Swim phenom sinking on DWI
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Olympic swimming sensation Michael Phelps was drowning in criticism from his coach and fans last night after being busted for drunken driving in Maryland.
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By Josh Hoke, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Jun. 22--Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., police have ruled that a Tuesday drowning in the Shallotte Inlet was accidental.   Edward Lee Cox, 60, of Kernersville, N.C., drowned while he was surf fishing off the east end of Ocean Isle Beach, Lt.
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By Murray Kelso  Yet another hapless driver has been caught out by rising tides at Holy Island causeway - less than a week after shock signs were put up to stop it happening.
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AN apologetic Michael Phelps today said he made a dangerous mistake when he was arrested for drink-driving last week. The Olympic swimming champion was arrested and charged with drink driving after a trooper
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer, The Associated Press. The spill _ the worst on the river in nearly a decade _ stranded commercial vessels trying to move goods through the busy Port of Philadelphia
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By The Gleaner  A 19-year-old man died on Sunday in Webster County after falling into a pond and drowning.  According to Webster County Sheriff Frankie Springfield, Arduro Gonzales Hernandez was fishing with three others on property off Charles Crowley Road in Dixon around 4 p.m.
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By The Miami Herald  Feb. 7--Miami-Dade health workers warned swimmers to avoid the water at Crandon Beach, Miami Beach's 74th Street beach and Virginia Key Beach.   Those sites had higher-than-normal levels of bacteria during recent tests, the county's health department said.
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Ed Hackett bathed with a bucket of rainwater. Ed Walker tried to get home. Hans Thorne searched a crumpled marina for a friend&#39;s boat.
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Philippine movie icon Fernando Poe Jr.âs condition has deteriorated, prompting doctors to put him on life support following a massive stroke over the weekend, his spokesman said yesterday.
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By The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Jun. 14--NEW 2:50 p.m. DANVERS -- Police and rescue workers are investigating an apparent drowning at Spin Lake near Danvers, where a second victim is being treated for heat exhaustion.
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A Princeton University swimmer drowned in the Atlantic Ocean off South Florida, police said Saturday. Alan Ebersole, 20, of Vicksburg, Miss.
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By Josh Hoke, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Jun. 22--One person nearly drowned this morning in the Intracoastal Waterway but was rescued and taken to the hospital.
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By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 10--A former Coeur d'Alene resident was killed and his wife, a Spokane native, was seriously injured earlier this month in a head-on crash in California that also took the life of another.   Derrek T.
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By CLAIRE SMITH  THREE young men drowned while paddling at a Lake District beauty spot at the weekend.   When one of the group got into difficulties, his two friends tried to help.
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SALISBURY, MD. - Michael Phelps, winner of six gold medal in swimming at the Athens Olympic Games, has been charged with drunk driving.
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Saved by a mobile phone with a near dead battery, Australian student Bjorn Bjorseth has recounted the terrifying ordeal of being tossed about by wild 10-metre waves in a tiny life raft for seven days.
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Mar. 13--A Lawrenceburg man drowned Monday after falling off a dock at Beaver Lake in Anderson County, according to the state Fish & Wildlife Resources.