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Giants' Jason Pierre-Paul Is Latest Inductee Into #FML Hall of Fame

...  Jason Pierre-Paul is latest inductee into #FML Hall of Fame The journey from payday to punch line can be cruel and swift. In the case of New York Giants defensive lineman Jason Pierre-Paul, the flash of a firework fuse has changed the face of a franchise into Internet meme fodder. Read more on SI.com CROSS COUNTRY: Kermit squads ready for state meet JPG. The Kermit boys team takes off during the UIL Region I Cross Country Championships Monday at Mae Simmons Park. Buy this photo … Denton Baker, Fabian Lomeli, Marco Olivares, Roy Porras, Luis Regalado, Lucas Taylor, Andres Urias. CLASS 3A … Read more on Odessa ...

United Way $179000 Short of $1.8 Million and Still Campaigning for Community

...  Way 9000 short of .8 million and still campaigning for community Still $ 179,000 short of $ 1.8 million in individual and corporate contributions pledged to support those agencies, Campaign Chair Kim Holley and United Way President and CEO Lester Lattany visited the Adult Day Services center Tuesday for a reminder of … Read more on Johnson City Press (subscription) 334 spine surgeons to know — 2016 He is a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, an attending surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital and consultant at Burke Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Cammisa served as a lead investigator for a … Read more on Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine Read ...

Dan Wootton on the Downfall of One Direction

Dan Wootton on the downfall of One Direction A 1D insider added: “When the guys started making enough money, Harry insisted there were always two modes of transport, even when it came to private jets. … Amid rumours of physical confrontations backstage, he initially refused to travel to the US … Read more on The Sun (subscription) Who Won the Democratic Debate? Well, that wasn't so bad, was it? Despite dire predictions that the first Democratic presidential debate would be a snoozefest, the Las Vegas summit actually offered a little bit of everything: substance, humor, tension, and one truly baffling Lincoln … Read more on The Atlantic (blog) Read more... ...

Exec Who Jacked Up Price of a Life-Saving Drug Is Arrested

...  who jacked up price of a life-saving drug is arrested Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, is escorted by law enforcement agents in New York Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, after being taken into custody … Read more on Bluefield Daily Telegraph Drug task force claims it's making progress AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — A special statewide task force, which was formed after the Governor's controversial Drug Summit last summer, said it's making progress on a plan to fight the state's opiate drug crisis. Leaders of the task force … They … Read more on WCSH-TV Read ...

ZBA Hears Appeal on Process for Alcohol, Drug Treatment Center

...  petition seeking a special use to allow an alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility for up to 120 people. At issue was … Read more on Kane County Chronicle In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs Last week, President Obama traveled to West Virginia, a mostly white state with high levels of overdoses, to discuss his $ 133 million proposal to expand access for drug treatment and prevention programs. The Justice Department is also preparing to … Read more on New York Times Read ...

Manziel Has 4 Meaningless Games to Prove He Belongs

...  has 4 meaningless games to prove he belongs He made more headlines with his antics outside of football last season and spent 10 weeks last winter in a rehab facility specializing in treatment for alcohol and substance abuse. Manziel was investigated last month by the NFL following a domestic … Read more on New York Post VIDEO: 'Affluenza' teen allegedly recorded violating probation in beer pong game A rich Texas teen's “affluenza” defense got him out of trouble, but it might not be able to keep him out. Ethan Couch, who only received probation for a deadly drunk driving wreck that killed four people, might have violated his light punishment. A … Read more on New York Daily News Read ...

In Religious Arbitration, Scripture Is the Rule of Law

...  Religious Arbitration, Scripture Is the Rule of Law Then, almost as an aside, Mr. Ellison wrote about how the Christian-run program that was supposed to cure his drug and alcohol problem had instead “de-gayed” him. “God makes all things new,” Mr. Ellison wrote in bright ….. But when Northlake lost, it … Read more on New York Times How Treatment Courts Can Reduce Crime States have come up with all manner of creative solutions to route people out of the prison pipeline and into alternatives—drug treatment, therapy, community service, home supervision, graffiti abatement, anger management, consequential-thinking … Read more on The Atlantic Read ...