Man drinks gasoline for 42 years
Gasoline powers vehicles all around the world, but a sick Chinese man has been drinking the sticky liquid for 42 years under the illusion that it can relieve his physical pain.
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Is Drinking Too Much Water Bad for You?
(CNN) — So much for drinking eight glasses of water to lose weight, prevent kidney damage and cure ailments. A recent study says the practice could actually be harmful. The article published in the British Medical Journal says there’s no evidence drinking water will help your health. The study also says that drinking water when you’re not thirsty can impair concentration. The author of the …
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Army Tests Confidential Alcohol Abuse Program
Research shows that many soldiers are reluctant to seek help for problem drinking because it involves notifying unit command. Confidentiality is at the heart of a pilot program designed to get soldiers into treatment before they have an alcohol-related incident.
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Police: Underage drinking party ends in messy crash
Police say an underage drinking party resulted in a drunk driving accident and hospitalization for one 18-year-old man.
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Girl dies at sleepover after drinking spiked soda
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old Northern California girl has died and three of her friends became ill after drinking an unknown substance mixed into their soda during a weekend sleepover. Sonoma County Sheriff’s Lt. Steve Brown says paramedics found the girl dead on her bedroom floor around 9 a.m. Sunday. The girl had hosted a sleepover Saturday night at her Santa Rosa …
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Girl dies at sleepover after drinking spiked soda
Alcohol was a likely factor in the death of a 14-year-old Northern California girl after she and three friends apparently drank vodka mixed with soda during a weekend sleepover, authorities said Monday.
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Dartmouth binge drinking project adds partners
New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College has attracted 18 more partners in its national initiative to reduce binge drinking on college campuses.
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Drinking until you forget leads to injuries for college kids
“I don’t remember how I got home from the party.” This could be a text from last night to one hard-partying college student from another.
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VIDEO: Security limit on Commons drinking
Black Rod has limited the number of guests allowed into Parliament’s Sports and Social club where MPs and staff have been letting off a little too much steam.
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2 officers in Fla. fired for drinking on the job
Authorities say a police officer in Florida has been fired for drinking on the job shortly before his all-terrain vehicle struck and injured two people.
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Cheap wines worry doctor
Surgeon John Crozier operates on some of the 1500 Australians sent to hospital every week as a result of alcohol and can’t understand why wine should sell for as little as $ 2 a bottle.
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Amid messy high-profile cases, some fear a chilling effect on reporting of rapes
NEW YORK – When Kristen Bakalar was pulled into a wooded area by a stranger and raped, three weeks after beginning college, she didn’t think twice about reporting it.
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Oswego native pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter
An Oswego woman pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter in Monroe County. Danielle Pitcher admitted in court yesterday that she was responsible for the crash that killed her friend.
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Official, deputy charged in drinking
AUSTIN — State authorities have charged a county tax assessor and a deputy sheriff with providing alcohol at a high school graduation party.
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Fewer U.S. Teens Having Babies, Binge Drinking: Report
But more kids are using drugs and living in poverty.
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After coming out, former Maryland player feels he has a second chance
Akil Patterson’s career with the Terps football team was derailed by alcohol and partying as he struggled with his sexuality For years, Akil Patterson wouldn’t tell the world who he really was: a gay man playing Division I college football.
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Binge-drinking: Why having 1 more drink seems like a good idea
When nursing a hangover it’s not unusual to vow to never allow alcohol to pass your lips again. Now scientists from Washington University have found why we renege.
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Amid messy high-profile cases, some fear a chilling effect on reporting of rapes
NEW YORK – When Kristen Bakalar was pulled into a wooded area by a stranger and raped, three weeks after beginning college, she didn’t think twice about reporting it.
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‘Potter’ star says he quit drinking
London Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe said he has given up drinking alcohol after realizing he was partying too hard. The 21-year-old actor says he began to drink too much while filming Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the sixth movie in the Harry Potter series, in 2009. He said; “I became so reliant on (alcohol) to enjoy stuff. There were a few years there when I was just so enamored …
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Daniel Radcliffe: Don’t blame Potter for my drinking
Daniel Radcliffe is proud of the “weird, fantastic, bizarre stuff” he’s got to do as Harry Potter.
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City’s Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
(Submitted by City of Benson.) We’re very pleased to provide you with this year’s Annual Quality Water Report. We want to keep you informed about the excellent water and services we have delivered to you over the past year. Our goal is and always has been, to provide to you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Our wells draw water from the Middle San Pedro Basin.
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Birds, balky backup power led to water boil alert
LORAIN — Lorain residents and their drinking water customers were notified of a boil alert on Saturday after water pressure fell when birds colliding with a power line knocked out power to the water plant and a backup generator failed to kick on fully.
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No drinking and now no dancing at Club Shadow
SARATOGA SPRINGS — According to city officials, Club Shadow’s licensing issues are not isolated to the violations found by the state Liquor Authority. The second-floor Caroline Street bar was the site of a raucous fight that spread out onto the street and required 26 police officers to quell in the early morning hours of June 26.
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Deputies bust underage drinking party
Some underage drinkers allegedly fought with police when they walked in on their party outside La Porte.
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Why hangovers, bad decisions don’t stop binge drinking
Why do people abandon their sincere, gut-swirling pledges to not ever, ever, ever repeat their body-shot/beer-bong benders? According to a new report, the perceived social benefits outweigh the consequences.
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Minister Duncan Celebrates The Completion Of The Drinking Water And Wastewater Treatment Systems In The Anishinabeg …
The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, today congratulated the community of Kitigan Zibi, Quebec, on the completion of improvements to its drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.
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Paul Ryan Has Rather Fancypants Taste in Wine
Is that a top note of sweet oak aromas I detect? $ 350, fiscally imprudent , fancypants taste, in fact. Ryan — of the draconian budget plan — was spotted drinking the very pricey 2004 Echezeaux Grand Cru at a Washington restaurant on Wednesday night. He and his two dining companions went through two bottles of the stuff. No moderate, he! Talking Points Memo has a rather hilarious transcript of an …
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US Cities Cover Open Drinking Water Reservoirs
Urination saga in Portland reservoir reveals gap in protecting water supply after 9/11
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Sun Valley teen dies after drinking at Lake Lahonton; investigators seek information
The investigation into a Sun Valley 14-year-old’s death after drinking alcohol at Lake Lahonton during the Fourth of July weekend is continuing.
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City looking for pub crawl improvements
Brookings city councilors want downtown business owners and their member organization, Downtown Brookings Inc., to try to come up with their own solutions for improving the city’s annual pub crawl.
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Lorenzo Neal disputes that he was arrested
In what appears to be an item from the potato-potahto/tomato-tomahto file, veteran NFL fullback Lorenzo Neal claims that he wasn’t arrested for DUI. Even though the cops said he was. “Lorenzo Neal was not arrested,” Neal told Alexan Balekian of KMJ 105.9 FM. “Lorenzo Neal got cited.” But here’s what CHP Officer Axel Reyes told…
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Laying down the law
ALTHOUGH the separation of powers is important, courts should not be more powerful than government, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday .
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Around Your Town: 07/09/11
Spencer G. Kerr, 11, helps with the Boy Scouts of America Troop 445 service project at the Sierra Vista United Methodist Church on Friday. The troop stayed for one week at the church and is returning a favor. (Beatrice Richardson • Herald/Review) Friends of Rick and Jona Schlosser are hosting a potluck benefit on their behalf from noon until 5 p.m. today at the Fireside Lounge, 2092 N. Highway …
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Water brands halted over bacteria levels
Authorities have ordered a halt to the sale of 31 brands of water after they failed safety standard tests. A list of the affected companies was published by the capital’s industry and commerce administration’s website on Wednesday. Consumers have been urged to demand their money back.
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Man accused of axing girlfriend
Police in Letlhakane are investigating a case in which a 27-year-old man of Tawana ward is alleged to have axed his girlfriend, killing her instantly.
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ND college binge drinking rates continue to fall
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The rate of binge drinking among North Dakota college students is continuing a slow decline.
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College orientation throws parent off course
Last week, as my daughter and I sat together for the welcoming session of orientation at her soon-to-be new college, I found myself thinking about my own pre-college days.
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Oswego woman pleads guilty in fatal drunk driving crash
A college student has pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter for killing a classmate in a two-car crash in a Rochester suburb in January.
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City’s Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
(Submitted by City of Benson.) We’re very pleased to provide you with this year’s Annual Quality Water Report. We want to keep you informed about the excellent water and services we have delivered to you over the past year. Our goal is and always has been, to provide to you a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Our wells draw water from the Middle San Pedro Basin.
Read more on San Pedro Valley News-Sun

City drinking water passes test
CUMBERLAND — The latest testing of the city’s drinking water from the Lake Koon and Gordon reservoirs shows zero violations of contaminant levels, according to Raquel Ketterman, city environmental specialist.
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ND college binge drinking rates continue to fall
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The rate of binge drinking among North Dakota college students is continuing a slow decline.
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Montana teens drinking less, wearing seat belts
(HELENA)- A new survey says Montana teens are consuming less alcohol and wearing their seatbelts more often. But more kids are reporting they’ve been bullied at school.
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Patent trolling with Microsoft
Sometimes I really can’t figure out Microsoft. Does the left-side corporate brain not connect to the right? Take this new business in Microsoft patents supposedly applied to Android.
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