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On the lookout The group Public Advocate of the United States said yesterday that it had set up sobriety checkpoints on Capitol Hill over the holiday weekend to protect the public against Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, and his son, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island Democrat. "Citizen volunteers have responded to the call, and we have erected checkpoints at several intersections to prevent any Kennedy from driving in an impaired manner on Capitol Hill. We selected the long Memorial Day weekend due to the increased potential for a repeat of earlier car accidents," said Eugene Delgaudio, president of...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness. Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports. His initial statement said: "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident."'Later, however, he issued a longer statement saying the attending physician for Congress had prescribed Phenergan on Tuesday to treat Kennedy's gastroenteritis.Kennedy said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after a final series of votes...

On my way home from work, while listening to my favorite local Christian station, 89.7 WMCU "Spirit" FM... The DJ mentioned that today was Senator Edward Kennedy's birthday...74 years "young", I quote. I nearly hurled.

WAUKESHA - A former Oconomowoc police officer faces a disorderly conduct charge for allegedly firing a gun randomly out the window of a car he was driving during a night out drinking. A criminal complaint alleges David R. Borenz, 30, of Oconomowoc, told police he could not remember the Nov. 3 incident because he drank about 14 beers and perhaps two shots of liquor the night he went out in Oconomowoc with a friend and a fellow city police officer. Borenz’s friend allegedly was a passenger in the car and saw him drive up to an automatic teller machine at...

Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed, known as much for his socializing as his political stances, was arrested in the Warehouse District early Tuesday morning and charged with drunken driving. Reed, 44, said in an interview that he spent part of the night at Liquid, a trendy bar on West Sixth Street, after leaving Monday's council meeting. "I came out [of the bar], didn't go 20 feet and boom, they were on me," he said. Reed faces charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, not wearing a seat belt, driving left of center and changing lanes without signaling. Special prosecutor C....

Democrats Hammered In Memo March 3, 2005 Now, I mentioned earlier, ladies and gentlemen, that I had a revealing quote from the latest memo from James Carville and Stanley Greenberg to the Democrat rank and file. And here's the revealing paragraph as written by -- it's the Democracy Corps memo -- it's Greenberg and James Carville that came out yesterday. "So, we ask progressives to consider, why have the Republicans not crashed and burned? Why has the public not taken out their anger on the Congressional Republicans and the president? We think the answer lies with voters’ deeper feelings about...

ATHENS, August 22 - Adrian ANNUS (HUN) won the final of the men's hammer throw with 83.19m ahead of Koji MUROFUSHI (JPN), who recorded 82.91m. The pair were the only ones to break the 80m barrier. The 2003 IAAF World Champion Ivan TIKHON (BLR) took the bronze on his fifth attempt with 79.81m. The event had no other leader than ANNUS from the beginning to the end. The Hungarian opened his series with a throw of 80.53m before improving his result twice. He recorded his best throw in the third round. ANNUS was never really challenged but MUROFUSHI had a...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday, dragging major market gauges down 1 percent, as signs that al Qaeda may have masterminded the deadly bombings in Madrid raised fears of more surprise attacks around the world. By late morning the Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI - News) was down 93.04 points, or 0.91 percent, at 10,147.04. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (CBOE:^SPX - News) was down 11.73 points, or 1.05 percent, at 1,108.84. The technology-focused Nasdaq Composite Index (NasdaqSC:^IXIC - News) was down 29.72 points, or 1.50 percent, at 1,955.01.

Feature: dead pope will not be hammered By Roland Flamini UPI Senior Writer Published 10/1/2003 5:56 PM View printer-friendly version WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Public concern over Pope John Paul II's health ebbs and flows depending on how the 83-year-old pontiff looks in his public appearances. Announcing the creation of new cardinals Sunday his voice was weak and he had to stop several times to regain his breath. On Monday, Cardinal Josef Ratzinger made a pessimistic remark about the pope's condition to a German magazine -- which the Vatican later played down. But whenever it happens, the pope's death...