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• Leaf pleads guilty to stealing painkillers

  May 8, 2012 in Sports GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has pleaded guilty to charges that he broke into a house and possessed prescription painkillers. 13

• Montana court postpones Ryan Leaf’s arraignment

  May 3, 2012 in Sports Ryan Leaf’s arraignment on charges that the former NFL quarterback broke into two homes in Montana and stole prescription drugs has been postponed.

• Batty arrested again for DUI

  January 8, 2011 in City on Page B6 A retired Spokane firefighter with a history of impaired driving and a conviction for vehicular homicide was arrested again Thursday after a state trooper smelled alcohol on his breath. David … 6

• US restricts, EU bans controversial diabetes pill

  September 23, 2010 in Business, Nation/World European regulators ordered the diabetes drug Avandia off the market and the Food and Drug Administration placed stringent restrictions on its use in the United States, saying heart attack risks …

• Many seniors may be paying too much for drugs

  December 15, 2009 in Features on Page C1 Seniors have until the end of the year to switch Medicare drug plans to get a better deal. But many will pass up the chance to save hundreds of dollars …

• State programs aim to monitor prescription use

  November 15, 2009 in City on Page B1 Each year, Idaho monitors more than a million drug prescriptions, helping the state track some of the most addictive substances in the pharmaceutical industry. But Washington, facing a huge budget …

• Two men sought in Spokane pharmacy robbery

  October 19, 2009 in City Two Deer Park men have been identified as suspects in a pharmacy robbery police linked to a 20-year-old woman.

• Reward in OxyContin robberies up to $2,000

  September 10, 2009 in City The reward for information that helps capture a suspected two-time pharmacy robbery is now up to $2,000. 1

• Sentenced to 4 years, robber cites addiction

  August 20, 2009 in City A 24-year-old convicted robber told a judge Thursday how he went from living with his girlfriend and their 7-year-old daughter to putting a knife to a man’s throat to get … 1

• Woman robbed of prescriptions in her home

  July 20, 2009 in News, City Two men burst into a Spokane woman’s apartment this morning and stole OxyContin and hydrocodone. A 54-year-old woman answered her apartment door about 5:45 a.m. in the 3100 block of … 1

• Pharmacist says ex-worker ‘snookered’ him

    May 15, 2009 in City on Page A7 Prescription drug crimes plaguing Art Tyrrell’s independent pharmacy spurred him to merge his operations with Safeway last month, ending the pharmacy’s run of nearly 100 years on South Perry Street. … 1