How One Man Helped 10,000 People With Serious Drug Problems

Drugs and the drug war touch most families. Millions of people have a loved one behind bars on drug charges. Many millions more have struggled with drugs themselves -- or have a loved one who has dealt with addiction to illegal or legal drugs. By declaring a "war on drugs" we have declared a war on ourselves. We know that prison is not the...

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APNewsBreak: Suspected terrorist brother of no-fly-list man

The FBI on Thursday added a former taxi driver from northern Virginia to its list of most-wanted terrorists, saying he was a recruiter for the al-Shabab terror group in Somalia.An arrest warrant, originally issued in February, was unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria for Liban Haji Mohamed, 29, a naturalized U.S. citizen...

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US police confront Google over ‘cop-tracking’ app

A Google traffic app that allows users to tag the location of police has come under fire from US law enforcement for allegedly endangering officers’ lives. But supporters of the app say police are simply uncomfortable being monitored by the public.With over 50 million users worldwide, Waze is the world’s largest community-based traffic app,...

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It Looks Like An Armed Chinese-Made Drone Crashed In Nigeria

This January 25, 2015 photo appears to show a Chinese made CH-3 drone, owned by Nigeria, which has crash landed upside down. The two AR-1 ATGMs attached to its wing pylons suggest that Nigeria is turning to drone strikes as the bloody war against Boko Haram continues.As the brutal Boko Haram insurgency has entered its 7th year in Nigeria,...

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'World's Poorest President' Stops His Car To Give Hitchhiker A Ride

A hitchhiker was caught off-guard when a world leader offered to give him a lift.Gerhald Acosta was looking for a ride on his way home from his job at a paper mill plant in southwestern Uruguay, earlier this month. He later explained in a Facebook post that though several cars passed him, an SUV with a government license plate pulled...

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PDP steals N100 from every litre of kerosene – Oshiomhole

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Thursday accused the Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government of duping Nigerians by selling kerosene N150 per litre instead of N50.Oshiomhole, who said this while receiving defectors from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress in Benin, the Edo State capital, also said that Nigerians...

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Eddie Murphy Says He'll Be a Part of 'SNL's' 40th Anniversary Special

Are we about to be treated to Buh-Weet Sings, Volume 2?Eddie Murphy just dropped a huge bombshell: He'll be there for Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary special, set to air February 15 on NBC.He let the news slip during an interview with TV One's Roland Martin: "Actually, they're having a 40th anniversary, I think, in two...

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Nigeria fighter jets bomb town held by Boko Haram

Nigerian fighter jets have bombed the northeast town of Malam Fatori, controlled by Boko Haram Islamists, the military said Thursday.There was no initial word on casualties or whether Boko Haram fighters had fled the area.Witnesses and some media reports said troops and airforce planes from neighbouring Chad were involved in the operation...

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Ebola May Be Mutating

Only a day after the World Health Organization announced that an end was in sight for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, scientists had less uplifting news: The virus may be mutating.“The response to the EVD (Ebola virus disease) epidemic has now moved to a second phase, as the focus shifts from slowing transmission to ending the epidemic,”...

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Amaechi’s criticism, a challenge – Jonathan

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has admitted the criticism by Governor Rotimi Amaechi that his government has not done anything for the people of Rivers State.This, he said, was because he did not want to be seen as an ethnic leader. Hence, his resolve to ensure the equitable distribution of resources across the country.Jonathan’s wife is from...

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Nigeria does not need 72-yr-old grandfather as president – Peter Obi

Mr Peter Obi, the immediate past governor of Anambra State, is a honorary adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan. Obi shares his perspective on the 2015 polls in this interview.We overheard the Vice President introduce you as the Deputy Director General (South), comprising the South West, South East and South South of the presidential campaign...

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LETTER FROM SHEHU SHAGARI TO BUHARI

My brother, you have contested the Presidential elections 3 times inthis country and in all these times,you have never asked me or mypeople at Shagari village to support your bid. It is very obvious whyyou can't do that. You don't have the courage after what you did tome. You truncated democracy with a dastardly coup and took awaypower from me.You humiliated me and made me to suffer,and youtook away my opportunity to RULE Nigeria....

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US bars Israel from selling military hardware to Nigeria

Barely a day after the United States through its Secretary of State, John Kerry, expressed readiness to assist Nigeria end the reign of terror perpetrated by the blood-thirsty Boko Haram terrorists, Israeli media has alleged that the United States halted its plan to grant aid to Nigeria as well as resell some military hardware.An...

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