THE principal reason why former Massachusetts Gov. Full Article at New York Post

The WNBA punished so many players for their roles in this week's skirmish that the league is staggering the suspensions by alphabetical order. Full Article at Daily Illini

More than 1,000 overdose deaths across the country -- and 230 in Wayne County -- were linked to illegally made fentanyl, a powerful prescription-only painkiller mixed with heroin and other drugs for street use, according to a report released Thursday... Full Article at Detroit Free Press

A two-year wave of deaths caused by an illegal street version of the powerful painkiller fentanyl claimed more than 1,000 lives, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in the government's first assessment of the outbreak's toll. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

At least 1,000 people nationwide have died from overdosing on fentanyl created in illegal laboratories, according to a federal investigation that began after a cluster of the deaths was reported in New Jersey two years ago. Full Article at NJ.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 1,013 people died of overdoses in several U.S. cities from 2005 to 2007 after illegally injecting the highly potent painkiller fentanyl, U.S. officials said on Thursday. Full Article at Reuters

DETROIT -- Wayne County was third in the nation in fentanyl-related deaths during the worst epidemic of fatal overdoses involving the potent painkiller, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Full Article at Detroit News Online

More than 1,000 deaths linked to the painkiller fentanyl were reported nationally during a two-year span, traced to a drug operation in Mexico, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Full Article at Detroit Free Press

More than 1,000 people died over two years from an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl, the government reported Thursday ... Full Article at USA Today