Study: Lesser-known bug a bigger hospital threat
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washingtonexaminer - Miller also reported that C-diff was increasing at the hospitals since 2007. (Sat Mar 20 15:34:29 2010 PDT)
TOP: L.A. City Council puts off marijuana vote until next week at the earliest - L.A. NOW - Los Angeles Times
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latimesblogs.latimes - Medical marijuana ordinance Among the amendments is one that would reduce the distance to 500 feet from 1000 feet that dispensaries must maintain from schools. City officials have struggled for more than two years to write a law to regulate the dispensaries. Which have proliferated across the city. Advocates say state law allows the collectives to sell marijuana to members who have a doctor's recommendation. (Sat Mar 20 14:06:49 2010 PDT) [also latimesblogs.latimes12307, latimesblogs.latimes12288, latimesblogs.latimes9640]
Phil Wood: Nats don't look like 100-loss team this spring
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washingtonexaminer - (Sat Mar 20 13:35:50 2010 PDT)
Crack and powder should not be black and white
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sfgate - (US) There will be a five-year mandatory-minimum prison term for 28 grams of crack cocaine - instead of 5 grams today - while the amount of powder cocaine that triggers five years would remain 500 grams. (Sat Mar 20 13:05:18 2010 PDT)
'Breaking Bad' a lucky break for Aaron Paul
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houmatoday - (US) Then hit on a way to make fast money to leave his family when he was gone: cook and sell crystal methamphetamine. (Sat Mar 20 12:35:12 2010 PDT)
Cartel suspects, military battle in northern Mexico as drug gangs block roads ...
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washingtonexaminer - The street blockades, a novel tactic, drive home how imbued Mexico's drug war has become in the daily life of some cities — and how audacious cartels have become in their battle... (Sat Mar 20 10:06:33 2010 PDT)
Widow of murdered Novato man victimized again
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washingtonexaminer - San Francisco police say Phan Nguyen unknowingly turned to drug dealers to run her husband, Tong Van Le's, market in the city's Bernal Heights neighborhood after he was shot, but the men ran... (Sat Mar 20 10:06:33 2010 PDT)