A 45-year-old woman from Pierce County, Washington has reportedly tied a record for the amount of alcohol in her blood by measuring a blood-alcohol content of 0. 50 two hours after she was arrested for on charges of driving drunk. Rebecca G. Lingbloom's blood-alcohol level was more than six times the legal limit of . 08 and ties the mark for the highest level ever found in a person's blood by technicians at the Washington State Patrol's toxicology laboratory in Seattle.

A 19-year-old man crashed through the entrance of the Westfield Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, New York, Thursday evening and kept on driving past frightened, scurrying shoppers. The teenager, who drove a 1995 Toyota through the main entrance of the mall near JCPenny's, first headed to the center of the mall. After that he made two left turns and exited near a McDonald's.

Dutch students have reportedly developed powdered alcohol which they say can be sold legally to minors. Known as Booz2Go, the alcohol-powder is available in 20-gramme packets that cost 1-1. 5 euros ($1. 35-$2 USD). When water is added to the powder, a lime-colored and -flavored sparkly drink is made which has just 3 percent alcohol content. The makers of the drink say they are targeting the youth market and the new drink is quite similar to Bacardi.

A new campaign aimed at creating a more positive attitude toward drinking in Britain is expected to save the government $27 billion in medical and other expenses. Britain's broad acceptance of excessive drinking is thought to cause health, crime and disorder problems. The government believes the population widely accepts anti-social behavior and consistent drunkenness.

The police had an easy time finding a suspect involved in the theft of handguns from a Wasilla home when the woman whose home was burglarized found the suspect in her home's garage, wearing her sweatshirt. Lisa Siepert, 38 on Sunday called the police to report that a stranger broke into her home and removed two handguns, food and alcohol. Upon searching the garage, she found an unknown man sitting inside her neighbor's vehicle.