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Drinking age call draws outrage
Sun reportersHealth, safety and transportation advocates denounced yesterday a proposal by more than 100 university administrators to reconsider the legal drinking age of 21 -- contending that any reduction would lead to thousands of additional drunken-driving...Tags: Towson University, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, College of Notre Dame, Local Authority, Government
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Indiana's Crean gets 10-year, $23.6M deal
New Indiana men's basketball coach Tom Crean got the job security he wanted, signing a 10-year contract worth at least $23.6million. The deal includes an annual base salary of $600,000 and additional payments for promotional work, school officials said...Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Trials, Prosecution, Contracts, Madison Square Garden
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How much is too much?
247-7838Eddie Clark was far from steady after drinking eight and a half shots of whiskey. Clark volunteered to be a guinea pig as 25 Newport News police recruits learned to spot intoxicated drivers Friday night. The training at the Hampton Roads Regional...Tags: Hampton Roads, Drunk Driving, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Transportation, Road Transportation
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Middle Island teens stuck in Georgia due home
dave.marcus@newsday.comA brother and sister from Middle Island, visiting their grandmother in Tbilisi, Georgia, found themselves stranded as war raged around them this month. But if things go as planned, George Dzhordzhadze, 15, and Kate, 14, will board a plane this morning in...Tags: Tim Bishop, Middle Island, Long Island, Chris Smith, Children
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Drinking-Age Revolt Gains Converts In State
James F. Jones Jr., who is in his fifth year as president of Trinity College, knows he is incurring the wrath of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and probably more than a few parents, by suggesting that the drinking age be lowered. But, frankly, he doesn'...Tags: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, East Haven, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases, Health Organizations
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Thinking About Drinking
The action by the presidents of some of the country's finest universities was a headline writer's dream. Can't believe no one thought up — "School Prezes Say: More Teen Drinking." If it's engagement and debate the approximately 100 presidents want...Tags: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Drunk Driving, Teaching and Learning, National Government, Colleges and Universities
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Political newcomers vie to topple GOP's entrenched John Mica
Sentinel Staff WriterTwo first-time candidates are vying in the Democratic primary Tuesday for a shot at unseating 24-year incumbent John Mica, R-Winter Park. Faye Armitage, 50, of St. Johns County is an economics professor-turned-grass-roots activist. Clyde Malloy, 48, is...Tags: Democratic Party, Political Candidates, Government, Law Enforcement, Colleges and Universities
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Small amounts of arsenic in water are linked to diabetes
The Associated PressA new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The analysis of 788 adults' medical tests found a nearly fourfold increase in the risk of diabetes...Tags: Health Organizations, American Medical Association, Water, Diseases, Clubs and Associations
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Students, school officials continue drinking age debate
While university presidents debate the wisdom of encouraging lawmakers to lower the legal drinking age to 18, college students seem equally divided on a subject that has inspired strong opinions on campuses all over Long Island. "I'm not in support of...Tags: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Teaching and Learning, Long Island, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Stony Brook University
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'Rocker' Too Sweet For Its Own Good
ORLANDO SENTINEL"Sweet" and "sentimental" and "rock 'n' roll" aren't meant to be used in the same sentence. But that's the road the mildly amusing comedy " The Rocker" travels. This "School of Rock" clone may be another bucket from Hollywood's bottomless well of "boys...Tags: Music Industry, Will Ferrell, Popular Music, Rock and Roll Music, Vin Diesel
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The Rocker needed a bit more Rainn
Orlando SentinelThe Rocker, a School of Rock clone set in the hedonistic, hard-drinking, hotel-room-trashing world of rock, gets misty-eyed over the idea that every loser deserves a second chance at glory. When his nephew's power-pop band asks him to fill in when they...Tags: Will Ferrell, Popular Music, The Rocker
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Senior singletons enjoying life
San Antonio Express-NewsSAN ANTONIO—Rose McVea, 70, was enjoying a casual game of cards at Ella Austin Community Center when, out of the blue, her card mate popped the most unexpected question. He asked her to marry him. "I said, 'Excuse me?' " she says. "He said,...Tags: Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Poverty, Death and Dying, New York Times
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