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Dave Trott Wins Midterm Election Race for Michigan's 11th District

...  in Congress. Bentivolio mounted a write-in campaign after losing in the GOP … Read more on Huffington Post Robert Downey Jr. hasn't just made it all the way back, he's made it all the … But his role as Julian, the tragic junkie in “Less Than Zero,” ultimately became a matter of life imitating art and hastened Downey's descent into substance abuse. “I'd never done half the stuff that Julian did, but I came from that culture,” Downey says. Read more on Washington Post Read ...

Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Passes at 78

...  Barry famously cursed when FBI agents burst in, referring to the woman who helped … Read more on Christian Science Monitor Christopher Barry, son of Marion Barry, jailed in DC for driving without license The adult son of D.C. Council member Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) was ordered held in D.C. jail Thursday for violating a judge's order and driving in the District on a revoked license. D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Karen Howze ordered Marion … Read more on Washington Post Read ...

MANCI Tops in Grievances

...  also related to people who have been locked up there. There are reasons MANCI … Read more on Mansfield News Journal Ed Dixon, now playing multiple roles for 'Cloak and Dagger,' has a past full … He won a Helen Hayes Award in 2011 for his creepy, gorgeously sung Max in Andrew Lloyd Webber's “Sunset Boulevard,” a part he played during a lavish national tour a decade earlier. (“I had a bow tie that cost $ 700,” he recalls.) In 1971, he was a … Read more on Washington Post Read ...

As Jeb Bush Eyes 2016, Key Question Is How a Presidential Campaign Would

...  Jeb Bush eyes 2016, key question is how a presidential campaign would … In addition to Columba's reluctance, he must consider their 36-year-old daughter, Noelle. Her struggles with drug addiction burst into the headlines 12 years ago when she was arrested, but she has since dropped almost entirely from public view. “He has … Read more on Washington Post Looks Like a 2016 Bush-Clinton Race After All Their daughter Noelle has battled drug addiction, was once arrested for trying to obtain the tranquilizer Xanax with a fake prescription, and has been involved in multiple car wrecks. Their son, George P. Bush, currently running for Texas Land … Read more on The Fiscal Times Read ...

The Democrat's Secret Weapon

...  Democrat's secret weapon Another example is Alaska, where the Democrat, Sen. Mark Begich, is fighting for his life. The Washington Post reports, however, that Begich has a “secret weapon: an expensive, sophisticated political field operation that reaches into tiny villages … Read more on The Intelligencer Introducing a Breakthrough Recovery Website – Dramatic Shift in Addiction … RecoveryHub.com features a user-friendly search engine, allowing an individual to look up drug rehabs in their area based on state and zip code. The site includes a detailed summary of every potential treatment option ...

California Defelonization Initiative Appears Poised for Victory [FEATURE]

...  Oregon, a California initiative that would turn drug possession felonies into misdemeanors is quietly heading for a likely victory at the polls in … Read more on Drug War Chronicle Washington-area obituaries of note Eric G. Colman, 53, who had been deputy director of metabolic and endocrine products at the Food and Drug Administration, died Sept. 10 at a … She was a past president of the Chevy Chase chapter of ORT, the Organization for Rehabilitation through … Read more on Washington Post Read ...

Wonkbook: The Most Important — and Disappointing — Aspect of Today's Economy

...  The most important — and disappointing — aspect of today's economy … for the first time since 2000. Wonkbook's Top 5 Stories: (1) Why Americans aren't feeling the recovery; (2) the military's challenge in fighting Ebola; (3) feds' Ferguson response update; (4) Congress' uphill blitz against the NFL; and (5) silence … Read more on Washington Post (blog) Why would the Spurs work out Michael Beasley? He lasted two seasons with the Timberwolves and then signed with Phoenix as a free agent in 2012, wearing out his welcome after just one year there, and then signed back with Miami last season on a "make-good" deal, with the idea that a stable, winning … Read more on Pounding The Rock Read ...