Driver ed teacher busted on DUI

Williamsport, PA: Stanley E. Burke 3rd, the driver education teacher at Montoursville Area High School, has been charged with drunk driving after he crashed his mini van into a parked pickup truck on Broad Street in Montoursville, according to borough police.

Burke, who also is the school’s health instructor and the girls’ varsity track coach, had a blood-alcohol content level of .28 when his van hit the truck in the 300 block of Broad Street about 11:15 p.m. on Jan. 26, Patrolman Jason Scott Bentley said in an affidavit. Source.

Student dies of alcohol OD, college clams up

York, PA: Victoria Hickman, an 18-year old freshman from Pennsauken NJ who was found dead in her dorm room, died of a massive alcohol overdose, medical examiners said Jan. 25. Her blood alcohol content was 0.33 per cent, more than four times the legal limit for driving in the state.

Contacted with the medical results, York College spokesman David Salter said "No comment."
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Teen smokers more deeply hooked

Smokers who acquire the habit as teenagers often find it far harder to kick the weed as adults. This is because nicotine alters the developing brain’s hard-wiring, Pittsburgh University researchers claimed at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting (Oct 16). Their study found that nicotine’s formative influence is particularly strong in males. Source. Another source.