently have 30 (residential) consumers, we could conceivably fill the center in a week," mike morrison, chief operating officer of bridgeway behavioral health, said in a news release. ...

madison mayor dave cieslewicz is no stranger to the ride-along. he's done it with garbage collectors, city assessors and, of course, police officers. The Madison Police Department is often accomodating of journalists and government officials in this respect and the mayor has taken the opportunity several times in his tenure.

the face of homelessness in quebec is changing, the politician heading an inquiry into it said monday as public consultations got underway in montreal.

minneapolis -- when reporter david carr began thinking about writing his life story, he found he couldn't trust his own memory. Was it his best friend who pulled the gun on Carr some 20 years ago when Carr -- fired fro

skinny nutritional corp.'s (OTC BB: SKNY.OB), the exclusive worldwide marketer and distributor of Skinny Water(R), announced today a distribution agreement with Prestige Sales, Anaheim, Calif., the largest Red Bull Energy drink distributor in Southern California, which has a network of over 6000 retail accounts. This is Skinny Nutritional Corp.'s first distribution agreement with a distributor ...

the idea that modern life so fills us with toxins and heavy metals that we need to periodically be "cleaned out" has been gaining ground in recent years. a myriad of methods from pills to fasting to tonics to colonics are being touted as detoxifiers that lead to improved health and increased vitality. did you know there is even a way to suck poisons right out of your feet? at least that is what...

air smog. factories that spew pollution into the sky. pesticides. chemical additives. when it comes to the big, obvious stuff people understand how toxins [...]

three people addicted to different substances - alcohol, crack and benzodiazepine - attempt to kick their habits under the supervision of experts at a leading detox clinic. info & advice for drink or drug addiction at channel4.com/helplines.

(ara) - as important as a fitness routine is to your physical health, it's just as vital to have a "well-being routine" that focuses on your mental health. Being well-rounded physically and mentally can foster balance between your work and personal lives, and help reduce everyday stress.

ancient mineral-based magnesium bath flakes said to offer fast relief from skin conditions such as dermatitis, seborrhea, psoriasis, eczema, and others. (prweb sep 29, 2008) read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/transdermal/magnesium/prweb1391774.htm

when the letter from correctional service canada arrived in her mailbox, shannon desjarlais didn't think much of it. "I just thought they'd be telling me which prisons they were in," she says.

washington — at almost the same moment, two unusual scenes were playing out on the house side of the capitol on tuesday. beneath the ornate ceiling of a house caucus room, angry conservative republicans were confronting vice president dick cheney...

when debra faulkner had some medical tests done recently to find out which toxins were present in her, the beaufort native was surprised to discover she had a high level of aluminum in her body. her surprise turned to deep concern when she learned there is a possible link between high

carol inman is a gutsy gal.

michael white: david cameron has even persuaded boris johnson that this year's Tory conference must be a sombre, gaffe-free affair

businessman jon moon today launched a nationwide campaign to ban bullet points from work. "We all use bullet points because we always have, yet they don't work. They don't break up dull text.

tamales and tacos and beers, oh my! you are guaranteed many things while visiting the picturesque 16th century colonial village of san miguel de allende.

four of the key candidates to be bangkok's next governor produced long lists of promises to make the city a better place to live during a major debate yesterday. Making Bangkok green, providing more q...

-- the clinic has what might be the most radical drugs detox treatment centre in the world. reforming addicts pay just €2 a day, and are encouraged to swallow vile potions by buddhist monks and e...

joe whaley appears to be an unlikely spokesman for a political campaign. whaley, 58, lives in a single room at a fort collins housing authority facility east of old town.

this will sound like faint praise.

once the castle towering over lees town road was simply called narco, or the narco, and almost everyone in america knew what that meant. going to lexington was synonymous, beginning in 1935, with trying to get off drugs . either because you had been sentenced to prison for your habit, or because you had raised your hand, admitted your addiction and volunteered for treatment. before ...

steve ray never had a favorite drug. he was once what junkies call a “trash can” – he’d gulp down, snort or inject just about anything that came his way.

an argument outside a st. george homeless shelter this morning erupted in gunfire, leaving the victim in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, and police on the hunt for the shooter. the verbal dispute broke out between...

andy murray's big tennis breakthrough is down to the extra flexibility he's gained from a new form of an age-old discipline.

revival starts monday the rev. quinton mills will be the speaker at a three-day revivial that starts monday at the inwood family worship center on sulpher springs road in inwood, w.va. for more on the church, call 304-229-6716 or 304-229-8572.

litchfield - police arrested two men friday night in the armed robbery of the xtra mart in morris and the robbery of the pleasant valley general store.

i-spa has long been a favorite of beijing's spa goers, and it's easy to see why. their luxurious thai-styled decor, peaceful ambience and incredibly courteous and professional staff make the spa feel like a truly exotic getaway—and fortunately, their newest branch in xuanwu district is no different.

mankato — they've sifted through hundreds of ideas gathered during a high-risk drinking summit eight months ago and turned those ideas into a plan of action.

thursday 9 a.m. — waterstone spa reported the theft of a ceramic planter containing a 4-foot bamboo plant from the sidewalk in front of the business sometime between the hours of 10 p.m. on wednesday and 9 a.m. on thursday.

in the past few months i’ve had several opportunities to be away from home. these trips have been for different reasons, each one involving the outdoors. many of these stays were in places where much of my outside communications were cut off.

dr. ian kerner (ph.d.), author of numerous books, including, sex detox (harpercollins publishers), to appear on the love doctor show with dr. terri orbuch on voiceamerica's Radio Network.

every month, on the saturday nearest to a full moon, a group of nanaimoites head out on spud patrol. up to 15 people tote coolers of baked potatoes and armfuls of clothes to a small park wedged along terminal avenue.

diane maler searched for the perfect way to care for her sun-damaged skin for 20 years. the los angeles resident had scores of facials and tried practically every product on the market, but nothing really worked.

last year, cigarette smokers, bar owners and freedom-to-choose advocates were lit up about the impending state-wide smoking ban

new haven — tickets are being issued for excessive noise, and youths are being sent to the hospital for alcohol detox, but corraling the more than 1,000 young people who pour into downtown streets from clubs on the weekend with a handful of police is a tough assignment.

alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those...

phoenix police and central arizona shelter services are hitting the streets to help the homeless get the social services they need.

what you need to know seven people died of heroin overdoses in milwaukee county last year, and six in 2006. that may seem like a small number of drug deaths, especially when you consider that 47 people died from overdoses of cocaine in 2007 and 76 people overdosed on coke in 2006 just in milwaukee county.

click to enlarge 'Team Kiwi' in wellington. from left to right: renton maclachlan, camilia chin, gordon copeland, rebekah clement, joel sison the kiwi party, a new voice in politics, launched its wellington campaign for the 2008 elections at a well attended meeting in lower hutt last evening.

aug. 30 • an officer assisted new mexico state police at 8:30 p.m. with the arrest of two subjects on highway 169. both male and female suspects had outstanding warrants out of socorro magistrate court. • an officer arrested two male subjects passed out in downtown magdalena a...

wednesday 8:32 a.m. — a business owner reported graffiti on the 300 block of east main street. wednesday 10:40 a.m. — police arrested a juvenile for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon at ashland high school.

the numbers are still skewed heavily to the side of the addicted, but after the florida addictions institute's second graduating class walked the...

rap superstar 50 cent has vowed to sit back and relax after the release of his forthcoming album - he will only return to the music scene when he is "missed" by the ...

drew nelson: ya know ali, i've been seeing a lot of love around campus lately. Everywhere I go, people are mildly sucking face, grinning ear-to-ear while buried in texts or flanking my Facebook news feeds with more hookups than Fidel Castro claimed last week.

agencies that treat mental illness, developmental disabilities and drug addictions cheered tuesday's state Senate action to restore more than $200 million cut from the state budget. Now they're turning their lobbying efforts to gov. rod blagojevich.

people with a substance-abuse problem but without insurance in guilford county will soon be able to be admitted to the state’s only county-funded, long-term inpatient treatment center. read more

liquid nutrition, a chain of juice bars, has officially launched its brand in montreal where the company now has 10 locations.

by mark felsenthal washington (reuters) - u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on wednesday said "extraordinary stress" in financial markets was threatening an already weak u.s. economy, but his plea that lawmakers support a $700 billion (379 billion pound) credit detox plan was met with scepticism.

tuesday 7:06 a.m. — a person was found sleeping in the bushes at the corner of mountain avenue and b street and was cited for prohibited camping and released.

the fifth anniversary of vancouver's Insite supervised drug-injection site was commemorated cautiously this week amid an ongoing federal threat of closure, the Province reported Sept. 21.

this saturday, the gridley chamber of commerce will host "Shop Local - Try Gridley/Biggs First," to showcase area businesses to show the community what the businesses have to offer.

a proposed zoning change from agricultural to business for 5 acres in dunbar township could create a precedent that leads to further commercial development, opponents say.

after a reassessment from state regulators on monday and tuesday, the guilford county substance abuse treatment center received informal approval from the state to reopen and accept new patients. the north carolina department of health and human services ordered the center for the indigent to stop accepting patients in august after inspectors found that the center violated several state rules...

while many are looking forward to albums from jay-z, kanye west, and 5o cent to drop towards the end of the year, i'm hearing that Dr. Dre could also be dropping his highly anticipated album "Detox" as well.

nine remote spas that combine nature and nurture.

the most distressing, and perhaps most critical stage in drug rehabilitation is the initial detoxification. the success of an initial detoxification can measure to what extent a patient can assimilate properly into a drug treatment program. care florida, a holistic-based drug rehab clinic, has developed a personalized approach to drug and alcohol "detox" methods blended with a no-cold turkey ...

the excited chatter of dorothy nowicki and debbie ramdhannie suggested that their visit to bistro 110 was much more than a casual dinner shared between sisters; it was clear that the evening was something special.

as part of j. ryans on the grill's international offerings, the restaurant, at 8389 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, has scheduled a week of Octoberfest lunches and dinners, Oct. 12-19.

san leon, tx (wlox) - the town's unofficial slogan is "A small fishing community with a large drinking problem." That was before Ike roared ashore. This small community just north of Galveston now has much bigger problems on its hands.

prison is the last place most parents want to see their child. but for the parents of a 15-year-old meth addict, it was the only choice after their daughter was caught stealing a car.

a photography show illuminates the faces of addiction. by chris dovi steven johnson has the self-serving charm of a car salesman — or a drug addict. he’s been both.

the gym class heroes have experimented so much on their latest cd that even frontman travis mccoy can't quite describe the group's newly formed sound.

the moment you walk in to the new spa topia, you feel relaxed. from the serene decor to the sounds and smells, the full service day spa was designed to relax and rejuvenate.

so ben, i've been looking for a sugar daddy for years and never really thought of you in that way. I didn't think of you as emergency support if my personal and professional stock started to plummet.

amy winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil has decided to remain in prison rather than enter rehab.

no ordinary polo visionaire, the limited-edition art magazine that throws one of the most coveted art basel parties in town, isn't going mass market just yet.

drug withdrawal services for youth in the mid-island, put in jeopardy after the dissolution of the nanaimo alcohol drug and prevention treatment society earlier this year, are back on track.

a group of eminent physicians and researchers marked the fifth anniversary of the opening of vancouver's controversial supervised injection site on Monday with sharp attacks on the Conservative federal government's desire to close it down.

certified holistic health counselor candace stone will shed light on the most dangerous foods and ingredients lurking in your home in "Detoxing Your Pantry and Refrigerator."

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treasure coast — the new indian riverkeeper has been a bureaucrat, so he knows how to negotiate; he's also been a certified law enforcement officer, so ...

as boomers advance in age, they are altering — not abandoning — their drugs of choice it's been four decades since the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, but aging baby boomers haven't stopped turning on. the federal government's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released earlier this month, finds that as boomers move into their 50s in large numbers, drug use among older adults in the...

 

as of noon monday, nine out of twenty-one beds at onslow memorial hospitals emergency department were occupied by either mental health or detox patients.

backers of north america's only facility where injection-drug users can shoot up under a nurse's supervision are accusing the federal government of ignoring what they say are the place's proven benefits for ideological reasons.

a leading hiv/aids researcher is accusing the harper government of "genocide" for allegedly ignoring scientific evidence supporting vancouver's controversial supervised drug injection site.

members of the core community will have the opportunity to voice their views on the regina qu’appelle health region’s proposed addictions treatment centre which will be located in their neighbourhood.

an international aids activist accused the conservative government of endorsing a policy of 'genocide' against injection drug addicts, as health professionals gathered monday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of north america's first supervised injection site.

murray turnbull doesn’t need the 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles and studies that say insite, north america’s first supervised injection site, is doing a good job.

[on a sunny saturday afternoon people gathered at the former assembly of god church in brainerd to see how it was transformed - not just the building but in the lives of the men who now live there.

by county press reporter - monday, september 22, 2008 a fire at the back of disused business premises in newport on saturday night is being treated as arson.

dr. ian kerner (ph.d.), author of numerous books, including, sex detox (harpercollins publishers), to appear on the love doctor show with dr. terri orbuch on voiceamerica's Radio Network.

mount carmel baptist church will have a yard sale from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at 1317 s. pleasant valley road, winchester. concession stand will be open at the family life center. call 667-6532.

ashland -- debbie kirkpatrick doesn't mind seeing her son in the county jail.

a 15-year-old girl arrested on petty theft charges was left for weeks in a jail cell with 21 men, who raped her, tortured her and only allowed her food in exchange for sex.

a trip to the grand canyon proved to be his last.

when insite, north america’s first supervised drug-injection site marks its fifth anniversary in vancouver’s downtown eastside sunday, the celebration will be tempered with disappointment.

deja vu: the two states whose electoral votes decided the presidential races in 2000 (florida) and 2004 (ohio) are provoking anxiety this time around, also. in palm beach county, fla., home of the "butterfly ballot" in 2000, 3,478 optical-scan votes disappeared between primary-night counting on aug. 26 and the official recount a few days later, flipping the outcome of at least one race. also in...

just in time for election day 2008: more vote-counting glitches in florida, and ohio cracks down on officials taking voting machines home at night.

a controversial approach to getting chronically homeless individuals off the street is catching on slowly in madison, though most efforts here are directed at helping families. "Housing First" is a philosophy that's been around since the early 1990s. Several U.S. cities claim success with the approach, which aims to get chronic, problem street people in permanent housing to reduce their costly ...

the ndp is denying they made an alleged deal with marijuana activist marc emery. emery says he and ndp leader jack layton had an informal agreement to bring marijuana party members to the new democrats.

a funny thing happened to snoop dogg on the way to divorce court.

university of colorado police say 65 people were ejected from the cu football game against west virginia on thursday night, including 43 for alcohol-related violations.

the london stock exchange recorded its biggest one-day rise yesterday after the u.s. launched a $1trillion 'toxic bank' to rescue the financial system from further collapse.

teresa bergan was too intoxicated to be booked into the otter tail county jail sunday. but she wasn’t too intoxicated to break out of detox.

washington -- urgently moving on multiple fronts to stem the worst financial crisis in decades, the government today said it would safeguard assets in money market mutual funds and temporarily banned short-selling of financial company stocks. the treasury department has asked congress to give it sweeping power to buy up toxic debt that has unhinged wall street.

celebrities like beyonce and gwyneth paltrow hailing their dramatic short-term effects, diets, but what is a detox diet and is it good for you?

the federal government moves to protect money market funds and ban short-selling of company stocks, as the treasury and federal reserve craft a massive rescue plan to stem a financial crisis.

the government moved urgently on multiple fronts friday to stem the worst financial crisis in decades, protecting money market mutual funds and banning short-selling.

washington (ap) - one expert is calling it a "detox for banks" -- a bush administration plan to cleanse financial institutions of their tainted assets.

asian and european stock markets are soaring on news that the u.s. central bank, the federal reserve and the treasury department are working on plan to ease the current financial crisis.

congress promises quick action on financial crisis bailout plan from bush administration

congressional leaders expect to get the plan today and act on it before congress recesses for the election.

congress promised quick action on a plan to buy up toxic assets, such as bad mortgages, held by troubled banks and other institutions, hoping to lift the nation out of its worst financial crisis in decades.

in another display of government intervention, top officials at the treasury department and federal reserve on thursday began discussing with congressional leaders a plan to buy up vast numbers of distressed mortgages held by ailing financial institutions. while the details of the plan remain to be hammered out, the discussions could result in the biggest bailout in u.s. history, and the most...

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america's battered financial services industry is close to getting the lifeline it was desperately seeking as government leaders sketched out a plan to rescue banks from bad debts that threatened their survival.

the man who weathered the storm of 911, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani came to surrey, b.c., thursday to speak about big city problems. but he ended up taking aim at vancouver's controversial safe injection site.

new york -- wall street entered into another round of speed dating, with bankers representing morgan stanley and washington mutual scrambling to put together deals in the biggest realignment of the financial industry since the 1930s.

his book inspired a generation of jet-setting thrill-seekers. but last month dave freeman, co-author of 100 things to do before you die, met his maker in mundane circumstances - falling over at his la home.

federal research into the metal detox treatment known as chelation was canceled, as researchers worried over safety of participants.

your teenage son's access to condoms is my teenage daughter's ability to remain a child for as long as she needs.

eminem's new album will feature the full-fledged return of Em's celeb-skewering alter ego slim shady, according to em's pal Trick Trick.

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from meeting up to hooking up to decoding the abysmal aftermath (will he call me? should i go out with her again?), dating is riddled with anxiety, insecurity, and uncertainty.  if you’ve found yourself depressed from dating, you are not alone. what you’re feeling is, in some ways, part of how our brains are wired.

with a promise of an overpass at mckenzie avenue and the trans-canada highway, troy desouza is taking a second shot at capturing esquimalt-juan de fuca for the conservatives.

aug. 13 • an officer was called at 3:45 p.m. to  a minor accident on highway 169 at mile marker 10. the vehicle had hydroplaned where water was running across the roadway. the road was shut down briefly while crews worked to retrieve the vehicle. new mexico highway departme...

miracle clay announces launch of a new product website, miracleclay.net. the products are a unique combination of montmorillonite clay and herbs not available at any other web sites. this is the only company that uses pure, edible clay in skin care products and healing clay remedies.

glenice sheehan, 80, lives in allen, texas, but her real home is a two-story brick building in tewksbury. it is where women go to take their lives back from the fierce grip of hopelessness. they celebrated the 20th anniversary of the glenice sheehan house at tewksbury hospital yesterday.

the role of religion and spirituality in recovering from addiction was the focus of “finding spirituality the hard way,” a discussion hosted by the jewish studies department on tuesday.

12:16 a.m. a domestic dispute between two male relatives was reported in oak creek. the dispute was mediated. routt county sheriff’s office deputies took a report.

in her recent story, danielle berrin contemplates the role of the clergy's spouse (" Who You Calling Rebbetzin? " Sept. 12). It seems that one of the downsides is being misunderstood.

teen drug abusers reach for prescription drugs more than weed and cocaine

dry skin craves moisture. what better way to treat it than with a foundation that actually improves skin’s moisturisation? clinique has packed the new supermoisture makeup with humectants for intense moisturising in a creme-gel formula that also gives a radiant glow.

4:40 p.m. non-injury traffic accident report, 2800 block of floral avenue. 6:30 p.m. non-injury traffic accident report, northview street and thompson avenue.

air smog. factories that spew pollution into the sky. pesticides. chemical additives. when it comes to the big, obvious stuff people understand how toxins [...]

new chance inc., the nonprofit substance abuse treatment program in dodge city, will celebrate its third annual “celebrate recovery reunion” on sunday.     new chance, 2500 e. wyatt earp blvd., has been around a lot longer than three years, however. since 1975, the 50-bed residential and outpatient program has offered hope and care to approximately 650 men and women (outpatient treatme...

kid ro productions in association with telepictures productions will release a new dvd featuring selections from the first season of the daytime chat program "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," which often celebrated the broadway stage.

anglogold ashanti (aga), obuasi mine, has, over the last two years, invested a colossal us$8 million into programmes intended to conserve their operating environments.

alcohol and substance abuse in the community is a problem everyone needs to be concerned about, says pam davis, president of the southwest coalition for substance abuse issues.

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rep. john kline argues that federal earmarks are a "waste of your hard-earned tax dollars" and should be eliminated entirely (opinion, wednesday, aug. 20). while i have no doubt that significant resources are squandered on seemingly inane projects, and a review of the federal appropriations system would benefit taxpayers, i offer one example of how federal earmarks can be a life-saving, ...

forest grove police want to ban public drinking — seeking to end a longstanding practice that many say draws homeless people to town and hurts the city’s image. police chief kerry aleshire is scheduled to make a presentation to the city’s parks and recreation commission ...

sydney's North Coast is the smoking capital of NSW, with researchers saying that widespread cannabis use could be causing more than half of young men in the area to become addicted to nicotine.

there is much debate, yet again, around the decriminalisation of drugs in the uk. it's a debate I find confusing. I can already stroll into many pharmacies in the United Kingdom and buy a fairly hefty dose of morphine for under two pounds. And it's legal.

you would never in a million years guess that "Diane" is a recovering drug addict. now a friendly, athletic, mini-van-driving, stay-at-home alameda mom, diane has been clean and sober for 14 years.

abaetetuba, brazil — a 15-year-old girl arrested on petty theft charges was left for weeks in a jail cell with 21 men, who raped her, tortured her and only allowed her food in exchange for sex.

superfruit solutions are replacing pills

skinny nutritional corp. (otc bb:skny.ob), the exclusive worldwide marketer and distributor of skinny water(r), today announced the company has entered into an agreement with beverage distributor logan beverage, for t