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  • Md. increase in alcohol tax revenue in for July

    Maryland raised roughly $6 million in added revenue in July from a 50 percent increase in the state's sales tax on alcohol, a state official said Monday.


  • Rep. Eliot L. Engel, New York Democrat

    Steering Hill leaders to drunken-driver devices

    As House leaders prepare to roll out a massive six-year highway funding bill, among the many interests watching with anticipation are a handful of businesses that have pressed for a requirement that could take them from cottage industry to multimillion-dollar market overnight.


  • Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (center) examines the new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety in Waltham, Mass., on Friday. One of the prototype components is a small black box attached to wires (far right). Shane Karr (right), vice president for Federal Government Affairs at the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers, looks on. Laura Dean Mooney (left), national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, watches. (Associated Press)

    Device prevents drunken driving

    An alcohol-detection prototype that uses automatic sensors to instantly gauge a driver's fitness to be on the road has the potential to save thousands of lives, but could be as long as a decade away from everyday use in cars, federal officials and researchers said Friday.


  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Davis Strickland makes a statement as U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood looks on during a news conference announcing the new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) in Waltham, Mass., Friday morning, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

    In future, cars might decide if driver is drunk

    An alcohol-detection prototype that uses automatic sensors to instantly gauge a driver's fitness to be on the road has the potential to save thousands of lives, but could be as long as a decade away from everyday use in cars, federal officials and researchers said Friday.


  • U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is shown the new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS), one of the prototype components, a small black box attached to wires, seen at far right, during a news conference announcing the device in Waltham, Mass., Friday morning, Jan. 28, 2011. Shane Karr, vice-president for Federal Government Affairs at the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers looks on at right, as Laura Dean Mooney, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) watches at left. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

    In future, cars might decide if driver is drunk

    An alcohol-detection prototype that uses automatic sensors to instantly gauge a driver's fitness to be on the road has the potential to save thousands of lives, but could be as long as a decade away from everyday use in cars, federal officials and researchers said Friday.


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