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Amber Alert Issued for Ohio Boy

Anyone with information is asked to call the Ohio State Police at 1-877-262-3764 or dial 911.

(TROY, Ohio) - The State of Ohio issued the Amber Alert Thursday afternoon (07-08) after the boy was reportedly abducted by the suspect in Troy.

The suspect is wanted in conjunction with a homicide and is considered armed and dangerous.

Debt Collectors & Debt Collection Law Suits

In the end there are those in this world willing to live as carpetbaggers.

(LOS ANGELES) - It became common in the United States during the recent economic downturn, for attorneys to file lawsuits against consumers to collect old debts.

These lawyers whose specialty is the ability to file thousands of suits at a time, on behalf of big corporate firms that take the debts off the hands of other companies.

Stephen Schneider and Linda Schneider Trial - Day 1

Jury selection will be completed tomorrow morning with the attorneys' opening statements after the lunch break.

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Two Years After Being Arrested Jury Selection Begins in Trial of "Pill Mill" Doc and Nurse Wife.

Jury selection is taking place today in a Federal Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas of Stephen Schneider, a former doctor, and his wife, Linda Schneider, a Licensed Practical Nurse who managed their medical clinic.

Military Families at Risk - The Unrecognized Battlefront

Soldiers receive special extra pay to support their families, but the funds are misused when soldiers who receive the pay withhold the proper share from their families and keep the money for their own use. It is a common problem.

(NORTHFIELD, Ohio) - Many sacrifices are made by members of our Armed Forces during times of war, of civil unrest, or of national distress, and whenever our great country has the need.

And the sacrifices made by these military service members are made equally by the spouses and children of our military families.

Two Criminals Doing Business Together

The FDA and the Health and Human Services agencies have acquired a much needed short fuse in dealing with criminals disguised as pharmaceutical companies.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - US District Judge Denny Chin on Bernie Madoff's conviction:
"Mr. Madoff's crimes were extraordinarily evil."
"The breach of trust was massive."

Wonder what US District Judge Denny Chin would call KV Pharmaceuticals and Purdue Pharma -- responsible for defrauding consumers -- endangering their lives -- and in some cases causing scores of deaths.

Global 16x9: `The Bigger Picture` Premieres Saturday at 7:00 p.m. EST

"....that company (Purdue Pharma) made a shocking admission - it lied"

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - A powerful story will be aired across Canada tomorrow night -- but unfortunately it will not be televised in the U.S.

It may be available in the U.S. on the Internet by going to Global TV 16x9 The Bigger Picture.

Purdue Pharma and Best Seat in the House

Purdue Pharma's gift: loved ones dead or hopelessly addicted to OxyContin.

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Purdue Pharma's April Fool's Day -- We've addicted and killed your family members by criminally marketing OxyContin -- Now we're stooping to "bathroom" advertising to cure the dreaded constipation epidemic in the U.S.

Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, recently completed "Best Seat in the House," its first online sweepstakes to raise nationwide awareness on the "life threatening" issue of constipation.

Pill Mill Doc Case Coming to Trial in Kansas Next Month

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."
- Plato (427-347 B.C.)

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Wichita, Kansas newspapers are reporting that the federal trial of a Haysville doctor and his wife on charges of illegally prescribing painkillers has been reset for April 26, 2010.

The trial of Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda Schneider, a Licensed Practical Nurse who worked for him had been scheduled to start this week but lawyers asked for more time to prepare for the trial, which is expected to last two months.

The Citizens of Ohio Deserve Better in Dealing with Your Epidemic of Drugs

Gil Grissom (from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) "I tend not to believe people; they lie. The evidence never lies."

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - On February 19, I wrote an article entitled Ohio Residents Better Bar Their Windows and Hide their Daughters.

Hannibal Lecter Gets Away with Murder in Tennessee

Hannibal Lecter: Given the chance, you would deny me my life, wouldn't you?
Clarice Starling: Not your life.
Hannibal Lecter: Just my freedom. You'd take that from me...

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - A Nashville, Tennessee doctor charged in Kentucky with illegally prescribing painkillers lost his medical license for several years after fatally shooting his wife of one year and her mother after his wife filed for divorce in 1986.