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Co-Founder of Designated Driver Program Charged With DUI FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A co-founder of a designated driver program is facing DUI charges. Marcel Beaumont, 49, of Delray Beach, was charged early Sunday after police said he fell asleep behind the wheel of his BMW while at an intersection. Beaumont was awakened by police, who said they found him to be slurring his speech. Beaumont declined comment Tuesday. Beaumont is a co-founder of Smashed Inc., a program in which individuals can purchase $30 memberships which let them call a toll-free number and obtain a ride home from any Delray...

United States Marines Antiterrorism ForceSpecial weapons and tactics of this new elite brigade BY SCOTT R. GOURLEY Carefully adjusting the variable scope on top of the new sniper rifle, a unit marksman squinted toward the far end of the training site where a fellow Marine was removing his chemical protection mask. "This is sweet," he chuckled. "I can look down his ear canal with this thing." The next person whose ear comes in the crosshairs of the enhanced Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR) will get more than an impromptu earwax inspection. Already field-tested in Afghanistan, the DMR version of the 7.62mm...