News of the Weird

Published October 26, 2013

News of the Weird

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Cox was clean-and-sober, but violated the school's “zero tolerance” attitude toward alcohol users (even though more student drunk-driving might result if sober friends feared school punishment). • Walter Dixon knew that he was about to be relocated in …
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Outpatient commitment bill spurs strong response

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BOSTON — Lawmakers seeking to establish an outpatient commitment program for people with severe mental illness encountered a skeptical committee chairwoman on Tuesday. Sen. Ken Donnelly, an Arlington … Social worker Lynn Nanos told the Committee on …
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London uses van with X-ray machine to find TB

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''We kind of took our eye off the ball and now TB has become a big problem again,'' said Dr. Alistair Story, who runs the mobile TB van for University College London Hospitals. He said the vast majority of TB in the U.K. is among the homeless, drug …
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