Tea party-backed Florida congressman resigns after drug conviction, rehab
US Rep. Trey Radel, a conservative Republican elected with backing from tea party activists in 2012, resigned from Congress Monday, following a drug scandal. Radel, 37, who admitted to cocaine possession in November, took a leave of absence from …
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Saint Matthews House Drug Rehab Center – LPA Says No
LABELLE, FL. — At a well attended public meeting of the Hendry County Local Planning Agency Wednesday night, four of the seven member board voted to disapprove of St. Matthews House of Collier County's application for a special exception to operate a …
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Drug Rehab For Women Offers Alternatives to Drinking on NYE
The Women's Program is a full service addiction, drug, alcohol and dual diagnosis drug rehab for women treatment facility in Florida for women suffering from substance abuse and mental health issues. Treatment programs include: drug rehab, alcohol …
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Commissioners Nix Port LaBelle Drug-Alcohol Rehab Facility
MOORE HAVEN, FL — At the request of Glades County and Hendry County citizens who reside in Port LaBelle, the Glades County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution at it's Monday night meeting, opposing the change in zoning uses to …
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Radel takes to social media again
Embattled Southwest Florida Congressman Trey Radel took to Facebook for the first time since entering rehab in November after a cocaine charge. He pleaded guilty in a Washington … To be clear, alcohol is the problem for me. It was selfishly fun but …
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Break Time: Lindsay Lohan shares super revealing selfie post rehab
Break Time. Published December 02, 2013. FoxNews.com. Welcome to Break Time! Here are the best things out there on the web to help you forget that the Thanksgiving holiday has come and gone. Lindsay Lohan takes a selfie exposing chest post rehab.
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China Turns Labor Camps Into Forced Drug "Rehab" Centers
In the Shanghai Daily, Kong Shuhua, director of Xishuangbanna's Justice Bureau, said, “The new rehab center will provide compulsory drug rehabilitation treatment for addicts, and help them find self confidence again." The policy is part of China's …
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Cedars-Sinai and UCLA Health teaming up to open rehab hospital
Two longtime rivals, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Health System, are teaming up to open a 138-bed rehabilitation hospital in Century City, reflecting both the growing need for this specialty care and the pressure on hospitals to control costs.
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Gingrich's advice to Radel: Rehab can't be gimmick
Newt Gingrich has some advice for Rep. Trey Radel, the Florida Republican on leave from Congress while he's seeking drug treatment. "Does he come out of rehab genuinely changed or is it all a gimmick? If it's a gimmick, he won't survive," the former …
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Pennsylvania's Christmas Tree Growers Association reports that the state is second in the nation in the number of Christmas tree farms (1,200 tree farms, covering 35,000 acres) and fourth in the number of Christmas trees cut each year (1.2 million year).
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Development will now be rentals Pair of Grove Street buildings will have 99 units
They have completed about 15 projects throughout the city, most of which are rehabs of old buildings. Called the Majestic II Redevelopment Project, the two-building development located at … While the contract called for payment within two years …
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Fresno State can't hold back Drake, falls at men's basketball classic
Before the Fresno State men's basketball game against Drake, senior guard Tyler Johnson said that the Bulldogs needed to take control of the boards to have a chance at winning. Johnson, playing the role of observer while he rehabs a leg injury that has …
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As Rep. Trey Radel rehabs, staffers bail & home-county GOP mulls asking him to …
Advocates for two big Republican figures in the district — state Senate Republican leader Lizbeth Benacquisto and former U.S. Rep. Connie Mack — are pushing their candidacy. And two of Radel's five primary opponents from 2012 — consultant Chauncey …
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49ers vs. Washington recap: Ahmad Brooks, Anquan Boldin have solid outings
To me there's nothing quite as funny as a guy just sort of releasing, turning, catching and being like "yep, that just happened…" Davis_medium. How great is that? Anyway, we're going to just jump to some of my random points on the day. I'll have some …
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John Boehner Protects Cokehead Trey Radel While Florida GOP Wants Him to …
Two Republicans, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of disclosing private GOP talks, said Radel was reaching out to fellow Republicans to shore up support and talk politics while he was in rehab — instead of focusing on getting well. “That …
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From porn theater to art house: the Music Box celebrates 30 years
The beloved Southport Avenue movie house turned 84 in August, but the people currently invested in the theater are celebrating a more critical turning point: the 30th anniversary of its reopening as a repertory theater. In 1983 … Weiss, Schopf is …
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Florida: Congressman Enters Rehabilitation Center
Representative Trey Radel, who pleaded guilty on Wednesday to cocaine possession, said Thursday that he had checked into a Florida rehabilitation center. Mr. Radel, a Republican who represents southwest Florida, said he was taking a leave of absence …
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Lives changed: 'We all have something to give'
He still makes regular visits to the Salvation Army rehab center to encourage new arrivals, and he regards those visits as an obligation. “If a building was on fire and I knew how to get out — but I ran out without telling anyone else — what good is …
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