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19 hours ago ago from TreatmentCenters.com
For years, Ben had assumed all alcoholics were homeless men huddling below bridges inside cardboard boxes and nursing bottles out of paper bags like he saw in movies. But that was before Ben began college and came to know an alcoholic much more personally — himself. In less than one semester, Ben, who did not want to reveal his last name, developed a dependence on alcohol that altered that belief, and his life, forever. The college ...
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23 hours ago ago from Yakyu Baka
The media is reporting that police in Okinawa arrested four high school students on charges of drinking. One of the students apparently was someone that the Chiba Lotte Marines drafted. While a name was not given, news reports mention that student was 18-years-old and there's only one player the Marines drafted that's 18. According to police and school officials, the four students got together on the 4th and drank for about an hour ...
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20 hours ago ago from Yall Politics
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21 hours ago ago from Good News Now
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18 hours ago ago from FanHouse
BEIJING -It was raining hard, and the hundreds of children leaving their evening classes raced down the narrow stairway closest to their dormitory. Somehow, someone stumbled and the ensuing crush of bodies left eight children dead. Television footage showed a small pool of blood on one of the landings of the five-story building shortly after Monday night's stampede, which raised new concerns about safety in China's pressure-cooker education ...
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TALLAHASSEE - Florida State University on Tuesday picked a former student as its new president. After some debate about how the selection process was handled, the school's trustees voted unanimously to hire Eric J. Barron to succeed T.K. Wetherell as the university's 14th president. "I like to get the job done," Barron told trustees before their vote. "That's what I'm all about." The length of Barron's contract and how much he'll be ...
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