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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.

Sunday, April 21, 2013  South Carolina's switch from minibottles to regular-sized liquor bottles hasn't led to a decrease in drunken driving.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving are planning a visit to the Statehouse to support a bill requiring many people convicted of drunken driving to have a special device placed on their cars to see if they have been drinking.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Conway police have charged a public defender for Horry and Georgetown counties with drunken driving.

Monday, March 04, 2013  The internal affairs chief for the South Carolina Department of Public Safety is suing the agency over his dismissal.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Dallas Cowboy Jerry Brown was killed in a car crash that had teammate Josh Brent behind the wheel

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  A South Carolina school bus driver has been fired after a drunken driving charge.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  A day after the primaries, it's uncertain whether a runoff is necessary on the Democratic side for South Carolina's new 7th congressional district as party leaders insist that votes cast for a candidate who withdrew should count.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  The Columbia Police Department released the dash cam video of former 7th Congressional District candidate and current state representative Ted Vick's arrest Tuesday.

Friday, May 25, 2012  A South Carolina lawmaker making a bid for a Congressional seat is facing weapons and drunken driving charges after a Columbia traffic stop. Late Thursday, Democrat Ted Vick said "politics will have to wait."

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  Students in the South Carolina Lowcountry have a chance to safely experience the effects of drunken driving.

Monday, March 05, 2012  A Lee County magistrate has been charged with drunken driving following a weekend wreck. Magistrate Stephen Charles Moses was arrested after the wreck Saturday afternoon about a mile from Interstate 20.

Friday, September 23, 2011  An Aiken County man has been sentenced to 44 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony drunken driving for a wreck that killed two people last year.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  The state Supreme Court this week released results showing that courts managed to dispose of more than half of their drunken driving cases over the four months following Chief Justice Jean Toal's orders in March.

Friday, July 22, 2011  Drunken driving, traffic law deportations increased criminal immigrants forced to leave US