June 1st, 2006
Drugs Found in East El Paso Motel Room
El Paso News - Wednesday, May 31, 2006 Police responded to a call at the Best Western Airport Inn on Gateway East around 5:30 Wednesday morning. After knocking on the door to room 125, they went in and found 24 grams of cocaine and 5 ounces of marijuana, along
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June 1st, 2006
Teen drinking dangers focus of forum
Bar Harbor Times - SOUTHWEST HARBOR (May 27) - The dangers of teenage drinking were brought up time and again at the fourth"Not in Our Town"public forum at Pemetic Elementary School gymnasium last Thursday. The annual event, sponsored by The Acadia Family Center and
Mock DWI crash scary
Daily Star - Star photo by Patricia Breakey In a staged DWI crash at Walton High School on Tuesday, Walton police Officer Paul Olsen and Walton firefighter Dudley Boycott apprehend alleged drunken driver Kyle Holley, who tried to run away from the accident scene
Teen driver, passenger hurt in a.m. crash
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - (May 31, 2006) DARIEN An early-morning car crash in Genesee County sent two Erie County teens to the hospital. The teen driver had reportedly been drinking. Adam W. Cardinal, 19, of Alden, Erie County, was driving north on Harlow Road in
Fluoride will continue to be put into water
Longmont FYI - LONGMONT City leaders have declined to reconsider Longmont s longtime practice of adding fluoride to the public water supply as an anti-cavity treatment. The Longmont City Council was briefed on fluoridation Tuesday night as part of a regular
Prison for driver in fatal Northeast Phila accident
Philadelphia Inquirer - William Halloran Jr. today endured a withering series of statements from the family of a 12-year-old boy he killed while driving drunk on Thanksgiving in 2004, then was sentenced to four to eight years in prison. Halloran, 30, was convicted in March
Banning POP from schools
Buffalo News - Earlier this month the nation's three leading soda companies - Cadbury Schweppes, Pepsi and Coca Cola - agreed to stop selling non-diet pop and other sugary drinks at public schools. Their deadline? 2010. The policy included a clause allowing for
Workers face more health care cuts
Detroit News - The majority of businesses in southeast Michigan expects to scale back health care benefits for employees, while more than one-quarter are considering eliminating employee health coverage, according to a survey. The troubling news for Metro Detroit
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May 31st, 2006
Sex, Booze&Surveys: Journos Gone Wild
Washington Post - Call it binge journalism, as out of control as a crazed keg party."Girls Behaving Badly,"said the Louisville Courier-Journal."Girls Go Wild for Booze, Sex,"said the Boston Herald."Spring Break Can Be Hazardous to Your Health,"said the
Sam the man
State Journal-Register - INDIANAPOLIS - This time Sam Hornish Jr. overcame the mistakes. Saddled with a pit-infraction penalty that dropped him from second place to eighth with 38 laps remaining, Hornish came all the way back Sunday to win his first Indianapolis 500. After
AP blog: Heat, security snarl Iraq traffic
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - It's mid-morning and the mercury has already climbed to nearly 100 degrees. On the street add another 10 degrees due to heat from vehicle exhausts and the baking cement sidewalks. And traffic is crawling. Staring from the backseat of a car creeping
Indians'Sauerbeck Arrested; Found in Bushes
Washington Post - SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio — Cleveland Indians pitcher Scott Sauerbeck was arrested early Tuesday after he and a woman fled from his vehicle and were found hiding behind bushes, police said. Sauerbeck, 34, of nearby Avon, was the passenger in his car
EEO Public File Report
WTHI - The Save A Life tour made a stop at West Vigo High School today to give folks the opportunity to experienc e first hand the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol. A computer simulator showed the real-life effects of getting behind the
Top Bollywood Filmmakers Defend Aamir Khan over Dam Comment Dispute
Environmental News Network - NEW DELHI Top Bollywood filmmakers Monday defended popular actor Aamir Khan, who is under attack from the Hindu nationalist opposition for speaking out against the government's handling of people displaced by a massive dam project. Theater owners
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May 30th, 2006
ONLY ON 9: Journey to Remember, John M. LaCour
El Paso News - A Dutch man's quest to honor an American soldier killed in World War II has led him to El Paso, and he hopes that someone in the borderland will help him fill the gaps of history of a fallen American Hero. Monday, May 29, 2006 A man named John
Instructor was upset about job suspension
Bismarck Tribune - GRAND FORKS (AP) - A University of North Dakota instructor who died of head injuries after he left a moving car had been drinking and was upset about his suspension from his job last fall, police and autopsy reports say. Just before Paul Boswell got
Know The Warning Signs Of A Stroke
El Paso News - Stroke is the leading cause of serious disability in this country, and it's the third leading cause of death. Thursday, May 25, 2006 There used to be little doctors could do for a stroke victim, but now there is treatment, if it's done quickly
Sudden impact
Brisbane Courier-Mail - When Patience Hodgson, John Patterson and Alana Skyring started their band in a shed in bayside Brisbane, people laughed. Just three years later, The Grates have the world at their feet but can they keep their heads? Here is the distinct aroma of
Power Outage Affecting El Paso Airport
El Paso News - Wednesday, May 24, 2006 An El Paso Electric Company spokesperson tells NewsChannel 9 that the power outage happened just before 5 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. About 20 commercial customers in the area, including the airport, are affected. A
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May 30th, 2006
Athlete abuse no longer lost in the haze
Grand Forks Herald - MIAMI - If you click through the hazing photographs posted on the Web site called Badjocks.com, you can't help but be reminded of the photographs from Abu Ghraib. The photos capture male and female college students in degrading poses. They are
Don t leave life jackets behind, safety experts warn
1960 Sun - The Telegraph/JIM BOWLING Service manager David Zeke prepares to secure a high-performance speedboat on a trailer as Clark Gruninger, owner of Gruninger s Performance Marine in Pontoon Beach, looks on while docking under the Clark Bridge Thursday af
Family disputes account of UND instructor's death
Bismarck Tribune - GRAND FORKS (AP) - The family of a University of North Dakota instructor who died after he left a moving car is disputing the account of a witness. A family member says Paul Boswell, director of UND's Native Center, was not upset about his job at UND
Work issues, alcohol called factors in Boswell death
Grand Forks Herald - A University of North Dakota instructor who died of head injuries after he left a moving car had been drinking and was upset about his suspension from his job last fall, police and autopsy reports say. Just before Paul Boswell got out of the car, he
Students teach about liquor laws
Contra Costa Times - Sweep up the front step and pull those Budweiser signs down. Bay Point youths are on patrol. A group of eight Riverview Middle School students is hitting the streets to give liquor and convenience stores"report cards,"evaluating everything from
Crashes kill two in separate accidents
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel - A 37-year-old Grand Junction man could face vehicular homicide charges after the white Ford F-150 he allegedly stole struck and killed a 41-year-old Grand Junction woman Monday in downtown Grand Junction. Diana Lee Moreno was pronounced dead at the
Teen shot at graduation party 11:54 AM
WCNC - ROCK HILL - Neighbors said they were tired of the loud music and fights from weekend parties at the UniteHere Local 1093T union hall on Mount Gallant Road in Rock Hill. Leaders of the hotel workers union, too, had grown weary of the problems. Friday
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