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11/19/2008 10:13 PM
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Drunk drivers flood hospital ERs, escape DWI charges (11 News Houston)
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Drunk drivers may be beating DWI charges by leaving the scene in an ambulance. Why? In Texas, doctors don't have to report intoxicated patients to police -- something some states require by law.
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11/19/2008 09:49 PM
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No Refusal Bill proposed (KVUE-TV Austin)
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Your right to refuse a blood or breath test for a DWI may soon end. Austin police made headlines during the Halloween weekend by getting quick warrants and drawing blood from suspected drunks. A proposed state law would allow police to do that, without a warrant.
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11/19/2008 10:31 PM
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MADD Pushes for Tougher DWI Laws (FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth)
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving launched a new campaign on Wednesday, lobbying lawmakers for tougher drinking and driving laws. The group wants mandatory interlock ignition devices and sobriety check points. But as FOX 4's Shaun Rabb explains, the ideas face several road blocks.
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11/17/2008 10:26 AM
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Rep. Michael Krusee DWI Charges Dismissed (FOX 7 News Austin)
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State Representative Michael Krusee,(R)- Williamson County, had his DWI charges dismissed by the Williamson County Attorney. Krusee was stopped back in April by a state trooper in Williamson County and originally pleaded not guilty to the charges.
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11/17/2008 02:56 PM
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Police ID Two Bodies Found in Austin (FOX 7 News Austin)
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Police have identified two bodies found in Austin Friday, and neither are being investigated as homicides. One is that of Jill Walker-Robinson, a 40-year-old woman whose body was found in Barton Creek by a family. A body found inside a van outside a South Austin Walmart has been identified as Anthony Melita. Police say Melita was reported missing.
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11/18/2008 12:51 AM
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Judge dismisses DWI charge against retiring lawmaker (Houston Chronicle)
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A retiring Republican lawmaker was cleared Monday of a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge, a visiting judge said.
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11/17/2008 09:50 PM
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State judge stopped for speeding, charged with DWI (Houston Chronicle)
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A state district judge has been charged with misdemeanor drunken driving based on results of her blood test taken after she was stopped for speeding last week, authorities said.
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11/18/2008 12:14 AM
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Retiring lawmaker cleared of drunken driving (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
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GEORGETOWN — A retiring Republican lawmaker was cleared Monday of a misdemeanor drunken driving charge, a visiting judge said. Judge Chuck Miller dismissed the case against Rep. Mike Krusee after prosecutors cited insufficient evidence, according to the Austin American-Statesman . Krusee was arrested in April after a trooper pulled him over for driving erratically, according to the arrest ...
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11/17/2008 04:45 PM
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Lawmaker's DWI case dismissed (ABC 13 Houston)
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A retiring Republican lawmaker was cleared of a misdemeanor drunken driving charge
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11/20/2008 06:10 AM
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Aggravated DUI charges filed in deadly accident (Morris Daily Herald)
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mfarrell@morrisdailyherald.com
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