Word: rehabing
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Grammy winner KEITH URBAN checked into rehab for alcohol abuse last week with wife NICOLE KIDMAN by his side. Her presence is noteworthy because in the run-up to the megacouple's wedding in June, there was much speculation about whether they had signed a prenuptial agreement specifying that Urban--an admitted cocaine user who went into rehab in 1998--would get nada if he fell off the wagon. "One can never let one's guard down on recovery, and I'm afraid that I have," the country singer said in a written statement last week. "I deeply regret...
...Rehab, Hollywood-style...
Amid allegations that he solicited sex with teenage boys on the Internet—with plenty of lecherous and poorly punctuated e-mails to corroborate—Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned two weeks ago and checked himself into rehab, claiming to suffer from alcoholism...
...Saying he was "shocked" and "outraged" by the revelations about Foley - who this week returned to Florida to enter rehab for alcoholism - Negron visibly choked up on Monday when he was reminded that the pages involved in the Foley scandal were about the age of his own teenage children. And he insisted that "we need to know what happened, when it happened, who knew about [Foley's conduct]. If people knew about it and didn't report it, they should be held accountable... It's very offensive...
...disillusionment with Ralph grew. By the fifth day I was so frustrated I was ready to quit, thinking I'd be better off with one hand. On Feb. 11, I was invited to meet with my rehab team of eight people. Lieut. Colonel Paul Pasquina, medical director of the Army's amputee-care program, cited a few options to the myoelectric arm, including a body-powered prosthesis. They were lighter, unencumbered at the elbow, and ended in a hook. Pasquina said I might adopt a hook as a trademark that people would come to respect for its straightforward honesty...