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Alcohol, Drugs Factors in Fatal Fall at Colorado Rockies Game

A 27-year-old man who died when he fell from a stairway during a Colorado Rockies game had marijuana and alcohol in his system at the time. An autopsy report released Monday says the amount of alcohol in Robert Seamans’ system …

Arkansas Deputies Investigating Teen’s Drowning

Sharp County Sheriff’s Department investigators believe alcohol may have played a role in the drowning of a 17-year-old boy in the Spring River. Deputies say the drowning happened around 1 a.m. Saturday at the L.B. Access to the river. Sharp …

Cops: Force of Fatal New York Boat Crash Tore Off Motor

The boat that slammed into a concrete footing on New York’s Hudson River, killing four people, was moving so fast the collision ripped the inboard-outboard motor from its mounts and threw it into the boat, police said Monday. The 19-foot …

Even Low Blood Alcohol Level ‘Buzz’ Unsafe for Driving: Study

In the United States, the blood-alcohol limit may be 0.08 percent, but no amount of alcohol seems to be safe for driving, according to a University of California, San Diego sociologist. A new study has found that blood-alcohol levels well …

Michigan Couple Sues Applebee’s for Giving Boy Booze

The Applebee’s restaurant chain publicly apologized Wednesday after a 15-month-old boy was served alcohol mislabeled as apple juice when his family dined at one of its Detroit-area restaurants, but it questioned conflicting reports about the child’s blood alcohol level. The …