March 2010 - Posts

• Ex-reality TV star Wahler charged with DUI

  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- Jason Wahler, a former reality TV star who has struggled with alcohol use, has been charged with drunken driving in Southern California.... Posted Mar 31 2010, 11:35 AM by DUI

• Sausalito man sentenced in DUI motorcycle wreck

  A Sausalito man was sentenced to a year in jail Tuesday for a drunken motorcycle crash that ejected him and his girlfriend onto a San Rafael freeway onramp. Posted Mar 30 2010, 08:06 PM by DUI Filed under: /mij:news:marin

• Close call with cop car leads to DUI arrest

  A San Anselmo police officer transporting a prisoner to jail narrowly avoided a collision with another car early Sunday morning and ended up arresting the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence. Posted Mar 23 2010, 12:47 AM by DUI Filed under: /mij:news:marin

• Woman in DUI case had 6-year-old passenger

  A 46-year-old Woodacre woman was arrested by San Anslemo police Sunday night on suspicion of driving under the influence with a 6-year-old boy in the car with her, police said. Posted Mar 23 2010, 12:47 AM by DUI Filed under: /mij:news:marin

• Warrant issued for Lil Wayne in Arizona case

  YUMA, Ariz. (AP) -- A bench warrant has been issued for Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Wayne, who is facing drug and weapons charges in Arizona.... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• Sony bets MJ fans won't stop 'til they get enough

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years probably isn't a huge gamble for the company that will pay the money out, Sony Music Entertainment.... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• NBC's prime-time viewership improves without Leno

  NEW YORK (AP) -- Two weeks into non-Jay Leno programming, NBC's audience for the final hour of prime-time TV has increased by 45 percent.... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• London Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift

  LONDON (AP) -- They are icons of Britain: a Victorian-era statesman, a World War I soldier-poet, fish and chips.... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• Winfrey due in Philly for 2-week defamation trial

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa.... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• Expect huge TV audiences for Woods' Masters return

  NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS Sports' president thinks that Tiger Woods' return to golf will be one of the "biggest media spectacles in recent memory."... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• Dixie Chicks to tour with Keith Urban, the Eagles

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- All three members of the Dixie Chicks, including lead singer Natalie Maines, are heading out in June on a one-month stadium tour with The Eagles and Keith Urban.... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• `Avatar' to be released on DVD, but not in 3-D

  NEW YORK (AP) -- "Avatar" is coming to DVD, but not yet in 3-D.... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• Charlie Sheen back at work on `Two and a Half Men'

  NEW YORK (AP) -- Charlie Sheen is back at work and shooting has resumed on "Two and a Half Men."... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• Judge OKs settlement in deadly Lear jet crash

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge approved a multimillion-dollar legal settlement Tuesday involving the wife and young son of former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker's assistant, who was killed in a 2008 plane crash in South Carolina.... Posted Mar 16 2010, 05:37 PM by DUI

• Lindsey Vonn clinches 3rd World Cup overall title

  Lindsey Vonn finished with a fitting flourish, the perfect way to cap a nearly perfect season, one chock full of victories, medals, trophies - and injuries.... Posted Mar 12 2010, 04:08 PM by DUI