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		<title>Massachusetts Shuts Down 11 Compounding Pharmacies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor Cormier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts officials have ordered 11 compounding pharmacies to completely or partially shut down their operations after a series of recent and unannounced state inspections. The unannounced inspections were conducted over the past several months at 40 sterile compounding pharmacies across the state. The inspections were prompted by a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis caused by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Massachusetts officials have ordered 11 compounding pharmacies to completely or partially shut down their operations after a series of recent and unannounced state inspections.</p>
<p>The unannounced inspections were conducted over the past several months at 40 sterile compounding pharmacies across the state
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		<title>Massachusetts Drug Lab Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An outside review of 17 labs in the same state building that housed the lab at the center of a drug -testing scandal found that they, too, had problems. The Association of Public Health Laboratories report, obtained by the Boston Herald, makes 18 recommendations for the Hinton State Laboratory, where labs test for mosquito-borne illnesses, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An outside review of 17 labs in the same state building that housed the lab at the center of a drug -testing scandal found that they, too, had problems.
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		<title>200 Prisoners Released From Jail Because of Drug Lab Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 200 people have been released from prison and their cases put on hold as a result of a Massachusetts state drug testing lab scandal. Public Safety Secretary Mary Beth Heffernan told lawmakers at a public hearing Wednesday that while investigators are looking at about 34,000 cases overall, 195 individuals have been released, 79 in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nearly 200 people have been released from prison and their cases put on hold as a result of a Massachusetts state drug testing lab scandal.
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		<title>Mass. Prosecutors Seek $12 Million For Drug Lab Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors across Massachusetts have come up with a proposed budget they&#8217;ll need to handle cases resulting from the  state drug lab scandal.  According to Bristol District Attorney Sam Sutter, the Mass. District Attorneys Association is seeking $12 million to cover their costs statewide. Sutter expects the reopening of cases and possible new trials could last [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Prosecutors across Massachusetts have come up with a proposed budget they'll need to handle cases resulting from the  state drug lab scandal. 
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		<title>DA Sutter  Says More Funding Needed To Handle Drug Lab Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Deval Patrick is calling for a &#8220;file by file&#8221; review of all the cases handled by former state chemist Annie Dookhan.  Dookhan allegedly skirted protocols and manipulated drug samples at a former Department of Health drug lab where she worked for nine years. The alleged misconduct has threatened to unravel up to 34,000 criminal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gov. Deval Patrick is calling for a "file by file" review of all the cases handled by former state chemist Annie Dookhan. 
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		<title>Bristol County DA Sam Sutter Joins Phil Paleologos To Talk State Drug Lab Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BJ Ragone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bristol County District Attorney, Sam Sutter, stopped by the WBSM studio on Tuesday to talk with Phil Paleologos. On the table, the State drug lab scandal involving Annie Dookin. Sutter was able to weigh in on the current situation with the drug lab scandal. He also talked about what would happen if she were [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Bristol County District Attorney, Sam Sutter, stopped by the WBSM studio on Tuesday to talk with Phil Paleologos. On the table, the State drug lab scandal involving Annie Dookin.
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		<title>Governor Patrick Orders &quot;File By File&quot; Review In Mass. State Drug Lab Case</title>
		<link>http://wbsm.com/governor-patrick-orders-file-by-file-review-in-mass-state-drug-lab-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Deval Patrick has ordered a &#8220;file by file review&#8221; of every case handled by a Massachusetts chemist accused of faking test results at a now-closed state lab. Annie Dookhan allegedly skirted protocols and manipulated drug samples at a former Department of Health drug lab where she worked for nine years. The alleged misconduct has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gov. Deval Patrick has ordered a ``file by file review'' of every case handled by a Massachusetts chemist accused of faking test results at a now-closed state lab.
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		<title>Governor Appoints Overseer At State Drug Lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack Peterson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Deval Patrick has asked state Inspector General Glenn Cunha (KOON&#8217;-yah) to take over the review of the former state drug lab at the center of a testing scandal. Patrick says Cunha has the independence and expertise to conduct the broader review of the Hinton lab.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Governor Deval Patrick has asked state Inspector General Glenn Cunha (KOON'-yah) to take over the review of the former state drug lab at the center of a testing scandal.
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		<title>Patrick Seeks $30 Million To Cover Costs For Drug Lab Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Deval patrick is seeking $30 million to cover the initial costs resulting from the testing scandal at a state drug lab.The Governor&#8217;s top budget official, Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez, said an appropriations bill would be filed with the legislature on Thursday requesting the money. Gonzalez says he expects the $30 million [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gov. Deval patrick is seeking $30 million to cover the initial costs resulting from the testing scandal at a state drug lab.
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		<title>Drug Defendants Seek New Trials In Bristol County</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Phillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A parade of defenants made their way through Fall River Superior Court on Thursday, seeking a stay of their jail sentence and new trials.  The cases were all related to the state crime lab scandal, where former state chemist Annie Dookhan is accused of violating protocols in the testing of 34,000 drug samples, including 4,000 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A parade of defenants made their way through Fall River Superior Court on Thursday, seeking a stay of their jail sentence and new trials. 
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