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Deputy Admits Gay Affair With Austrian Rightist

Boyfriend comes clean after Haider's fatal car crash, loses job

Oct 23, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The successor of the Austrian far-right leader Jörg Haider lost his position yesterday after admitting that he had a sexual relationship with the firebrand politician, who died in a car crash last week. "He was the man of my life. Our relationship went far beyond friendship," said... More »

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Austria • drunk driving • car crash • affair • gays • extreme right • Joerg Haider

NYC GOP Congressman Guilty of DWI

Vito Fossella could face jail time for bust that revealed secret family

Oct 18, 08 4:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vito Fossella could be facing 5 days behind bars after being found guilty of drunken driving, the New York Times reports. A hearing in December will determine whether the New York City congressman's blood-alcohol level was high enough to warrant jail time. The May arrest ended Fossella's political career after... More »

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New York City • congressman • drunk driving • affair • love child • Vito Fossella • Staten Island

Drunk Driver Opts for
'I'm Stupid' Sign

Man chooses to wear the sign, not do the time

Oct 10, 08 8:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Wisconsin drunk driver who crashed into a water treatment plant has chosen humiliation over jail time, WEAU reports. Instead of serving a sentence for property damage, Shane McQuillan, 22, who admitted he was “just being stupid,” was sentenced to wear a sign reading “I was stupid.... More »

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Wisconsin • crime • courts • drunk driving • judge • sentence

(Newser) - Cops didn't have to go far to find a Pennsylvania couple having sex in a car after some weekend revelry, the Morning Call of Allentown reports. In their haste, the pair had parked in a police station lot. Both said they were drinking at a college party and did... More »

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police • Pennsylvania • drunk driving • couples • public sex

Enquirer
Targets Palin's
In-Laws

Todd's brother charged in drunken hit-and-run incident

Sep 17, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer takes another swing at Sarah Palin's colorful family again this week—this time wielding not unnamed sources but Alaskan court documents. It seems that her brother-in-law James had a drunk-driving hit-and-run arrest in 1989, when he was 20. According to records, he hit a woman, breaking her... More »

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Alaska • drugs • drunk driving • child neglect • hit-and-run • Sarah Palin • Todd Palin

OPINION

Speed Limits Aren't Saving Lives, So Make Cars Slower

Government's priorities elsewhere, but cars that can't top 75 would save gas, too

Sep 8, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Speeding contributes to 13,000 US road deaths each year, and, at 30% of traffic fatalities, places only slightly behind alcohol, at 39%, Kent A. Sepkowitz writes in the New York Times. While preventing drunk driving is a complex problem requiring cooperation of motorists, police, and educators, speeding can be... More »

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car accident • drunk driving • speeding • fatalities • road safety • speed limit

Palin's Husband Busted for
DUI in 1986

Latest revelation about family doesn't worry McCain camp

Sep 1, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's husband was arrested in 1986 for driving while intoxicated, the Christian Broadcasting Network reports. Todd Palin, who was dating the VP candidate, then Sarah Heath, was not involved in any accident but was jailed briefly. A spokesman for John McCain told CNN the campaign was aware of the... More »

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Barack Obama • DUI • drunk driving • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Todd Palin

Shia LaBeouf Charged With Drunk Driving

Indiana Jones star rolled his car this morning in LA

Jul 27, 08 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested actor Shia LaBeouf early this morning after the 22-year-old rolled his car while attempting a left turn in Los Angeles. LaBeouf was taken to a hospital for injuries to the head, left hand, and knee. No one else was seriously injured. It's LaBeouf's second recent run-in with the... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • car accident • DUI • drunk driving

Facebook, MySpace Offer Prime Evidence

Profiles, photos can haunt defendants,
help prosecutors

Jul 20, 08 7:13 PM CDT
(AP) - Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who have used damaging Internet photos of defendants to cast doubt on their character during sentencing hearings and argue for... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • prison • crime • Facebook • drunk driving • jail • party

 Khloe Spends
 173 Minutes 
 in Slammer 

3-hour stint related to parole violation following DUI arrest last year

Jul 19, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reality TV starlet Khloe Kardashian is free today after spending 173 minutes in a California jail for a parole violation, Us Weekly reports. For those keeping track, her stay was more than twice as long as Nicole Richie’s last year at the same detention facility. More »

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rehab • Los Angeles • drunk driving • incarceration • Khloe Kardashian • parole violation

Drunk Golf-Cart Driver Charged in Accident

Minn. man faces vehicular-homicide rap after friend's fatal fall

Jul 7, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 47-year-old Minnesota man is facing vehicular-homicide charges after a friend fell from the golf cart he was driving while intoxicated Friday and died. The 41-year-old passenger fell backward from the rear of the moving cart after a fireworks display at a campground. He struck his head on a paved... More »

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alcohol • drunk driving • golf cart • accidental death • DWI

 Snoop's Wife
 Busted on
 DUI Charge 

Shante Broadus booked early Saturday in LA

Jun 15, 08 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Snoop Dogg’s wife was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of drunk driving, the Los Angeles Times reports. Shante Broadus, 32, was issued a citation and is scheduled to appear in court next month. Police would not comment on whether other people were in the vehicle. Broadus and Snoop Dogg... More »

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crime • DUI • drunk driving • Snoop Dogg • drunk

After Scandal, NYC Rep Won't Run Again

GOP's Fossella busted for drunk-driving, fathering love child

May 20, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vito Fossella, the Republican congressman whose drunk-driving bust earlier this month led to the discovery that he had a lover and child on the side, has decided not to run for reelection, the AP reports. He said today the decision was based on the need to "concentrate on healing... More »

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New York City • congressman • drunk driving • affair • love child • political scandal • re-election • Vito Fossella

Yankees-BoSox Rivalry Seen
in NH Death

Woman, charged with murder, drove into crowd after NY taunts

May 6, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry has officially gotten deadly, the Boston Globe reports: Ivonne Hernandez, a 43-year-old New Hampshire woman, was charged with second-degree murder yesterday after allegedly driving her car into a crowd of jeering Red Sox fans, killing Matthew Beaudoin. Beaudoin, 29, was reportedly among a crowd chanting “... More »

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Boston Red Sox • New York Yankees • rivalry • drunk driving • fans

 1 in 6 Drink and
 Drive: Survey 

Government study shows numbers over 25% in some states

Apr 23, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 15% of Americans drove under the influence of alcohol in the past year, and another 4.7% drove while on drugs, according to a new government survey. Wisconsinites were particularly hammered, with 26.4% driving drunk, followed closely by North Dakota (24.9%) and Minnesota (23.4%). Utah had... More »

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Wisconsin • alcohol • drunk driving • Utah • driving

Bon Jovi Guitarist
Cops DUI Deal

Richie Sambora dodges jail time for drunk-driving charge

Apr 23, 08 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bon Jovi rocker Richie Sambora may have to take extra care next time he gets behind the wheel of a steel horse, but the axman will be staying out of jail after cutting a deal with prosecutors over drunk driving charges, E! Online reports. The guitarist, busted last month for... More »

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rock stars • DUI • Bon Jovi • drunk driving • guitarist • plea bargain • Richie Sambora

Bullock OK After Crash With Drunk Driver

Police say motorist 'almost giggled' when told who she hit

Apr 19, 08 6:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A woman accused of drunk driving slammed head-on into Sandra Bullock's SUV last night near the Massachusetts coast, the Boston Globe reports. Bullock, 43, her husband, Jesse James, 39, and their driver were unhurt in the crash. Police said oncoming driver Lucille Gatchell "almost giggled" when told who she... More »

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DUI • drunk driving • celebrity • Sandra Bullock • Jesse James

'Grossly Negligent' Driving Led to Diana's Death: Jury

Six-month inquest blames chauffeur, paparazzi, not conspiracy

Apr 7, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Princess Diana was killed by the “grossly negligent” driving of an inebriated Henri Paul and the paparazzi following the car, the inquest jury declared today, ruling the 1997 crash an “unlawful killing.” The jury added that not wearing seat belts had contributed to Diana and Dodi Fayed’... More »

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Princess Diana • drunk driving • Henri Paul • Diana inquest • Mohamed al Fayed • Dodi al Fayed

Brazil Cracks Down on Booze

With alcohol abuse on the rise, president pushes for even more regulation

Feb 20, 08 10:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The president of Brazil is pushing for stricter alcohol regulations following the release of two studies showing more Brazilians are abusing alcohol and at an earlier age, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The government has already temporarily banned the sale of alcohol on federal highways, and President Luiz Inacio Lula... More »

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advertising • alcohol • Brazil • beer • alcohol abuse • drunk driving • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Judge
Cuts Loose
Mel Gibson

Road Warrior can finish DUI probation without returning to court

Feb 14, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Mel Gibson is free to serve out the rest of his drunk driving probation without returning to the courthouse, Reuters reports. "You're on your own now with the self-help groups, so this is the most difficult time for you," a judge told the Apocalypto director yesterday. "... More »

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drunk driving • probation • Mel Gibson • anti-Semitism

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