Newcastle Bar Encourages Drinking With Breathalyzer

The Attic, a bar in Newcastle, England, is encouraging its patrons to get too drunk to drive home. Every customer can take a breathalyzer test before they leave the bar, and get refunded their tab if they are...

The Accuracy of Ignition Interlock Devices

Man in Australia eats Ice cream bar and his car's breathalyzer claims he is positive for alcohol and won't let him start his car. " UPI reports that the unidentified man, who lives in Frankston, Australia, claims...

Battery charge dropped in flatulence case

"CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- A West Virginia man accused of passing gas and fanning it toward a police officer no longer faces a battery charge. ...

Flatulence gets DUI suspect charged with assault

"SOUTH CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- A West Virginia man who police said passed gas and fanned it toward a patrol officer has been charged with battery on a police officer. Jose A. Cruz, 34, of Clarksburg was...

Kiefer Sutherland pleads no contest to drunk driving

"Sutherland, who won an Emmy Award last year for portraying counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer in 24, was arrested two weeks ago in Los Angeles and charged with misdemeanor drunk driving after police said they...

Police Blotter: Defendant wins breathalyzer source code

By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: August 9, 2007, 5:23 AM PDT Police Blotter is a weekly News.com report on the...

High School To Start Random Breathalyzer Tests

(AP) LOS GATOS Los Gatos High School plans to join a growing number of high schools that perform random breath alcohol tests on students at dances and other events. - Principal Doug Ramezane said he would institute the new policy after winter break because several students...

Cellphone Prevents Drunk Dialing

"Just when we thought the LG Breathalyzer cellphone couldn’t be more useless, they go an introduce this anti-drunk dialing feature. The phone can be set to block certain people in the book, say, your ex, your...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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