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Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone was free Sunday on $15,000 bond after being arrested on alcohol and drug charges, Beverly Hills police said. Beverly Hills Police Sgt. John Edmundson said officers found an illegal drug in Stone's Mercedes when he was pulled over Friday night at a checkpoint set up for the Memorial Day weekend, CNN reported. Police did not identify the reported illegal substance. Stone was released Saturday morning after his arrest on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated and on a drug possession charge, Edmundson said. The filmmaker, who won Best Director Oscars for Platoon (1986) and Born...

Expelled from Northeastern University for vandalizing cars after the Super Bowl, a Maine man may now face expulsion from Boston University in the wake of his arrest Saturday before the Red Sox World Series parade. ``We have a long and consistent record of holding students accountable for their conduct on or off campus,'' BU spokesman Colin Riley said yesterday about 21-year-old student Daniel Rosquete. Rosquete could also be sent to jail today if a Roxbury District Court judge determines he violated the terms of his probation from his Super Bowl case. Rosquete was tossed from Northeastern after he was identified...