Voodoo worshiper 'decapitated man with a guitar string and kept the severed …
Dressed in a bright orange jumpsuit, Harris appeared in court under heavy guard for the 30 minute hearing – six Osage County sheriff deputies watched him sat with his two attorneys. He is charged with the premeditated first-degree murder of James …
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Doctors on Liens™ Expands Its Trusted Network with Surgery Center and …
With the vast array of injuries that personal injury and workers compensation victims can suffer, it often takes a number of specialists to provide the needed treatment. These two new medical offices, located in Mission Viejo in South Orange County …
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Expo warns of legal drug abuse
The evening, which was hosted by Partners in Health Stanly County Inc., began with locally-sponsored exhibits and a buffet dinner in Stanly Regional Medical Center's Magnolia Room. Among the exhibitors was D.A.R.E. officer Kim … “For every one death …
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UCI cancer research center established
The new center will increase the scope of clinical trials at UC Irvine's Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and help toward UC Irvine's goal that cancer patients never have to leave Orange County to receive treatment. The funding also will help …
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Serenity Shores Grows To Meet Changing Needs in Orange County
Serenity Shores has quickly become not only a rehab center but also a full-service program for addiction and substance abuse treatment for residents of Orange County and beyond. Serenity Shores was founded on the belief that there was a gap between …
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An unfamiliar opportunity turns into a family-run market chain
But the chain kept growing; now there are 38 Northgate Gonzalez Markets in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, with more than 5,000 employees. The company said it did about $ 700 million in sales in 2013, an increase over 2012. Construction has …
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Charitable Run/walk events
1, sponsored by the University of California, Irvine/Children's Hospital of Orange County Pediatrics Residents and the Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach; accompanying health fair, all to raise awareness about childhood obesity; free registration …
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Tuolumne County Among 15 California Counties Receiving Jail Grant Money
SB 1022 specified that counties would be considered that are seeking to replace or upgrade outdated facilities and provide alternatives to incarceration, including mental health and substance treatment. Construction projects deemed most ready to begin …
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Lakers face decision day for Farmar's rehab
By BILL ORAM / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. PHOENIX – A week ago, Jordan Farmar returned home from a trip and drove to Thousand Oaks to have his torn left hamstring examined by Dr. Luga Podesta. The determination was the injury had improved …
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Amanda Bynes — Life After Rehab — Enrolls In Fashion School
Sources close to Amanda tell us she's enrolled as a student at FIDM — the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising — registering under an alias for 2 classes at the Orange County campus. As we reported … Amanda was sprung from rehab in Malibu …
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3 Ways To Create A Positive Environment for Teens Recovering from Addiction
Raising a teenager is a complex process, one that is exacerbated by a teen drug or alcohol addiction. The natural tension of a parent/teen relationship coupled with the addiction issue can make overcoming a child's substance abuse feel impossible.
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Families of victims killed by drunk teen upset he got probation, not jail time
In the months that followed, Couch went to Newport Academy in Orange County, California for drug and alcohol rehab, and that's where his attorneys want him sent for a year, costing Couch's father nearly $ 500,000. Couch wouldn't be allowed to have any …
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Orange County board of health talks substance abuse and legal options
Hussey runs one of the residential-treatment facilities in Orange County and explained that creative approaches are used to accommodate the community when it comes to capacity, even though it's usually first come, first serve. “We're pretty sure that …
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Innovation, Policy Outlook for Autism
A Senate select committee last week held a hearing in Santa Ana to examine a successful public-private autism research and treatment partnership in Orange County, and to see what legislation might be needed for autism care in the next year. Lou Correa …
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