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Coast. there is some advice. nine young men facing charges in the november death of florida state university student at all campus frat party, a judge issuing the arrest warrants overnight for the men raging in age from 25 to 22 years old. andrew coffee passed out at the party but no one called 911 until 11 minutes later. he had a blood alcohol level more than five times the legal driving limit. deadly flu virus strikes again. a 10-year-old boy died after feeling sick for a hockey tournament in new york. he had pneumonia, the cdc says 20 children have died from flu related illnesses in this fl...

A coroner's report tonight says that gruver's blood alcohol level was .495, six times the legal driving limit. police say he was passed out on a couch for at least nine hours, that they checked on him during the night, and in the morning, he woke up with a weak pulse. on facebook, his mother wrote "#stopthehazing, my son is dead now." adding that "you brothers will have to live with it every day for the rest of your lives." so far, attorneys for at least two of the akuszed fraternity brothers deny all wrongdoing tonight. david? >> steve, thank you. coming up, the big change involving the boy...

We're learning new details about the man police say drove into a mardi gras parade. the suspect had a blood alcohol level of .32. that's almost three times the legal driving limit in louisiana. spectators said that the scene was complete chaos. >> it's like something you would see in a movie. i have never encountered anything like this before. >> reporter: eyewitnesses described the chaotic scene in new orleans after a truck rammed into a crowd of mardi gras revelers. >> i hit the ground because it

Shift. once drivers hit 70 hours, they're required to take at least 34 hours off. that must include two mornings between 1:00 and 5:00 a.m. >> essentially it's the government telling people, professional truck drivers in this case when they have to rest, what time of day they have to rest. >> reporter: the early morning rest restrictions are what the senate appropriations committee just voted to roll back. those calling for the change say forcing truckers to take their time off in the early morning means they'll be driving during the day. >> the riskier proposition than having trucks drive in ...

Working to develop driving limits like those you find for alcohol. pot officially becomes legal in washington state as of today, where there is already a driving limit in place. what is that limit? william la jeunesse live on that story in our west coast newsroom. william, good morning. >> reporter: bill, the purpose of course is to keep impaired drivers off the road, not bust pot smokers. there is no nation-wide limit on marijuana like alcohol .08. washington's new standard for drug driving is new and controversial. >> you want to know why i pulled you over, littering and smoke being the reef...