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Bears Drop
Tank After
DUI Arrest

DT 'embarrassesed
and upset' team for
the last time

Jun 26, 07 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - They stood by him loyally while he served jail time for unlawful weapons possession, but  the Chicago Bears had had enough: the team abruptly released DT Tank Johnson after his latest mishap—a DUI in Arizona. The 300-pound, second-round pick had been warned that there was no further margin for... More »

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NFL • DUI • Tank Johnson • Chicago Bears • drunk driving • jail • Lovie Smith

Paris Was Right:
It's Not Fair!

Numbers show heiress's stint in jail will be longer than 80% of similar offenders

Jun 14, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris Hilton wasn't just  being a spoiled brat when she cried injustice on being hauled back to jail earlier this week. The weepy celebutante is in fact doing more hard time than most people guilty of crimes like hers, the LA Times reports after  analyzing 1,500 similar cases in... More »

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prison • Paris Hilton • trial • drunk driving • celebrity • sentencing • heiress • injustice

Lohan Bender Spurs Underage Drinking Probe

ABC wants to close the club down for 15 days to make the point

May 31, 07 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's recent DUI arrest has prompted talk about cracking down on underage boozing in Hollywood.The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is preparing to investigate the Mean Girls starlet's case—the ABC has to wait for police to release evidence that the 20-year-old did, indeed, test positive for alcohol. More »

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California • Hollywood • alcohol • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • Johnny Grant • drunk driving • celebrity • underage drinking

Lohan Arrested in DUI After Hitting Curb

Recently rehabbed starlet hospitalized with  injuries

May 26, 07 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan had a run-in with a curb on Sunset Boulevard early this morning, leading to hospitalization for apparently minor injuries and an arrest for possible DUI.  Cocaine was found on one of the two passengers in her convertible, the AP reports. More »

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rehab • alcohol • car accident • cocaine • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • paparazzi • drunk driving

Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse

Beer-themed baseball club won't
join recent sobering trend

May 11, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Milwaukee Brewers will not be enacting a clubhouse ban on alcohol, bucking a trend started by the A's and Yankees after St. Louis reliever Josh Hancock died in a drunk driving accident. Ten other clubs already have such a ban; the Brewers, who play in Miller Park, announced yesterday... More »

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MLB • Milwaukee Brewers • alcohol • Josh Hancock • Chris Capuano • beer • drunk driving • accident • baseball

Hilton Headed
To Hoosegow

Heir-head violates probation, draws
45 days behind bars
(not the fun kind)

May 4, 07 10:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Supply your own "simple life" joke: Paris Hilton is going to jail. After finding that the famous-for-being-famous socialite violated her probation, Los Angeles Superior Court judge Michael Sauer today sentenced her to 45 days. The sometime reality-TV star wept as she learned she has until June 5 to find... More »

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Paris Hilton • drunk driving • sentencing • probation • jail

Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel

Cards' Hancock
was speeding,
talking on phone
before fatal crash

May 4, 07 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was drunk, speeding, talking on the phone and not wearing a seatbelt when he died in a traffic accident, officials announced today. The St. Louis medical examiner said the 29-year-old right-hander's blood-alcohol level was 0.157, nearly twice the legal limit, when he crashed his SUV... More »

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St. Louis Cardinals • MLB • car accident • drunk driving • death • accident

LA Wants Paris Behind Bars

City prosecutors recommend jail
term for scofflaw heiress

May 3, 07 9:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles prosecutors want to show Paris Hilton the real simple life: jail. The city's lawyers are pushing for the itinerant blonde heiress to spend 45 days in the slammer for repeatedly violating her parole on a reckless driving conviction after a tad too much clubbing last fall. Hilton got... More »

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alcohol • Paris Hilton • Los Angeles • drunk driving • celebrity • heiress • jail

Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

Ban on booze aimed
at drink-fueled accidents, inspires secret imbibing

Apr 4, 07 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - No Easter imbibing, decrees Venezuelan president and socialist icon Hugo Chavez. Chavez has instituted a Holy Week liquor ban in restaurants to combat the hundreds of drunk driving deaths that occur during holidays in Venezuala. While some citizens applaud his boldness, others say they cannot follow their fearless leader quite... More »

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Venezuela • prohibition • alcohol • socialism • drunk driving • Holy Week • Easter • Hugo Chávez

LaRussa Asleep At the Wheel

St. Louis Cardinals manager arrested on drunk driving charges

Mar 22, 07 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was picked up for DWI around midnight Thursday, when Jupiter, Fla., police found his SUV running at a stop light, with La Russa asleep at the wheel. La Russa blew a. 0.093, above Florida’s limit of 0.08. More »

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Department of Justice • St. Louis Cardinals • Tony La Russa • Chicago White Sox • Oakland Athletics • MLB • alcohol • drunk driving

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