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Angels Pay Tribute to Pitcher; Driver Charged in Death

Angels fans mourn Aberhart as grief-stricken team beats Boston

Apr 11, 09 5:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Everyone has a heavy heart," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said before the game last night, in which the team paid tribute to pitcher Nick Adenhart, who died in a crash early Thursday, with a moment of silence. The driver accused of killing Adenhart and two others was charged... More »

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • drunk driving • pitcher • Nick Adenhart • murder charges • Andrew Thomas Gallo

Suspect in LA Pitcher's Death Will Face
Murder Charges

Angels will honor Adenhart with patch

Apr 10, 09 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The drunk driver who killed a Los Angeles Angels pitcher and two others in a crash early yesterday will face murder charges, authorities told the Orange County Register today. Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, was arrested yesterday on manslaughter, hit-and-run, and drunken-driving charges. He will be arraigned Monday in the death... More »

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • drunk driving • Nick Adenhart • murder charges • Andrew Thomas Gallo

Fox Newsman Busted for Driving Into Police Horse

Ex-cop refused breathalyzer test

Apr 1, 09 3:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cop-turned-Fox-newsman has been charged with drunk driving and reckless endangerment after careening into a police horse, reports the New York Daily News. Prosecutors say New York Fox TV newsman Mike Sheehan, who refused a breathalyzer test, told cops after the coliision: "What's the matter? I didn't hit nothin'.... More »

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NYPD • drunk driving • horse • Fox News

 LiLo Blames 
 Warrant on 
 Paparazzi 


Lawyer going alone to clear up warrant 'misunderstanding'

Mar 16, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sorry, LiLo stalkers: Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer is meeting with a judge today, but “Lindsay won’t be in court with me,” he tells the New York Daily News, adding that her arrest warrant stemmed from a “misunderstanding which I am confident I can clear up.”... More »

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alcohol • celebrity trials • Lindsay Lohan • alcohol abuse • drunk driving • celebrity • lawyer • warrant • arrest warrant

 Drunk Groom Jailed on His Wedding Night

Busted leaving reception during
DUI crackdown

Mar 16, 09 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Houston man spent his wedding night in jail after he was caught driving from his wedding reception under the influence, the Houston Chronicle reports. The 26-year-old groom was nabbed during a local DUI crackdown, charged the next day with driving while intoxicated and freed on $500 bail. The bride... More »

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Houston • drunk driving • grooms • weddings • drunkenness

 Cops Issue 
 Arrest 
 Warrant 
 for Lohan 

This would have included some dumb movie reference, except that Lohan hasn't been in a movie since 2007

Mar 14, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is wanted. Beverly Hills cops issued a $50,000 warrant for the starlet’s arrest yesterday, reports the Hollywood Scoop. She apparently failed to comply with court orders related to her 2007 DUI arrest. Says the PD: “It is our hope that Miss Lohan will surrender herself... More »

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Lindsay Lohan • drunk driving • arrest warrant



 Barkley 
 Leaves Jail 


Mar 9, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(AP) - Former NBA star Charles Barkley was released from jail this morning after serving a three-day sentence in Phoenix on a drunken-driving conviction. He began his sentence Saturday morning, and spent about 36 hours in jail after getting 12 hours of work release yesterday and today. He was housed in a... More »

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DUI • drunk driving • jail • Charles Barkley

 Crash Passenger: 
 I'm Not Freeman's 
 Mistress 

Plaintiff says he offered her a place to stay

Feb 26, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The woman suing Morgan Freeman for damages after a car crash says the actor was drinking all night before getting behind the wheel, the Commercial Appeal of Memphis reports. Demaris Meyer also denied that she was his mistress but said they were headed for his home when they piled into... More »

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Morgan Freeman • car accident • drunk driving • civil lawsuits • mistress

Charles Barkley Sentenced to
10 Days for DUI

Ex-NBA star pleads guilty; gets jail time and $2,000 fine

Feb 24, 09 1:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Charles Barkley will be doing time for his DUI bust, the Arizona Republic reports. The former NBA star has been sentenced to 10 days in prison, which will be reduced to five if he completes an alcohol education course. Barkley—who told cops he was in a hurry to receive... More »

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NBA • Arizona • DUI • oral sex • drunk driving • guilty plea • Charles Barkley

DUI Bust
Costs Barkley T-Mobile Gig

Phone company benches ex-hoop star 'for the time being'

Jan 14, 09 9:08 AM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of his DUI arrest—during which he told a cop he was in a hurry to get oral sex—Charles Barkley has lost another job, Advertising Age reports. T-Mobile has pulled spots featuring Barkley “for the time being,” a rep said, adding, "As he... More »

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NBA • basketball • crime • DUI • oral sex • drunk driving • commercials • arrest • T-Mobile • Charles Barkley • TNT

Barkley Will Take Break From TV After Bust

TNT analyst blew .149, way over alcohol limit, nearly 'extreme DUI'

Jan 9, 09 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Charles Barkley's blood-alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit when he was busted on suspicion of DUI on New Year's Eve, the Arizona Republic reports. He blew a .149, well over the limit of .08 and a shade under the state's "extreme DUI" cut-off of .15. The... More »

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NBA • Arizona • DUI • drunk driving • Charles Barkley • reckless driving • TNT

Donda West's Plastic Surgeon Jailed for DUI

Jan Adams had 2 previous arrests,
gets a year in the clink

Jan 8, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother before she died, has been jailed for a year in his third DUI, E! Online reports. The doc pleaded no contest after last June’s incident, in which he was caught driving his Jaguar the wrong way... More »

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plastic surgery • prison • DUI • Kanye West • drunk driving • jail • Donda West • Jan Adams

(Newser) - Police in Bismarck, ND weren't surprised to get a drunk driving call on New Year's Eve—but they were surprised to hear from the driver herself, the Bismarck Tribune and AP report. A 17-year-old girl told them she had been driving through the city all evening and needed help. "... More »

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(Newser) - Heather Locklear copped a plea in her DUI case today and won't serve jail time, People reports. The actress was arrested in September for driving erratically in Santa Barbara. In exchange for the dismissal of the DUI charges, Locklear pleaded no contest to reckless driving; she will pay a... More »

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DUI • drunk driving • probation • Santa Barbara • reckless driving • Heather Locklear

Drunk Drivers Must Install Breathalyzer Ignition Locks

Six states institute laws requiring gadgets

Jan 2, 09 1:38 PM CST
(AP) - Motorists convicted of driving drunk will have to install breath-monitoring gadgets in their cars under new laws taking effect in six states this week, the AP reports. The ignition interlocks prevent engines from starting until drivers blow into the alcohol detectors to prove they're sober. Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska, and... More »

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Alaska • crime • South Carolina • DUI • Nebraska • Washington • drunk driving • Illinois • Colorado • cars • Mothers Against Drunk Driving • ignition locks

Barkley's
Arrest for DUI
Leads to TMI

Hoop Hall of Famer busted en route to intimate encounter

Jan 1, 09 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Charles Barkley lived up to his reputation for telling it like it is when Arizona police pulled him over on suspicion of DUI early yesterday, E! reports. Asked why he had run a stop sign at 1:26am, he said he was in a hurry to pick up the... More »

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crime • Arizona • DUI • oral sex • drunk driving • Charles Barkley • Basketball Hall of Fame • TNT

Charles Barkley Busted on Suspicion of DUI

NBA legend refuses breathalyzer, given blood test instead

Dec 31, 08 9:00 AM CST
(AP) - Former NBA star Charles Barkley was arrested in Arizona on suspicion of drinking and driving after running a stop sign at around 1:30 this morning, according to police. Barkley declined to submit to a breath test, but was given a blood test. The results weren't immediately available. After... More »

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basketball • DUI • drunk driving • Phoenix • arrest • Charles Barkley

(Newser) - A Maine man has been charged with drunken driving after police found him, intoxicated, atop an idling Zamboni ice-resurfacer, the Portland Press Herald reports. The man was found inside a building that appeared to have been burglarized and damaged; he was also charged with criminal mischief, burglary, and a... More »

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DUI • drunk driving • Maine • burglary • ice • Portland, Maine • parole violation • Zamboni • operating under the influence

Brazil Finds Drunk-Driving Law Tough to Swallow

Home of carnival balks at cultural shift; corruption, lack of funds also hinder effort

Dec 23, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Brazilians have mixed feelings about recently adopted drunken-driving laws that threaten to undermine their carnival lifestyle. The 0.02% alcohol limit—much stricter than America’s 0.08%—aims to curb the 35,000 deaths that occur on Brazil’s roads annually. But with just 900 breathalyzers for a nation... More »

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alcohol • law enforcement • car accident • Brazil • drunk driving • South America

 In Time for Holidays, 
 an iPod Breathalyzer 

iBreath taps into growing industry around excessive boozing

Dec 19, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A new accessory for the iPod aims to cut down on drunk driving, the Los Angeles Times reports. No, not an app that lists lawyers, or one that calls a cab—a breathalyzer. The iBreath plugs into the iPod and, in 5 seconds, gives a blood-alcohol reading. The creator said... More »

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alcohol • iPhone • Apple • iPod • drunk driving • Mothers Against Drunk Driving • breathalyzer • legal limit

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