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DURHAM -- If people could be charged with walking while impaired by alcohol, Johnnie Patt Ndogo would have been a prime candidate Friday morning, court officials said. They said Ndogo smelled of alcohol and stumbled when he appeared in traffic court to answer allegations that he failed to comply with penalties arising from an earlier drunken driving case. So Ndogo, 55, was given a breath test. He registered a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.23, nearly three times the state's impairment standard of 0.08 and more than double the 0.10 he blew at the time of his DWI arrest. Judge Marcia Morey...

I have recently got myself in a fair amount of trouble for a DUI. There is no question that I am guilty of the basic offense. I am willing to pay the fines and do the time. That all seems the way it should be. What I would like to do, however, is to go into court (the next time), and express my sentiments to the judge. These would not be real polite. I cannot repeat them here. Think of the worst things you could say to someone and you will be close. My question is: How much more trouble...