Feb 11th, 2010 · Researchers who interviewed and tested bar patrons found drinkers who mix alcohol and caffeine were significantly more likely to leave bars drunker than those who stuck with alcohol alone.
Feb 11th, 2010 · A friend of mine posted this video the other day, and I feel compelled to share it with you, if only to purge the image from my mind. The video features Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, performing a bass solo after consuming copious amounts of whiskey. I should note that his bass guitar itself is in the shape of a Jack Daniel's bottle.
Feb 10th, 2010 · Authorities say a man at a Wisconsin ski area had a little too much to drink. He saw an ambulance in a parking lot with the keys inside and took it for a joy ride. Apparently he did not notice the paramedics in the back treating a patient. He managed to drive around the parking lot before he was stopped.
Dec 30th, 2009 · Thousands of drunk-driving accidents happen each year, but in his new book, "Henderson's Light," journalist Jack Torry focuses on just one. Through more than one-hundred interviews, he reconstructs the night of a fatal car wreck in Birmingham, Michigan in 1965 — and traces its long term consequences.
Dec 16th, 2009 · In Crazy Heart, Bridges plays a washed-up, alcoholic country singer who has been reduced to playing gigs in bowling alleys and dive bars. Though it's tempting to get drunk to play a drunk, Bridges advises against it: "I've made that mistake in the past," he says.
Nov 27th, 2009 · Nineteen states have banned texting while driving. It's part of a growing movement to crack down on mobile phone usage behind the wheel that is reminiscent of earlier campaigns against drunk driving.
Nov 24th, 2009 · New York state has a tough new law on drunk driving that includes serious jail time for people convicted of driving drunk with a passenger under the age of 15. If a child is injured, the driver could get up to 15 years in prison, and if a child is killed, that penalty rises to 25 years. The law is aimed at catching parents and other relatives who get behind the wheel of the family car when they've had one too many.
Nov 4th, 2009 · Police in Proctor, Minn., have had to start over with an online auction for a motorized recliner used by a man who pleaded guilty to driving it drunk. Authorities had to repost the chair after eBay notified them that it was not a La-Z-Boy brand as stated. It has been reposted as the "DWI Chair," which restarted a three-day auction.