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A political figure getting questioned about a bar fight that results in no arrests might be news. A political figure that got questioned but not arrested by police 33 years ago for a bar fight because he allegedly threw ice? If the name is Kavanaugh, it’s news … for some reason. The New York Times broke the Flying Ice Story wide open last night: As an undergraduate student at Yale, Brett M. Kavanaugh was involved in an altercation at a local bar during which he was accused of throwing ice on another patron, according to a police report.The incident,...

As an undergraduate student at Yale, Brett M. Kavanaugh was involved in an altercation at a local bar during which he was accused of throwing ice on another patron, according to a police report. The incident, which occurred in September 1985 during Mr. Kavanaugh’s junior year, resulted in Mr. Kavanaugh and four other men being questioned by the New Haven Police Department. Mr. Kavanaugh was not arrested, but the police report stated that a 21-year-old man accused Mr. Kavanaugh of throwing ice on him “for some unknown reason.” *** He said that the altercation happened after a UB40 concert, when...

One member of the Kennedy family was arrested after being involved in a bar fight. Police in Aspen, Colorado say 22-year-old John Conor Kennedy, Son of Robert F. Kennedy Junior, was charged with disorderly conduct. Kennedy and another man were found fighting outside a nightclub...

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — A Grand Rapids political consultant, now director and chief strategist for the national Rand Paul campaign, claims a top official for the Marco Rubio campaign punched him Thursday night at a bar on the island, which is hosting the biennial GOP Leadership Conference. John Yob, the national political director for the Rand Paul campaign, posted on Facebook early Friday morning he’d been punched in the face inside the bar by a man he said is the deputy campaign manager for Rubio, a Florida senator.

At a fundraiser to help cover the funeral costs of a friend who died trying to stop a fight outside a Saskatoon bar, a group of young men ended up embroiled in a fight that led to two of them facing assault charges. It was a sad set of circumstances that concluded in Saskatoon provincial court on Thursday, with Christopher Godlien pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm. The second accused, Robbie Watier, previously pleaded guilty to assault in relation to the same incident. They were at Tequila Nightclub on the night of March 8, 2014, at a fundraiser for...

A Cardiff University study has established a link between pub violence and happy hour-style drinking promotions. The findings also show that pub staff themselves need to do more to stop heavily intoxicated customers from continuing to drink. The team studied pubs and nightclubs with a history of violence across five different cities and towns in the UK. Customers entering and leaving the premises were breathalysed. The team also recorded data about the price of beer and any drink promotions at each establishment. Their findings were then linked to police and hospital data about assaults inside or immediately outside the premises....

Let Eric Clapton fight his own bar battles Clapton would be proud: Local performer Merv Roland was battle-scarred defending Eric Clapton's honor. By Steph Greegor Published: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:18 AM EDT Merv Roland plays acoustic guitar in front of a few folks on the weekends for a little bit of cash and some sweet brew...not to fight battles for musicians he’s never met. “To have a gig where I can trade musical notes for alcoholic beverages—it’s what I do,” said the self-described “48-year-old, fat, bald guy.” “I’m not Eric Clapton. And I don’t want to take an ass-kicking...

MILWAUKEE -- A 32-year-old woman who tried to stop four men from beating her boyfriend early Monday morning was run over twice by a car, Milwaukee police said. Police said a 35-year-old man was inside Indio's Tavern on South Cesar Chavez when four men began beating him with pool cues and beer bottles. The attack spilled into the parking lot where the woman tried to intervene, according to police. As the four drove off, they struck her with their car and then did a U-turn and ran over her a second time, police said. Officers who arrived on the scene...

Local and national radio talk show host Ed Schultz spent 45 minutes of his local show this morning defending his actions in a weekend altercation at Hotel Shoreham along Lake Sallie near Detroit Lakes, Minn. Schultz said a man approached him inside the hotel bar and wanted to talk about their differing political views and the war in Iraq. Schultz, who was with his wife, Wendy, said the man and a woman with him would not end the conversation despite Schultz’s attempts to do so. He said everyone involved had been drinking.

<p>It was comedian versus comedian last week at an L.A. comedy club which saw a brutal fight between Jon Lovitz and Andy Dick. The fight took place at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, where the two were reportedly arguing about the murder of their Saturday Night Live colleague, Phil Hartman.</p>

DETROIT -- No charges will be filed against Monica Conyers, a city councilwoman and the wife of Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers, in connection with a December bar fight, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Rep. Conyers' Wife in Bar Fight The wife of Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers has been accused of punching a woman in the eye during a bar fight. A spokesman for Monica Conyers, a city councilwoman-elect, confirmed Friday that she was involved in an altercation. But he said Conyers merely defended herself after being attacked by another woman. The spokesman said Rebecca Mews became upset Tuesday during a birthday celebration for an attorney, who Mews says was her date. While Conyers was speaking with the man, Mews "came over and literally started spewing obscene names," and shoved Conyers, said Conyers'...

Police: Boy pushed wheelchair as uncle wielded knife in bar Kristen Garrett, Times Staff 07/16/2005 ELLWOOD CITY - An Ellwood City man faces charges after he got his 11-year-old nephew to push him in his wheelchair as he threatened bar patrons with a knife, police said. Borough police were called at 12:09 a.m. Sunday to the West End Cafe at 1212 Lawrence Ave. on a report of a man inside with a knife. Police said John Alan Pounds, 41, of 1585 Fox St. was outside the bar in his wheelchair when police arrived. An officer had been to the bar...

A 30-year-old Jackson man was bound over on five assault counts in a Blackman Township tavern brawl, which left a bride-to-be with a ruptured spleen and shattered wedding plans. During a preliminary exam Thursday, Dennis Dale Parker was identified by witnesses -- and the victim herself -- as the one who punched Tara Hall twice in the abdomen May 7 at Pauly's Sports Bar and Grill. The defendant also kicked her three to four times while she laid on the dance floor, one witness testified. Parker remains free on $5,000 cash surety bond. Hall, who was hospitalized four days after...

The Minnesota attorney general is backing off charges Chicago police brutalized his daughters during a weekend fracas, in an effort to put the allegations behind them and get the issue out of the public spotlight. The family is pulling back on the advice of their Chicago lawyer, former Illinois Attorney General Tyrone Fahner, who also was lead prosecutor in the 1982 Tylenol-poisoning case that left seven Chicago area people dead. Fahner said he contacted the head of the Chicago Police Department's Office of Professional Standards to tell her the family wanted to put the matter behind them. "I called and...