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...issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, looks at data from 46 states and is one of the most comprehensive studies on the impact of drunk-driving laws in the U.S. It finds that suspending a drunk driver's license immediately at the time of arrest reduces alcohol-related fatal crash involvement by 5%, which translates to at least 800 lives being spared in the U.S. per year...
...study, Wagenaar looked at monthly statistics on fatal alcohol-related car crashes in 46 U.S. states over 26 years - from January 1976 to December 2002 - to analyze the effectiveness of such laws. Wagenaar found that in the states that had implemented immediate driver's license-suspension policies, alcohol-related crashes declined pretty much across the board after the passage of the law. "The study shows very clearly an intervention that works if states want to reduce the death rate due to these alcohol-related crashes," he said...
...women fighters are feral. "To be able to potentially break somebody's arm is pretty cool for me," says Jessica Pene, an Orange County, Calif., makeup artist by day who won her recent Fatal Femmes bout. The raucous Femmes crowd, an eclectic, testosterone-heavy mix of bachelor-party drunks, white-collar MMA fans and even a few young girls, ooohed every choke hold and kick to the face. Says James Jackson, an aerospace worker and MMA fan: "They're almost more brutal, more barbaric, than the guys...
...smaller pool [than the men]," notes Ken Hershman, the sports programming GM at Showtime. And at the end of the day, the women must realize that, for the most part, they will still be sold as entertainment for men. It's the ultimate cat fight: as the Fatal Femmes ring announcer put it, "Let's get ready to ... meow...
...most serious challenge for female fighters is to find the right organization to promote them. Fatal Femmes is a promising yet fringe production: its second event, in mid-July, was at a small casino in Compton, Calif.; the fighters, on average, made just $1,000. Most female fighters need day jobs to support themselves. Plus the UFC, which Fatal Femmes star Lisa Ward refers to as "dreamland," has no plans to add a women's division. "I don't want to see two women beatin' on each other," says UFC president Dana White. "I don't like...