Alcohol
Teen charged with DUI in crash that killed brother
A Columbia teen is facing a felony DUI charge for an early morning crash that killed his brother. Lance Cpl. Brent Kelly of the South Carolina Highway Patrol says 18-year-old Cameron Stringfellow ran off the road and struck several trees at around 2 a.m. after hitting a parked car in ...
Ohio man gets 8 years after 12th DUI
Authorities in northeast Ohio say a 70-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of his 12th drunken-driving charge. A judge in Summit County sentenced Edward South of Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) Falls on Thursday. The most recent conviction happened after South crashed into a pole on ...
Brewers team up on beer to help military families
Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats. The Hops for Heroes project began in 2011 as a collaboration between Center of the Universe Brewing Co. in suburban Richmond and Fremont Brewing Co. in Seattle. ...
New Mexico police plan seat belt, DWI crackdown
Law enforcement is launching a summer campaign to crack down on drunken drivers and motorists not wearing seat belts. Gov. Susana Martinez and other officials announced the enforcement blitz Thursday as New Mexicans prepared for the Memorial Day weekend that starts the summer travel season. Police plan increased patrols to ...
THP stepping up DUI enforcement over holiday
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is stepping up seat belt and DUI enforcement over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The holiday period begins at 6 p.m. on Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Monday. State troopers have scheduled 65 checkpoints. Officials say 16 people were killed on Tennessee roadways during ...
Turkey passes bill restricting alcohol sales, ads
Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country. The legislation, adopted on Friday, bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It also prohibits alcohol sales anywhere close to mosques and ...
NJ: Caramel-colored rubbing alcohol sold as scotch
At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as scotch. In another, premium liquor bottles were refilled with water — and apparently not even clean water at that. State officials provided those new details Thursday on raids they conducted a day earlier as part ...
Santa Fe recognized for DWI arrests
The Santa Fe Police Department is being recognized as the best in the state for working to stop drunk drivers. The New Mexico Traffic Safety Division and Safer NM Now selected the department this month as No. 1 out of about 70 for the way it used Operation DWI grant ...
AP top news in Iowa at 3:58 p.m. CDT
Most bills didn't clear Iowa Legislature DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The 2013 Iowa Legislature approved plenty of high-profile measures, but many more bills died during the session. Officials filed 1,105, and most didn't clear the Legislature. Among the failed efforts were proposals to increase oversight of traffic cameras, require ...
Police: Iowa woman drove car off I-235 overpass
Authorities say a woman suspected of drunken driving drove her car off an interstate overpass in West Des Moines before rolling down an embankment. The West Des Moines Police Department says 29-year-old Cassandra Ann Beverly, of Waukee, was found inside her car around 2 a.m. Thursday under the Interstate Highway ...
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