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<p>Private carriers have been shipping alcohol for decades, but the postal service is prevented by law from engaging in the same business.</p> <p>On Thursday, Postmaster General Patrick Donahue said he hopes the agency can deliver alcoholic beverages and thereby raise $50 million a year.</p>

A quirky Brooklyn model died early yesterday after he drunkenly stumbled onto a subway track’s electric third rail while urinating in Williamsburg, law-enforcement sources said. Matthew Zeno, 30, of Bedford-Stuyvesant ... “He was peeing, and he tripped,” one source told The Post.

“I took it Saturday morning,” Geraldo said, and explained that after doing his Fox News show that night he was too wired to just go home and go to bed, so he busted open the booze. “I was back in the bathroom at 2:30. I had a couple of drinks. I said ‘Dammit I like that picture!’ I learned how to use Twitter a couple weeks ago.” Geraldo explained what his drink of choice was that night. “This weekend was tequila. I never do tequila when I’m alone and I had a new bottle that someone had given me. I...

The Navy has issued its new plan to combat sexual assaults in the service that include limiting alcohol sales on Navy installations and increasing personnel trained to handle sexual assault cases, according to documents provided to USNI News on Thursday. The changes in the Navy’s policy to handle sexual assault cases and prevention comes while some in Congress are pushing a bill that would limit commander’s discretion to prosecute alleged offenders under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

U.S. authorities couldn’t perform drug or alcohol tests on the four pilots who were aboard Asiana Flight 214 when it crashed at San Francisco International Airport — a lapse that will complicate efforts to figure out why they were seemingly unaware that the plane was coming in too slowly and too low. Those were the latest revelations Tuesday from National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Debbie Hersman, who said her agency and the Federal Aviation Administration couldn’t legally requirethe crew of the South Korea-based airline to submit to testing after the crash. That decision is left to the airline’s home country....

NAIROBI, KENYA : Police arrested more than 1,000 underage revelers on Sunday evening from bars in Nairobi. Police launched the operation following complaints that most bars and clubs in down town Nairobi were full of school going children and that some of them were mugging pedestrians. The number of the underage revelers shot up following the ongoing strike by teachers who are demanding pay of their allowances. Central police boss Patrick Oduma said their cells were full to capacity and that they had to set free some of the children. “It is shocking to arrest such a big number of...

Newly-released 911 tapes offer more insight into the tense moments between a University of Virginia student and undercover agents from the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The call was made the night of April 11, when 20-year-old Elizabeth Daly was arrested for assault and battery after trying to get away from plain-clothes ABC agents outside the Harris Teeter at the Barracks Road Shopping Center. A passenger in the car made the call, but Daly can be heard screaming in fear in the background. "We're surrounded by people," the caller said. "Oh, my God! We don't know if they're real...

People say America is a free country. But what if you want to drink, have a cigarette or make a bet? Government often says "no" to protect us from ourselves. It's as if the government is still run by the Puritans who settled this land four centuries ago. They said pleasure and luxury are sinful. Today's government has a better argument when it seeks to restrict activities that might harm others, but I notice that even then, it often focuses more on things that upset modern-day Puritans. Drinking and driving can be fatal. But government data show that sleeplessness and...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The excitement over Kenny Chesney Saturday proved to be a little too much for some people with the night ending with several fights and numerous arrests. Police say 49 people were arrested inside Heinz field during the concert, with another 24 arrests taking place near the venue on the North Shore. Police say most of the arrests were for disorderly conduct, public intoxication and aggravated assault.

“Sopranos” star James Gandolfini, who struggled with booze addiction in his final weeks, scarfed down a decadent final meal that included at least eight alcoholic drinks, The Post has learned. Gandolfini guzzled four shots of rum, two pina coladas, and two beers at dinner with his son — while he chowed down on two orders of fried king prawns and a “large portion” of foie gras, a hotel source in Rome said. The Emmy Award winner had attended several Alcoholics Anonymous meetings on Perry Street in the West Village, but people who saw him there “didn’t think that he was...

What To Do If You’re Pulled Over And Arrested For DUI Here’s the straight story on what to do if you’re pulled over and arrested for drunk driving. 1. Find a safe place to pull over. Remember that, as soon as the police officer decides to pull you over for drunk driving (DUI/DWI), he starts making observations that he will put in the police report. This document can have a significant impact on the outcome of both your criminal trial and your DMV hearing. One of the first things the officer does is make a mental note of how you...

A drunken man who was stopped by police handed the officer a Miller Lite when asked for his license, police said. Prosecutors said the behavior by Omar Medina, 26, isn't surprising. They said he habitually drives without his license and this is his fourth arrest for an alcohol-related driving offense investigation. He's been charged with felony DUI. --snip-- "I asked him for his driver's license and he handed me the can of Miller Lite," Lorette wrote. Lorette eventually gave his identification card, and once he was put in handcuffs police said he was upset. "Omar became combative and said he...

An Ohio man was charged with DUI after her was pulled over by the police, despite the fact that a breathalyzer test showed he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.000. 64-year-old Jessie Thornton who now lives in Surprise, Arizona said cops told him that they could tell he was drunk simply by looking at him. -snip- Surprise Police Department paperwork shows Thornton was 'pulled over for crossing the white line in his lane.' 'An officer walked up and he said ‘I can tell you’re driving DUI by looking in your eyes.’ I take my glasses off and he says, ‘You’ve...

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie about her fight over the pollution of a California town, was arrested on suspicion of boating while intoxicated at Lake Mead near Las Vegas, authorities said Sunday. Brockovich was arrested late Friday night after breath tests showed her blood-alcohol level was just over twice the legal limit of .08, said Edwin Lyngar, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. A game warden noticed she was struggling and needed assistance while trying to moor her motor boat at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor, he said. Brockovich had been out...

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – The attorney for a 50-year-old woman accused of placing rubbing alcohol in two bottles of orange juice at a Starbucks in San Jose last month said Friday she is “delighted” that she will not face criminal charges. San Jose criminal lawyer Dennis Lempert said Ramineh “Romi” Behbehanian, who was suspended by her employer due to the case, “expressed her appreciation” to him. “We are gratified that my client’s position has been vindicated and it is unfortunate that people hysterically respond to a situation and caused damage to a highly qualified, innocent scientist who has done...

<p>ARNSTABLE — A new Kennedy-themed Cape Cod restaurant has revamped its cocktail menu after some drinks drew criticism for having what the majority owner called "macabre" names.</p> <p>David Keville of the Compound Bar and Grille, which opened last month about four miles from the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport, says he changed the names of several cocktails, including one called Dealey Plaza.</p>

A pair of local video producers have made a 15-minute documentary about the San Francisco beer movement. Craft Beer: A Hopumentary profiles the rise of local brews through the lens of local spots like Lagunitas, City Beer Store, Zeitgeist, and Southern Pacific Brewing. In it, the filmmakers explore the rise of craft brewing since the early 1980s, when there were 100 breweries in the U.S. -- in 2012 there were more than 2,300, and the number is growing. See also: "Deliciousness is My Primary Concern": Watch This 12-Minute Coffee Documentary Filmmakers Jeremy Williams and Phil Shutz, who'd met at a...

Cold beer has the blood boiling from the City Council to the Bronx. The Puerto Rican Day Parade is only weeks away, and once again, parade officials along with Coors Light are serving up controversy for the community Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito is furious that the parade and MillerCoors would actually place a Puerto Rican flag on a Coors Light can and include a similar patriotic image as part of the campaign logo. “My initial reaction is that this is unacceptable,” Mark-Viverito said. RELATED: Controversial Puerto Rican Day Parade Coors Light ads taken down “Anybody that sees that image, on that...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. —Police arrested an Oxford couple accused of drinking in a Florida bar while their children waited outside in a car. Employees of Coyote Ugly Saloon said they found two small children inside an unattended vehicle early Friday morning in the bar's parking lot. Police said they found an 11-month-old boy and 3-year-old boy inside the vehicle. Officers said 35-year-old Michael Webb and 29-year-old Staci Hall were inside the bar drinking alcohol. Police said they had been inside the bar for more than an hour while the children waited outside. Bar employees told police that the couple had...

Keith Campbell, the scientist who helped pioneer the birth of Dolly the sheep, the world's first mammal cloned from fully developed adult cells, has died, according to The University of Nottingham. Campbell, 58, died on October 5, according to a university statement released Thursday. His funeral has been scheduled for October 24. The university did not say how he died. Campbell was part of a team at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland, that cloned Dolly in 1996. Her birth made headlines worldwide, capturing the scientific imagination of many while generating intense controversy over the ethics of cloning. While Campbell...