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`Dan Rather Reports` Investigates Oregon`s Growing Problem of Underage Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking is often thought of as problem overseas, but it is actually an alarming problem here in the United States – Tuesday, May 18 at 8:00 p.m. ET

(DALLAS, Tx.) - Tuesday’s "Dan Rather Reports" will present an investigation into the growing problem of underage sex trafficking, with a focus on a city you might not expect: Portland, Oregon.

Will Hezbollah Support the Right to Work for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon?

Local political pressures are mounting on the Party of God - Part IV of a series on the campaign to enact civil rights for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

(BEIRUT, Lebanon) - The current relationship between Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Hezbollah is not as clear cut as many often assume

This, despite the frequent inspiring brotherly words of Hezbollah’s leadership and the fact that the Party enjoys the support of more than 90% of the camp refugees, none of whom can vote.

Week 3 - Stephen Schneider Trial

"Half-remembered names and faces But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
In the autumn of goodbyes" Lyrics from Windmills (or Pill Mills) of your Mind

(WICHITA, Kansas) - In Week 3 of the Stephen and Linda Schneider trial in Wichita, Kansas, the jury heard Ted Parran, a physician from Cleveland, Ohio refer to the Schneider Medical Clinic as a "pill mill."

Dr. Parran is considered a nationally recognized addiction specialist.

Lenin Junior

Salem-News Correspondent Oleg Shirokov reports from Salem's sister city in the Ukraine.

(SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine) - It is known that Lenin was from a family with many children. His elder brother is known for having tried to kill the tsar and he was executed when he was young.

Lenin's younger brother – Dmitriy, is even less known. His fate was sealed in Simferopol.

Internet Pharmacy Ring Dismantled

One defendant faces a possible maximum statutory sentence of 474 years imprisonment and a $10.9 million fine.

(PHILADELPHIA) - Federal law enforcement officials today announced the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging two in a large-scale illicit Internet pharmacy operation.

The superseding indictment charged Carleta Carolina and Wayne White with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and other charges.

Taking Down the Gangs of New York

In the pre-dawn chill of upstate New York, nearly 600 local, state, and federal law enforcement officers assembled at the armory this morning to prepare for one of the area's largest gang takedowns in recent memory.

(NEW YORK) - Indictments were unsealed against 78 members of two violent street gangs—the Bloods and the Latin Kings.

Many of the unsuspecting gang members were about to wake up to SWAT teams, handcuffs, and a variety of federal drug charges.

American Pain Society`s 29th Annual Scientific Meeting

Strange -- 20 years later, we don't hear mention of pseudo-addiction, but we certainly hear mention of a dramatic rise in drug overdose deaths by 5-fold as a result of opioids -- and this comes from the FDA. Coincidence?

(BALTIMORE, Md.) - The American Pain Society held its 29th Annual Scientific Meeting this past weekend in Baltimore, Maryland.

Of particular interest to some pharmaceutical companies producing opioids in their promotion of the "epidemic of the undertreatment of pain" in this country is the U.S. FDA's controversial REMS.

Barbie`s Bad Break-up: The Fight for Mexico`s Heartland

Violence threatens more than just Mexico's north.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - From the bustling, smoggy innards of Mexico City, the cities of Cuernavaca, Morelos, and Acapulco, Guerrero, long loomed as tranquil getaways for the harried residents of the Mexican capital.

For the rich, weekend homes and estates in and around Cuernavaca and on the beaches of Acapulco stood as status symbols of class privilege, economic might and political power.

Ethan Natelmann Critiques Obama`s New Drug War Strategy

This administration is headed in a new direction on drug policy - but too slowly, too timidly...

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The White House's 2010 National Drug Control Strategy, released this morning by President Obama and drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, is both encouraging and discouraging.

There's no question that it points in a different direction and embraces specific policy options counter to those of the past thirty years.

Pakistan The Evil Doer and the Times Square Fizzler

Could such an event be orchestrated to make it appear the work of Muslim Evil Doers?

(TEMPE, Az.) - Were Muslim Evil Doers again at work in New York?

Is that the lesson to be learned from a May 1st “car bomb” that fizzled while parked alongside the Marriott Hotel in Manhattan’s busy Times Square?