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Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse
Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse
May 11, 2007 5:40 AM CDT

Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse

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

(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...

Hilton Headed To Hoosegow
Hilton Headed
To Hoosegow
May 4, 2007 10:34 PM CDT

Hilton Headed To Hoosegow

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

(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...

Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel
Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel
May 4, 2007 4:11 PM CDT

Pitcher Was Drunk at Wheel

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

(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...

LA Wants Paris Behind Bars
LA Wants Paris Behind Bars
May 3, 2007 9:07 PM CDT

LA Wants Paris Behind Bars

City prosecutors recommend jail term for scofflaw heiress

(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...

Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week
Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week
Apr 4, 2007 9:48 AM CDT

Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

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

(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...

LaRussa Asleep At the Wheel
LaRussa Asleep At the Wheel
Mar 22, 2007 4:15 PM CDT

LaRussa Asleep At the Wheel

St. Louis Cardinals manager arrested on drunk driving charges

(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.

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