For Whitney Houston (And Judy Garland Before Her), It's Trouble Plus Talent …

For Whitney Houston (and Judy Garland before her), it's trouble plus talent …

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Though her reputation had been corroded by a decade and a half of drug abuse, an imperious temperament and relentless criticisms of her undeniably altered voice, she remained very much one of the grand dames of American music, name-checked by every …
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D.A.R.E. graduates in Timmins urged to make good choices and to avoid using …

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D.A.R.E., an acronym for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, is taught to all Grade 6 classes in Timmins over a ten week period during the school year. Denis Lavoie, the chair of the local D.A.R.E. board of directors, told the audience it was important to …
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Mangalore gets a reality check as teen drug addict commits suicide

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The recent suicide of a teenaged girl over drugs has jolted this somnolent coastal city awake. Sneha Upadhya, coming from a middle class family, was an unlikely victim of substance abuse. Her parents refused to believe that she was a hard core addict …
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