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Farmington Police Honor Staff, Private Citizens
The Hartford Courant— The Farmington Police Department Thursday afternoon recognized about a dozen employees and three private citizens with its annual awards for actions on duty and initiatives that benefit the community and department. "Truly, they all gave to us...Tags: Police Arrests
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Editorial: Will states lower the drunken driving standard to 0.05?
You're in a tavern after work or at a party on the weekend. You've had a few drinks. You didn't pick a designated driver. What do you do? If you're a responsible motorist, you start calculating. How many drinks have I had? Am I over the blood alcohol...Tags: Drunk Driving, Bars and Clubs, Judges, Lifestyle and Leisure, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Our View: Graduates, make the right choices
A parent’s worst nightmare came true Monday for four families when five Orange County teenagers, including two sisters, the only children of their parents, died in a fiery accident while on their way to the beach. Speed was a factor in the crash...Tags: Labor Day, Memorial Day, Graduation, Health and Safety at School, Ethanol
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Memories of the fatalities sign at the police station [letter]
Editor: Thank you for the story about the sign outside the state police barracks in Bel Air. It brings back wonderful memories. One week after moving from Delaware to Maryland, I walked into the barracks and asked why their old sign didn't include...Tags: Drunk Driving, Harford County, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland)
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Video: Mr. Checkpoint tweets sobriety check locations, raises hackles [w/poll]
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Government/Legal, Safety, Videos There's a better-than-average chance that you or someone you care about had a cocktail, a beer or a glass of wine to celebrate Memorial Day and its attendant long weekend. Hopefully, if you were doing... -
A sober approach to drunk driving
In its new report on how to reduce drunken driving deaths, the National Transportation Safety Board states its goal in the title: "Reaching Zero." The agency thinks it is irreproachable to try to ensure that no one ever dies in an alcohol-related...
Tags: Drunk Driving, National Transportation Safety Board, Crime, Law and Justice, Transportation Industry
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Reader Panel: Lowering the drunken-driving limit
Today’s question: Federal safety regulators have called on states to lower the drunken-driving limits from .08 blood-alcohol content level to at least .05. What do you think of the idea? What do you see as the positives and negatives? And where do...Tags: Abusive Behavior
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Alcohol and traffic deaths
The entire undergraduate student bodies of the Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Naval Academy combined. The population of Bel Air, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. The average attendance at a Hershey Bears hockey game (the highest in the AHL)....
Tags: Drunk Driving, Joseph F. Jr Vallario, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Politics, Hershey Bears
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Area officials weigh in on lower DWI recommendation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving from 0.08 to .05. Area officials would like to hear more discussion and information on such a proposal. “...
Tags: Drunk Driving, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Politics, Executive Branch, National Government
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Federal agency says lowering legal limit could cut DUI deaths
Even moderate drinking before driving could become illegal if a federal safety panel's recommendation Tuesday is enacted eventually by the states. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended that states cut their thresholds for drunken driving...
Tags: Drunk Driving, Montgomery County (Maryland), Laws, Politics, Executive Branch
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Winchester native Jason Epperson premieres documentary on Carrollton bus crash
The Winchester SunAfter 2 1/2 years of planning, filming and editing, “The Impact,” a documentary about the Carrollton bus crash, is now complete and ready for a public screening. “It’s been a journey,” Director Jason Epperson, a Winchester...Tags: Arts and Culture, Motorvehicle Accidents, Accidental Death, Festive Events, Entertainment
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Barricade suspect has long history of convictions
A 38-year-old Huntington Beach man who was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot police while barricading himself in a garage rafter in April had prior convictions for burglary, drug possession and evading arrest in a vehicle, according to...Tags: Trials, Prisons, Crimes, Orange County Superior Court, Punishment
Jun 13, 2013
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Jun 1, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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May 30, 2013
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May 28, 2013
|Blog| Autoblog.com
May 23, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
May 15, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 14, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 14, 2013
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May 7, 2013
|Story| HB Independent
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