Court briefs: Man sentenced for meth; man pleads guilty to burglary charge

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… Lopez was sentenced to 10 years in prison. According to court documents, Lopez agreed to mail multiple packages of meth to a man in Great Falls in January 2011, and when it arrived the meth was seized by the Central Montana Drug Task Force.
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… decryption efforts by the NSA and others, and the disturbing tale (in partnership with This American Life) on the dangers of Tylenol and related drugs, including killing more than 150 Americans a year, and how the FDA has bungled and the …
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Native School Girls Should Not Be for Sale on the Street

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Homelessness, addiction, financial and emotional dependence all combine with fear of being arrested tend to make trafficking victims reluctant to report their abusers, although most dream of escape. Prostitutes are regularly threatened and physically …
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