Benefit Concert for Nikkei Helpline

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All proceeds will go toward operation of the Little Tokyo Service Center's Nikkei Helpline, the first crisis hotline for the Japanese American community. Over 40,000 people have called the Nikkei Helpline since its inception in 1984, getting help with …
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Texas out to seize Warren Jeffs' polygamist ranch

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Texas Rangers raided the ranch following a call to a domestic abuse hotline that turned out to be false, and took 439 children into state custody. Jeffs last year was convicted of sexually assaulting two minors whom he described as his spiritual wives …
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Ban on Synthetic Marijuana is Now Permanent

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Synthetic marijuana has been linked to dangerous side effects including violent seizures, dangerously elevated heart rates, anxiety attacks, and hallucinations, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the National Institute on Drug …
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Health Calendar

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Families Anonymous, support group for people concerned about a loved one's drug or alcohol use, meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Calvary Lutheran Church, 1750 N. Calhoun Road, Brookfield, 384-8051; 7 p.m. Thursdays at Crossroads Presbyterian Church …
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