Alcohol
Russian drunk driver who killed orphans sentenced
A Russian drunken driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison. Moscow's Nikulinsky court ordered Alexander Maximov to serve eight and a half years Wednesday. Maximov scandalized Russia last fall when he crashed his ...
Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual US charge
The facts laid out by prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man. Prosecutors say the driver, Andrew Pastirik of Woodbridge, Va., was drunk when ...
Tighter Ind. drunken driving law seems unlikely
Some key Indiana legislators don't expect the state to adopt a federal safety board's recommendation that the threshold for drunken driving be cut nearly in half. The National Transportation Safety Board said in its proposal last week that drunken-driving deaths could be reduced if states lowered the current 0.08 blood-alcohol ...
Fill-er-up: Beer "growlers" are a frothy hit
When Fifth Street Growlers started pouring for the first time at noon on May 3, the line of people at the bar to fill reusable jugs with their favorite brew was 15 deep. And some local beer lovers couldn't even wait till the new taproom officially opened its doors. "We ...
Highlights from around the Capitol
A deal on a Texas budget is finally done. Now the Legislature must withstand one final and furious week without sinking a compromise that restores nearly $4 billion to public schools and puts more water in the pipeline amid a historic drought. Gov. Rick Perry must also like this bargain, ...
Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story
In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof alcohol. ...
Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release
Country music star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent the release of patrol car video of his 2012 drunken-driving arrest in North Texas. The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.ly/108QQ5x ) reported Thursday that the lawsuit names the Texas Department of Public Safety and the attorney general's office. A judge originally ...
Chefs cook, raise money for Boston bombing victims
Boston Marathon bombing victims joined hundreds of first responders and well-wishers at Fenway Park as dozens of top chefs served fine food and drinks from concession stands in a project intended to raise money for those killed and wounded in the twin explosions. The Boston Bites Back event at the ...
Chefs raise money for Boston Marathon bomb victims
Dozens of top chefs left their kitchens on Wednesday to offer fine food and drinks at Fenway Park concession stands in a project intended to raise money for Boston Marathon bombing victims. The Boston Bites Back event at the Boston Red Sox's home, the oldest baseball park in the major ...
Excerpts of recent South Dakota editorials
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, May 11, 2013 Use creativity to attract events Visitors to Sioux Falls in the coming months and years will have more hotels to choose from and more entertainment options with Sanford's new sports complex and the city's events center, currently under construction near the Arena. Those ...
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