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TEPOZTLAN, Mexico - The Mexican government’s war on drugs crashed a reputed drug cartel's Dec. 11 Christmas party and netted Latin Grammy winner Ramon Ayala during a dangerous shootout that left three dead.

Ayala, the Texas-based norteño singer, was performing in a gated community of mansions outside the mountain town of Tepoztlan when a raid was carried out as part of the government's campaign to crack down on drug gangs. Ayala was detained and questioned at length on Saturday Dec. 12, and then released. Officials say they found no grounds for criminal charges.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lenny Sullivan, a road manager for rock legend Bruce Springsteen, died from an accidental drug overdose, a Missouri medical examiner has found.

Sullivan, a cousin of the rock veteran, was assistant road manager to Springsteen's E Street Band.

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DENVER - Denver police say a toddler is in good condition after he ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms.

The incident happened on Sunday at an apartment complex, where police say he got the drugs from a friend staying in the home.

The 24-month-old boy was rushed to the hospital after his parents called 9-1-1.

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PALMVIEW, Texas - President Barack Obama's approval rating may be hovering in the 50 percent range, but that doesn't mean America's Commander-in-Chief isn’t catching on with new constituents.

There is now a line of Ecstasy pills made in the image of the 44th president of the United States, according to Texas police who have snatched a batch off the streets.

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BOSTON - Adam Jasinski, winner of the CBS reality TV show "Big Brother 9," has been formally indicted in federal court for illegal possession of oxycodone pills with intent to distribute.

The 31-year-old from Delray Beach, Fla. was charged Wednesday with attempting to sell 2,000 oxycodone pills, a prescription painkiller that can produce a heroin-like high if crushed and then swallowed, snorted or injected.

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NEW YORK - A disturbing video of Anna Nicole Smith in clown makeup shows the pregnant Playboy model seeming to mistake a doll for a real baby, and her boyfriend Howard K. Stern talking about how much money can be made from the tape.

The tape was admitted as evidence in the Los Angeles drug conspiracy case against her boyfriend Stern, and two doctors who are accused of supplying drugs to the nude model until her untimely death. However, the judge won't allow the tape to be played in court.

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BOSTON - "Big Brother" winner Adam Jasinksi mastered the art of being trapped in a fully stocked television party house, but he may have to learn some new social skills if he gets locked in the big house for an alleged drug selling scheme.

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PAWTUCKET, R.I. - If the state weren't so pressed for cash, Joshua Gomes might still be behind bars.

Instead, he's working temp jobs — at a construction site one week, a recycling plant another — and talks about going to college, teaching or joining the military.

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LOS ANGELES - They want to hear from the father.

The California preliminary hearing into Anna Nicole Smith's drug-overdose death is now in full swing, and next up on the stand is the father of the celebrity model's daughter.

Defense attorneys said they had been notified by the prosecution that Larry Birkhead, the musician who proved he was the father of Smith's daughter by DNA testing, would be among those called to testify Wednesday, the second day of a preliminary hearing for two doctors and Smith's former attorney-boyfriend, Howard K. Stern.

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LOS ANGELES - Anna Nicole Smith's two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend are all due in court this week to hear testimony about their alleged roles in supplying drugs that killed the celebrity model.

A preliminary hearing for the trio is scheduled to start Tuesday, and court officials have said it could last two to four weeks. The hearing will determine whether there is enough evidence to order a trial for Howard Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich.

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