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Krokodil is a homemade substitute of heroin

Krokodil: Inexpensive mind-altering drug made from head-ache tablets kills thousands

Krokodil or Crocodile in Russian is a homemade substitute of heroin, which is casting deathly shadows over the lives of thousands of Russia's drug addicts. It has a reptilian name because the users' skin starts developing crocodile-like unpleasant scales, over repeated use. And that is arguably the least this deadly drug can do to your body. The scales would give way to decaying sores and gray skin. The flesh would soon start to degenerate and would peel away leaving bones exposed....
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John Galliano Anti-Semitic Scandal

John Galliano’s catwalk to court

Fashion designer John Galliano's trial is set tomorrow due to atrocious anti-Semitic remarks made to patrons at La Perle, a trendy brasserie in Paris.

Jeff Conaway of Taxi Fame Dies At Age 60

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Former “Taxi” Star Hospitalized In Coma

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Former U.S. probation officer pleads guilty in sex predator case

A former U.S. probation officer, Mark John Walker, 52, of Eugene, Ore., has pleaded guilty to charges related to his engaging in sexual contact or aggravated sexual abuse with female offenders who were under his direct supervision as a federal probation officer from 2006 to 2009. Sentencing is scheduled for July 18, 2011 before Chief U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, who is a visiting judge from Alaska.

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