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That's up from 373,000 in 2007. those staggering stats are according to the federal government. meanwhile in new jersey, the problem is especially bad. a state report found drug-related deaths there rose some 53% between 2010 and 2012. the former governor of new jersey, now a member of a state task force on alcoholism and drug abuse. let's start with this heroin epidemic. how did things get so bad in the garden state? >> craig, it's very bad. i think two reasons. one, you always had problems within urban areas. now the reality is the number of young persons becoming addicted to heroin through ...

He said that he read the document or somebody told them about the content of the document and they promised for more but certainly you may expect the vatican is going to deny it even more. >> claudio, thank you so much for the live report of rome. and the future of florida stand your ground law tops the look at stories around the "news nation" today. the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon mart of george zimmerman sparked a review of the controversial law. a state task force released a 44-page report saying that the statute is a good law and should not be overturned. but the report recomme...

Investigators on that two-year cross-country crime spree. colton harris moore is now 21. he is serving seven years in prison for stealing boats and planes and cars and breaking into people's homes along the way. built autopsy following as well. in 2010 it all came to an end when he was arrested in the bahamas. prosecutors north of seattle declined to sign his plea agreement. they've charged him with stealing yet another plane and flying it to an island in the pacific northwest. more to come on that. come for the weed, stay for the mountains. a state task force has recommended a colorado take...

if we can get through this, we can get through anything. >> yeah. nine days. that's how long they were trapped by a devastating blizzard in the new zealand wilderness. what they did to survive. you'll have to hear it for yourself. senator rand paul claims our own government is using drones to spy on you, and he wants it to stop. the government says it only does it to stop criminal activity, but the senator says it doesn't matter. no warrant, no spying. i'll talk to him as he makes his case. and happy birthday to cam d den yards, celebrating 20 years of housing the baltimore oriol...

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