AP News in Brief at 5:58 A.m. EDT
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Some called it the Jackson family's last stand in court, a longshot effort that may have been doomed by the singer's own history of addiction struggles and headstrong decision-making when it came to his medical care. All of it came out in this trial … Read more on Kansas City Star
Happy FIFA 14 Day
You can play simple friendlies. Or see if you can lead Sporting Kansas City to a tournament victory. Or take over for Manchester United in career mode and, you know, actually spend money. Or bunker in to the uber-addictive card-trading Ultimate Team mode. Read more on Kansas City Star
Wis. AG launches new heroin awareness campaign
Van Hollen acknowledged $ 125,000 is nowhere near enough to make any dent in heroin addiction. But he said DOJ doesn't have the resources to throw money at every problem. The idea is to help local agencies find effective strategies that could be … Read more on Kansas City Star
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
City of Mount Vernon, the ACLU's class action against two small Washington State cities' failure to provide meaningful assistance of counsel to indigent persons who face criminal charges in municipal court. DOJ's filing states that an independent … Read more on American Civil Liberties Union News and Information (blog)
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