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1. Carlton Riley Jr. of Camden sentenced for distributing crack cocaine
(N.J./State)

... the drugs he sold. Deputy Attorney General Jill Mayer prosecuted the case. Riley was also sentenced today to three years in prison, including a year of parole ineligibility, on his guilty plea to a charge ...

2. N.J. government obtained $150 million in settlements, judgements in 2011
(N.J./State)

... practices in manufacturing and distributing certain lots of drugs. The state also recovered $2.3 million as a result of participation in a multi-state settlement with another major pharmaceutical corporation. ...

3. Divorce Expo 2012 visits Chicago, Miami: It's the wedding un-planner!
(Life/Style)

... new book Legendary Clint Eastwood and family agree to reality TV show: 'Go ahead, make my show' Tide detergent shoplifted for drugs? Black market needs cleanup Mantyhose or 'brosiery': Men in tights ...

4. Hearing on synthetic marijuana permanent ban in New Jersey set for May 10
(N.J./State)

... chemicals, sold with brand names such as “K2” and “Spice,” that are designed to mimic marijuana’s effect on the brain. The drugs are temporarily banned by an order of the director of the state Division ...

5. Assembly Democrats to introduce bill to expunge records of nonviolent Drug Court graduates
(N.J./State)

... perjury, terrorism, possessing chemical weapons, certain convictions for the sale or possession of drugs. Additionally, records of conviction for any crime committed by a person holding any public ...

6. U.S. prescription painkiller sales reach all-time high...addicts, too
(Health/Healthquest)

BY YURI RESETOVS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM It seems that America is focusing on the wrong “war on drugs." Prescription medications, most notably painkillers, have grown quite popular across the country. ...

7. Former NFL QB Ryan Leaf's addiction leads to another arrest
(Sports/Professional)

... who has an addiction," West Texas A&M coach Don Carthel said. "He was really a positive coach on our staff until the time he got back on the drugs here." Leaf may be more known for his short stint ...

8. George Zimmerman 911 call edited: Can NBC be trusted?
(U.S./Nation)

... up to no good, speculating that the man, who later turned out to be 17-year-old Martin, was on drugs. The dispatcher then asked whether Martin was black, white or Hispanic. In a statement via The Daily ...

9. REVIEW: ‘End of the Rainbow’ reveals trash
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... find – including drugs meant for a cocker spaniel – and edgily makes quips as if she were on “The Jack Paar Show.” Every so often the back wall of the hotel room rises to reveal a five-member orchestra ...

10. Possible Facebook 'Hate Button' could lead to cyber bullying
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  Jeff Ragsdale goes from 'Lonely Guy' to celebrity with new book Legendary Clint Eastwood and family agree to reality TV show: 'Go ahead, make my show' Tide detergent shoplifted for drugs? Black ...

11. For 'Mad Men' star January Jones, it's placenta over coffee
(Entertainment/Movies)

... drugs? Black market needs cleanup Mantyhose or 'brosiery': Men in tights are the 'in' fashion Pregnant Snooki and fiancé Jionni LaValle official: MTV guido baby series anyone? 2012 Leap Year study ...

12. New Orleans Saints bounty hunters scandal prompts Congress to stay on sports
(Sports/Professional)

... who failed their performance enhancing drugs testing. Congress apparently doesn't like cheaters although the Solons of Washington haven't pushed for athletes arrests for using banned substances even though ...

13. John Edwards scoffs 'Millionaire Madam' prostitution tie.... like Rielle Hunter was denied
(U.S./Nation)

... prosecutors because she had personal problems and fell into drugs. Edwards denied having an affair with former campaign worker Rielle Hunter while his wife, Elizabeth, was fighting cancer in 2007, but ...

14. Jeff Ragsdale goes from 'Lonely Guy' to celebrity with new book
(Life/Style)

... for drugs? Black market needs cleanup Mantyhose or 'brosiery': Men in tights are the 'in' fashion Pregnant Snooki and fiancé Jionni LaValle official: MTV guido baby series anyone? 2012 Leap Year ...

15. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shows positive results two years later
(Opinion/Commentary)

... would not have been able to change healthcare providers because of her "pre-existing condition." Seniors who are now saving hundreds of dollars on prescription drugs and receiving access to free life-saving ...

16. Heroin addiction vaccine being tested at Mexico's National Institute of Psychiatry
(Health/Healthquest)

... treatments and decide to use this application to get away from drugs,” the institute’s director Maria Elena Medina told The Guardian. According to The Latin American Herald Tribune, in the experiment, ...

17. Legendary Clint Eastwood and family agree to reality TV show: 'Go ahead, make my show'
(Entertainment/Movies)

... may be some shots fired from a six-shooter, though. Pam Lobley writes the “Now That’s Funny” column. Follow her on twitter @plobley. ALSO BY PAM LOBLEY Tide detergent shoplifted for drugs? Black ...

18. Newark pharmacist Calvin Osei of Sayreville pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
(Health/Healthquest)

Newark pharmacist Calvin Osei of Sayreville has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme in which pharmacy owners and employees purchased prescriptions, including HIV/AIDS drugs, from indigent patients, ...

19. Former Dr. Ki I. Song of Matawan pleads guilty to dispensing narcotics for cash
(Health/Healthquest)

... drugs in return for cash, state Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said. Song, 70, of Matawan, pleaded guilty to third-degree dispensing of a controlled dangerous substance before state Superior Court ...

20. Side effects of bath salt drugs result in more poison control center calls
(Health/Healthquest)

... two, highly addictive and already dangerous drugs. According to Drug Addiction Treatment, bath salts are a synthetic compound of amphetamine, whose effects mirror those of methamphetamine and cocaine. ...