Two stories follow: Date: 5/27/2009 Police: Boy, 12, hits car while driving drunk dad TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Police have arrested a man they say sat drunk in the passenger seat of his SUV while he let his 12-year-old…
Angels mourn death of rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart
Date: 4/10/2009 BETH HARRISAP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jim Adenhart walked to the empty pitcher’s mound in Angels Stadium where his son spent the last night of his life. He spent several quiet moments there, briefly covering his…
Ex-congressman may get jail for drunken driving
Date: 12/8/2008 By DEVLIN BARRETTAssociated Press Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Disgraced former Rep. Vito Fossella is headed to court to find out if he has to serve jail time for a drunken-driving incident that wrecked his career by revealing…
Ex-Illinois gym coach faces drunk-driving charge
Date: 10/28/2008 By DAVID MERCERAssociated Press Writer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) _ A former University of Illinois gymnastics coach resigned because of personal issues, including a pending drunk-driving charge in Wisconsin, and is cooperating with an investigation into a video camera…
Santa Fe Opera settles suit over wrong-way crash
Date: 10/23/2008 7:14 PM SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ The Santa Fe Opera and the estate of an employee have reached a settlement with relatives of a family killed in a drunken, wrong-way interstate crash triggered by the worker, who…
NY county alters internet DWI ‘Wall of Shame’
Date: 10/22/2008 5:14 AM By FRANK ELTMANAssociated Press Writer MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) _ Motorists charged with drunken driving will no longer be depicted on Nassau County’s internet “Wall of Shame” in light of a judge’s ruling that posting the arrests…
NY congressman convicted of drunken driving
Date: 10/17/2008 9:11 PM By DEVLIN BARRETTAssociated Press Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) _ Rep. Vito Fossella was convicted Friday of drunken driving in suburban Virginia, another blow from a late-night traffic stop that exposed secrets of his personal life and…
Police: 10-year-old driver flips van in Tenn.
Date: 10/7/2008 12:44 PM BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ A 10-year-old was driving up to 90 mph when he crashed a van carrying a man who told police he had drank at least 15 beers and a woman who was trying…
Pair involved in LaBeouf crash charged
Date: 9/29/2008 7:56 PM Pair involved in LaBeouf crash charged LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Two people involved in an accident that injured Shia LaBeouf were charged Monday with giving police false information about the wreck. The Los Angeles County District…