Texas Tribune Weekend Insider: Drug Runner Rehab, Reversed Verdict
Texas Tribune Weekend Insider: Drug Runner Rehab, Reversed Verdict – Michelle Gaines, was 19 when she was hit by a truck hauling an oil rig. She was in the hospital for 14 months, and her father and lawyers say she now has the mental capacity of a 12 year old. She may never be able to live on her own. A jury awarded Michelle nearly million. An appeals court overturned the jury’s verdict. Reporter Brandi Grissom explains this tragic and unusual case. First Julian Aguilar takes us to Eagle Pass. Teenagers are being recruited by drug cartels to smuggle marijuana across the Texas-Mexico border. So many of these kids are getting busted that law enforcement doesn’t have enough room to house the delinquents. It’s led the county to take donations for a new facility, which is being built, in part, by county employees and teenagers who have already found trouble. Find these stories in the weekend editions of The New York Times and at texastribune.org.
Rivera says Yankees will support Rodriguez
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He admitted four years ago that he used PEDs while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03, before MLB and the union started their joint drug program. He has denied using PEDs since. "He wears that uniform, that New York Yankees uniform, and I have to go …
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Breaking Down the Most Bizarre New Twists to the Alex Rodriguez PED Story
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Courtesy of the article published by the Miami New Times, MLB players were once again implicated in regard to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, including Rodriguez. The article was discussed ad nauseum all week long on various media outlets just …
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Country Music Star Randy Travis On the Road to Sobriety!
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Back in August, the “Forever and Ever Amen” singer crashed his car and wandered around naked on a Texas highway, leading to a driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge. Shortly after that, he got into a bit of a scuffle in a … Last Thursday, after …
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