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<p>Heroin dealers who target children as young as 12 with free samples and drug packets decorated with cartoon characters have spawned an epidemic of illicit heroin use in Massachusetts and New England, which now has the highest rate of illegal drug use among teenagers in the nation.</p>

Deaf pair fight for custody By Juliette Rule rep9@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - Matthew Neuman's mom and dad have never heard their little boy's laugh or heard him sing. But they know he does those things. He is a normal 4-year-old boy, they say, and his name brings bright smiles to their faces. But Vicki and Eric Neuman aren't like the parents of Matthew's friends. They are deaf and use sign language to communicate with Matthew and their friends in Cheyenne's small deaf community. It is that support they have come to rely on in recent weeks...

Please help locate my uncle. He was last seen in Joplin, MO, on April 23rd. His car was found locked and stuck up to its frame in mud off a country road south of North Platte, Nebraska. There are no clues as to his whereabouts (see article at link) If any of you live in the Western Nebraska area, I'd appreciate any information you might have.

Focus is on photographer with an eye for cheerleaders BY STU POSPISIL LINCOLN - Metro Conference athletic directors and the Nebraska School Activities Association will be watching their high school basketball sidelines more closely after Omaha police detained a 74-year-old man for training a camera on high school cheerleaders. Omaha Marian Athletic Director Jim Miller said Wednesday that cheerleaders from his school became uncomfortable because of the man's apparent picture-taking at a Jan. 30 girls basketball game at Omaha South. Miller said the girls alerted Marian's dean of students, who told South administrators. School officials called police, who interviewed the...