Tax helps push sales of alcopops down but nation still thirsty, whatever the flavour
THE alcopops tax has ”probably” reduced heavy drinking by young people but Australia’s overall alcohol consumption still remains marginally higher than five years ago, fuelling expert calls for wider liquor reforms.
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Emata: Filipinos are shock-free
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Across Nation, Budget Talks Stir Pessimism
SAN FRANCISCO — On Friday morning, President Obama insisted that he completely understood how the American people — a phrase he mentioned more than two dozen times — felt about the slow pace of negotiations over the debt ceiling.
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Prosecutor Releases Statement on Statute of Limitations in Brandon D’Annunzio’s Death
Ten-year deadline expired before investigators could identify suspect in East Lansing manslaughter case.
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Ohio patrol: Holiday drunk driving arrests down
Troopers conclude that Ohioans heeded the patrol’s warnings not to drink and drive
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Driver charged in fatal crash
A 44-year-old Mississauga man is facing drunk driving and other charges in a fatal crash that claimed the life of one of his family members in Barrie over the weekend.
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DUI Arrests Down This Fourth
The Idaho Falls Police Department said that DUI arrests are down this year for the Fourth of July.
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Three arrested at Lodi DUI checkpoint
Lodi police officers arrested three people at a DUI checkpoint that was held between 9 p.m. Friday and 2 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of West Kettleman Lane.
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Authorities Crack Down on Drinking While Boating
A new program is reminding boaters that while drinking alcohol on the water isn’t illegal, driving a boat while intoxicated is. 
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Bar missing student visited draws many fake IDs
The Associated Press The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. The company that runs a bar where a missing Indiana University coed was drinking before she disappeared four weeks ago has been the scene of citations for fake IDs by Indiana Excise police over the last 18 months. The Herald-Times reports that 64 percent of the 188 tickets issued to people under 21 for possessing a fake ID were written …
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AG strikes down fines for drunks
A disorderly and drunken fan is wrestled to the ground by police officers at Gillette Stadium last August during the annual country and western music festival.
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Swampscott High student filmmakers address alcohol, drug use at school
SWAMPSCOTT – Swampscott High School students Zach Benson and Devyn Jaffe said that the months-long debate about the school’s new Chemical Health Policy inspired them to answer a basic question: does Swampscott High School have a drug and alcohol problem?
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Frivolous lawsuits to decline, thankfully
Americans sue too much. You can always tell when we’re abusing lawsuits or law enforcement. We cross the line between laughable and outrageous.
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County to crack down on underage drinking
Lane County government is trying to iron out the wrinkles in a 1-year-old law meant to crack down on underage drinking. If changes to the rule are adopted next month, officials say the sheriff’s office will have an effective tool for discouraging parents and others from allowing illegal parties on …
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More than 100 minors ticketed at two underage drinking parties
Police busted two underage drinking parties in Des Plaines in the last four days, ticketing more than 105 minors for drinking inside a home and car wash.
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Binge drinking linked to brain damage 0
Binge drinking among young adults could cause serious damage to developing brains, according to a new study.
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Delaware Cracking Down On Drunk Drivers
 
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Drunk Boaters Beware, The Coast Guard is After You
As part of the Coast Guard’s Operation Dry Water program, maritime officials will be out in force this weekend, cracking down on drunk boaters.
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UPDATED: 1 dead in Holmen crash; police say witnesses chased down drunken driver
One woman is dead after a drunken driver rear-ended her car at about 4 p.m. today at Hwy. 35 and Evergreen Wayin Holmen. The driver ran from the crash and was captured and held by witnesses until police arrived, according to the La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department.
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Alleged Drunken Driver Kills Pedestrian
A man suspected of drunken driving was arrested over the weekend after he killed a woman walking through a parking lot.
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Eyes on ‘DWI’ prosecutor pals
Prosecutors in the drunken-driving case against Bronx Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Troiano want her drinking buddies to spill the beans about how sloshed she was at a party before her 2010 bust. “Several members of the DA’s office were there. We plan to call them to testify as witnesses…
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UHP cracks down on drunk driving over holiday weekend
SALT LAKE CITY — A weekend DUI blitz by the Utah Highway Patrol resulted in more than a dozen arrests in Salt Lake County. Twenty extra troopers were on duty to patrol the freeways Saturday and Sunday.
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Wiregrass Georgia Technical College offers drunk driving simulator
Students and teachers at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College received a real-life experience as they participated in the Professionals Encouraging Education Reform Statewide (PEERS) DUI simulator Thursday.
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Police: Woman with drunk driving convictions crashed into cars in Melilli lot
MIDDLETOWN – A woman with a prior drunk driving conviction was arrested Saturday after crashing into several parked cars while attempting to leave a public parking lot.
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Gunnison goes dry as liquor outlet shut down
Gunnison goes dry as liquor outlet shut down By dawn house The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 26, 2011 02:58PM MDT Liquor-control commissioners voted Thursday to close the Gunnison liquor store, whose operator is at least $ 6,000 behind in payments. The closure comes weeks after legislative auditors blasted the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) for its handling of a bankrupt …
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Newport News man arrested for making and selling illegal alcohol
NEWPORT NEWS–Police have arrested a Newport News man and charged him with the manufacture and sale of illegal alcohol. On May 20th,  special agents of the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control  with assistance from the Newport News Police Department and Virginia Marine Police, executed a search warrant in the 900 block of 15th Street. Agents arrested James Edward Skinner, 82, at his …
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Drunken driving cases down by 35%
The number of people found driving while drunk fell sharply across the country during the past two weeks, following the amended Criminal Law taking effect on May 1, which makes possible much harsher punishments.
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Man arrested on drunken driving allegations
Police say a Gaston man with a drunken-driving conviction last year was driving at more than three times the legal intoxication limit for motorists Friday morning.
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Burlington woman accused of drunken driving after hitting 2 cars, utility pole
Jessie O’Brien, 28, of Burlington was arrested Friday night and cited into court next month on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after her vehicle struck two others and crashed into a utility pole on St. Paul Street in Burlington, police said.
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Australian police crack down on ‘boozed-up idoits’
Australian police have arrested more than 1,600 “boozed-up idiots” during a nationwide crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence and crime.
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Aus arrests 1 600 ‘boozed-up idiots’
Australia’s binge-drinking culture has been starkly highlighted with 1 600 “boozed-up idiots” arrested in a crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence and crime.
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Drunken driving cases down by 35%
The number of people found driving while drunk fell sharply across the country during the past two weeks, following the amended Criminal Law taking effect on May 1, which makes possible much harsher punishments.
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Lake County couple not liable in underage drunken driving death
A Lake County couple are not responsible for the drunken driving death of an underage teen who consumed alcohol at their house, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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Accused in drunken boating tragedy has previous impaired convictions
A Winnipeg man accused of drunk boating during a deadly accident on the Assiniboine River has six previous convictions for impaired-driving offences.
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Oklahoma Senate, House Pass Anti Drunk Driving Bill
Some people with a first-time drunken driving offense would be required to install an ignition lock device on their car under a bill approved by the Oklahoma House and Senate.
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‘I’d had a sip or two’: JetBlue attendant Steven Slater admits he’d had a drink before sliding down emergency shute
Former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater has spoken out about his much publicised slide off his job and revealed what may have been behind his outburst.

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Mothers team up to take down drug abuse
The abuse of prescription drugs and the subsequent addiction to medications such as Oxycontin continues to wreck the lives of those taking the drug as well as their families.

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Court ruling on addiction lets all of society down
I am sincerely disappointed with the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling in the case of Sudbury residents, Norman Werbeski and Robert Tranchemontagne.[...]

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Housing crack down on bad neighbours
NOISY neighbours making their fellow residents’ lives a misery could be blacklisted from any other Island rental properties in a Housing crackdown on anti-social behaviour.

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Quigley not held Down Under
LAWRENCE — Tammie Hemlee has always been candid with her children, but the truth she waited to tell her son, Angus, is that if things had gone according to plan, she never would have known him. read more

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Crime down in Jasper, Sequatchie County; up in South Pittsburg
A study that compared 2003 crime rates to those in 2008 shows good news for the Sequatchie County and Jasper, Tenn., but bad news for South Pittsburg, Tenn.

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Youth troubles may weigh down thailand’s bounce back
NA CHUEAK, Thailand – Three months ago, images of protesters battling the military in the streets of Bangkok seized the world’s attention. Now, by some measures, Thailand is bouncing back: The country…

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