1.   Blood samples will be sent to the State Police laboratory to confirm whether alcohol was involved, as police suspect.

2.   About half of all traffic accidents in Texas involve alcohol, putting only the District of Columbia at a higher rate.

3.   But Massachusetts still ranks above the national average in the percentage of traffic deaths in which alcohol is involved, according to traffic safety administration statistics.

4.   For Ms. Neumark, keeping the peace meant no shellfish, no pork, no beef, and no sauces that involved alcohol.

5.   In a report issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, results indicate that as many as two-thirds of homicides and serious assaults involve alcohol.

6.   In Missouri and elsewhere, authorities are finding that more people than ever are dying in boating accidents involving alcohol.

7.   In most states, nearly half of all highway deaths involve alcohol.

8.   Kirkland police said there is reason to believe alcohol was involved, but only Warren was given a blood test at the hospital.

9.   Kirkland police believe alcohol was involved in the accident and said Monday that open beer cans were found in the car.

10.   MADD also issued a special warning about Thanksgiving, when the proportion of fatal accidents that involve alcohol is unusually high.