Honor student was drunk, high at time of fatal crash
A 16-year-old boy admitted he was drunk on vodka and high on marijuana and ecstasy when he stole a car and crashed into a 911 police dispatcher, killing her as he tried to elude officers, authorities said Monday.Preliminary tests showed that Marquis Harrison’s blood-alcohol level was .186 — more than twice the .08 legal limit — following his arrest Sunday morning, Assistant Cook County State’s …
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MONROE: Allged drunk driver hurt in crash
MONROE — A motorcyclist from Pennsylvania allegedly driving while intoxicated received numerous injuries from an accident on Mounts Mills Road Wednesday morning, police said.
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ONLINE EXTRA: Deputies arrest drunk driver with concealed handgun
A drunk driver who was arrested Saturday night also was found to have a child and a handgun in his vehicle, according to the Cowley County Sheriff’s Department.
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Indiana high court upholds drunken passenger’s conviction
Even people with designated drivers could land in jail under an Indiana Supreme Court decision upholding a passenger’s public intoxication conviction. The court’s 4-1 decision came in the case of an Indianapolis woman arrested in 2008.
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Lowell resident in hot water over alleged hot-oil attack
LOWELL — A drunken 56-year-old Lowell man allegedly ended an argument with his wife of 18 years by pouring hot cooking oil in her lap.
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State High student wins award for video on dangers of drunken driving
Most responsible individuals would probably agree that the dangers of drinking and driving are no la
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Drunken teen claims pipe assault
A 13-year-old Ukiah boy who reported that he had been assaulted with a metal pipe was arrested for public intoxication Monday, the Ukiah Police Department reported.
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CDC: Teens still drink milk, but one in four high school students drink soda every day
For those concerned about teens drinking too many sugary beverages, this may be good news: Water, milk and fruit juice are the drinks most likely to be consumed by high school students, not soda. Or so they say.
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Drinking water, food delivered to stranded town
Local government is rationing out food and water to about 4,100 villagers after floods ravaged Guandao township, Tongcheng county, in Central China’s Hubei province.
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Woman accused of hosting underage drinking party
A Potsdam woman is charged with seven counts of unlawfully dealing with a child after hosting an underage drinking party in early May
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ACADEMIC ALL-STARS: Southgate Anderson High School
Here are the top 10 graduating seniors from Southgate Anderson High School:
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Bender named UI alcohol liaison
The University of Iowa has selected a new face to spearhead its program for alcohol-harm reduction. Kelly Bender was appointed the UI’s first coordinator of Campus and Community Alcohol Harm Reduction Initiatives. UI Vice President for Student Life Tom Rocklin announced the appointment May 25.
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New Studies Reinforce Benefits Of Drinking Lowfat Chocolate Milk After A Tough Workout
New research suggests an effective recovery drink may already be in your refrigerator: lowfat chocolate milk. Grabbing lowfat chocolate milk after a tough workout helped give both trained and amateur athletes a post-exercise training advantage, according to three new studies presented at the American College of Sports Medicine and published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research …
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Elgin High School teacher sentenced in connection with drunk driving accident
Attorney says that reaction is different in small town than in a city.
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Dunedin woman charged with drunk driving in crash that seriously injured man
DUNEDIN — Investigators said Tuesday that a 21-year-old woman was driving drunk when she hit another car head-on in April, seriously injuring a passenger in the other car.
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Achievers | Seneca High, Noe Middle pair named outstanding in math
Jacob Filer, 17, sees math as a way of explaining the universe. Shravan Ravishankar, 13, likes the challenge it poses. The students recently earned the Outstanding High School Math Student Award and the Outstanding Middle School Math Student Award, respectively.
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Prescription for trouble: Cheap, legal with high consequences
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Air Academy High School drug bust
A 16-year-old girl was arrested in Colorado Springs last Friday for possession of cocaine. District 20 released a statement Friday afternoon that said several students at Air Academy High School have been subject to disciplinary action for violating the district’s policy on drugs and alcohol. The statement said administrators have been interviewing students for several days after some students …

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Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton is high on life
World Series deficit notwithstanding, he’s in a good place and at peace with himself.

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Health vs. high: A closer look at pot
On Nov. 2, voters will decide whether to approve Proposition 19, which would legalize the cultivation and personal use of small amounts of marijuana for people 21 and older. Local governments would be allowed to regulate the drug and impose taxes and…

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Lviv ranks high in work of hit Polish crime novelist
LVIV, Ukraine – One day Lviv police officer Edward Popielski may become as popular in Ukraine as the Wroclaw-based detective Eberhard Mock is in Poland.

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On a high: 45% teens drink excessively
Peer pressure, plenty of pocket money and absentee parents mean the drinking age is dropping.

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Differences in high contrast at Yarmouth debate
If they were not already apparent, the differences between the candidates for state representative in the 1 st and 2 nd Barnstable Districts became clear Wednesday night when they got together to debate at Yarmouth Town Hall. The debate was sponsored by the Yarmouth Area Chamber of Comerce.

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Carrie Fisher discusses the high life
Carrie Fisher’s drug habits were in full swing as she battled Darth Vader’s forces playing Princess Leia in The Empire Strikes Back .

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One women’s story of how she was able to completely recover from death’s door with secondary progressive stage of multiple sclerosis and her tell all story of how she did it.
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High levels of stress hormone in recovering alcoholics ‘raise relapse risk’
Washington, Sept 24 : High levels of a stress hormone in recovering alcoholics could increase the risk of relapse, a new study has found.

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Scientists find high levels of stress hormone in chronic alcoholics
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that high levels of a stress hormone in recovering alcoholics could increase the risk of relapse.The study showed that cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal gland in response to stress, is found in high levels in chronic alcoholics, as well as those recovering from the condition.

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Why Abortion Rate Among Asian-American Women Is So High
One day five years ago, Kuping Pan’s 28-year-old daughter, Christine, came home wearing a quizzical expression. Christine had just visited a Vietnamese fortune-teller who looked deep into her face and proclaimed: Your mother has five children.Christine was puzzled. She knew…

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Ky. High Court: Christian-Only Plan Is Insurance
The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that a Christians-only health care plan provides a “contract for insurance” and potentially opens it to stricter regulations by the state.

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