Crack Addicts Rounded Up After Rio Slum Takeovers

Crack addicts rounded up after Rio slum takeovers

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Drug dealers tired of the hassle posed by the addicts and by incursions of city health and welfare workers earlier this year banned crack in Mandela, one of the slums. Police now have taken over the entire complex housing about 70,000 people as part of …
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Amy Winehouse's wedding dress stolen from London home

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1 according to Yahoo News reports. The Amy Winehouse Foundation reported the dresses stolen after taking an … Winehouse's wedding dress was set to have been auctioned off for the charity with the proceeds going to aid in establishing a charity to …
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Springfield health aide sentenced for stealing

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The Republican (http://bit.ly/QWfvUN ) reports that a defense lawyer says Amaker has no prior record and stole to feed a drug addiction. ___. Information from: The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, http://www.masslive.com/news/. Printable Version. Email …
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Britney Spears addicted to meth and pills, former manager Sam Lutfi claims

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That's what Spears' former manager Sam Lutfi claims, and according to the 38-year-old one-time major player in the Spears tabloid saga, the pop star's now-legendary head-shaving, car-smashing meltdown was a result of her drug use. Lutfi is suing …
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