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Letter for your kid to drink at 18? >> kimberly: its not a letter. its in public. >> eric: if he is 14 and old enough and responsible enough to drink with me at this age. but that is me. i dont do it, though. >> dana: one of the arguments is they are going to be drinking anyway. in addition to you can fight for your country and vote, binge drinking is a huge problem among younger people, the age between 18 and the 2 fo22for lots of reasons so maybe it teaches responsibility for handling alcohol ...

>> look at that. oh, weird story. again, the owner must know what hes doing. come on. he knows that looks like a lion. >> the owner groomed him to look like a lion because its the mascot for old dominion university. >> oh, great. >> and the dog is 3 years old. >> i knew there would be a smart reason behind it. coming up, forget about bernie madoff. were talking about a bigger more costly financial scandal. and pictures are worth a thousand words. a new app shows you how ugly binge drinking c...

Women. this ad encouraging women to sneak whiskey into the christmas cookies. this one for tequila. >> ill come to the rescue. >> reporter: then theres the new lighter products, like fruity, bubbly drinks, known on some college campuses as chick beer. >> these are not any alcoholic beverages that any guy would want to be seen drinking. theyre clearly oriented to women. >> reporter: the alcohol industry disputes that. they say they market responsibly and point out teenage drinking is at an all-ti...

>> when it showed up it was a bit surprised. when we do the exhumation we can look at the different tissues depending on the condition of the body and get more information. >> cops are investigating the case now as a murder. binge drinking, its become a major problem among women according to health experts. they say the numbers are especially troubling for high school girls. well show you the results and break down the data next. plus a bride and groom got hitched on a hot air balloon. [screams]...

>> and in a state where i can have an ounce of weed in your car, a drink at 19 is not affecting anybody? >> i think its a smart policy. the federal government holds hostage our highway funds so we cant have the responsible law that we used to have back in college where you could drink a watered kind of beer. >> shep: 3.2 beer. >> they took that away from us but hopefully we can pass this bill and bring a little bit of training back to the parenting situation here in colorado. >> shep: state sena...

Twelfth grade, two-thirds of students report binge drink. the problem is still very bad. one in five binge drink. white women reported the most and there is economic factor. highest prevalence making $57,000 a year or more. why is this all important? you alluded a little bit. 12,000 plus deaths per year among women because of binge drinking can lead to a terrible, violence, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, reduced brain function, unintended pregnancies and fetal alcohol syndrome. >> shep: al...

But less water so the alcohol doesnt get as diluted. they have less of an enzyme that breaks down alcohol. more alcohol is absorbed. you take this altogether, one drink for a woman would be roughly equivalent a man would get two drinks. six beers would be like drinking 12 beers. men used to binge drink at an average twice what women do but according to cdc the numbers are changing particularly in high school. >> high school girls are drinking at just about the same rate as high school boys. in f...

Challenge chris christie but will look at running for senate. that would put him in a fight with frank lautenberg, expected to retire but has not made a formal decision and we know will not be forced into one by anybody. "the detroit news," tragic deaths are up in the united states by 7.1% in the first 9 months of 2012. it marks the largest increase for the first three quarters of the year since 1975. lower gas prices are believed to be among the leading causes for the rise in fatalities. "t...

Or more alcoholic drinks. thats not binge drinking. thats getting started. >> thats either their lame definition or a lot of lying college students. >> it is a bore. >> they are being yoders. >> yoder would lie about it, man. he wouldnt say what he is doubting. >> he would pick up one of the female researchers and get her wasted. and then they would skinny dip in the campus pond. >> that is so yoder. >> and then holding her underwear. >> study this. said the friends who didnt get laid. >> if i k...

American people are being protected from another terror attack. a top official has placed herself on leave, following allegations of lewd conduct employees. suzannebar, chief of staff is being accused of everything from making sexually-charged comments to members of her staff, to binge drinking on taxpayer-funned trips. and the allegations date back to 2009. clearly, the obama administration has some explaining to do, seeing as protecting our country doesnt seem to be too high on their prioritie...