January 5, 2010
United Airlines pilot admits being over drink limit (Reuters)
Reuters – A United Airlines pilot admitted in court on Tuesday that he had turned up at London’s Heathrow Airport to fly a plane to Chicago while three times over the alcohol limit.
December 31, 2009
New Year drunks should pay for hospital care? (Reuters)
Reuters – Excessive drinking over New Year’s Eve could cost Britain’s National Health Service as much as 23 million pounds, according to a report on Thursday which recommends drunks be charged a hospital admission fee of 532 pounds ($845.9).
December 31, 2009
Fla. man wanting ride to bar calls 911, arrested (AP)
AP – Authorities say a Florida man who called 911 claiming he’d been beaten and shot at was hoping the tale would get him a ride to a bar. Instead, 37-year-old Gregory J. Oras is facing charges of misusing the 911 system and battery of a law enforcement officer.
