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Michaels, Sam Zell's right hand at Tribune until last fall and that New York Times story about his sexcapades and frat boy mentality, was arrested early Friday morning near Cincinnati "after he sunk his car in mud and water in a Middletown construction zone," says a report at Cincinnati.com. Police say in the report that Michaels, real name Benjamin Homel, failed three field sobriety tests and refused a breath test. He was also charged with driving on a closed road and was released on bond, the website says.
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