Alcohol
Wind-fueled wildfire erupts east of Los Angeles
A Southern California wildfire fueled by strong winds was raging through 4½ square miles of Riverside County on Wednesday in the biggest of a series of statewide fires that broke out amid dry, gusty conditions. The fast-moving wildfire about 90 miles east of Los Angeles broke out just after noon ...
N. Idaho principal resigns after weekend arrest
A northern Idaho high school principal has resigned following a drunk driving arrest. The Lewiston Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/11VqLq5) that Rolland Sullivan resigned last weekend as principal of Kamiah High School. The Kamiah School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday accepted the resignation that will take effect at the end of ...
Police: W. Pa. man tried to blame DUI on grandma
Police say a western Pennsylvania man tried to blame his drunken driving on his grandmother. The only problem is, she wasn't there. Twenty-two-year-old John Ventresca Jr., of Center Township, faces a preliminary hearing Tuesday on drunken driving and other charges stemming from the incident on March 2. That's when Rochester ...
Bill on youth drinking sent to Oklahoma governor
The Oklahoma Senate has passed a measure to encourage minors to call for help if they think someone is suffering from alcohol poisoning. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Cliff Branan of Oklahoma City and Rep. Mike Jackson of Enid. Under the legislation, a minor couldn't be charged with underage ...
Growing crowd of celebrity wines take spotlight
Fancy having Brangelina, Drew Barrymore and Dan Aykroyd over for dinner? No problem, they'll even bring the wine. OK, maybe the stars themselves won't show up, but their wines will appear with just a wave of a credit card. You might start with an aperitif of Angelina Jolie and Brad ...
AB Inbev sees volumes fall in key markets
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world's largest brewer, says that its profits rose in the first quarter in spite of falling sale volumes in important markets. The company behind Budweiser, Stella Artois, and Becks said Tuesday that even though revenues grew by 1.5 percent in the first quarter, volumes declined by ...
Police: Pa. chief killed while directing traffic
Police say a fire chief was struck and killed by a drunk driver while he was directing traffic at an accident scene in central Pennsylvania. Firefighters in York County gathered on Sunday night to remember Loganville fire Chief Rodney Miller, who was killed in the accident near the Glen Rock ...
Some are overlooked in US immigration overhaul
Carlos Gonzalez has lived nearly all his 29 years in a country he considers home but now finds himself on the wrong side of the border — and the wrong side of a proposed overhaul of the U.S. immigration system that would grant legal status to millions of people. Gonzalez ...
Czech communist whisky matures to excellence
The Scottish peat was put on trucks and trains. The destination was Communist-era Czechoslovakia. The recipient: apparatchiks desperate for a decent whisky. The journey beyond the Iron Curtain during the Cold War turned out to be the easy part. When the batch arrived, the Czech distillers had only a faint ...
Pa. beer laws adding volatility to liquor debate
Where you can buy beer in Pennsylvania will be the subject of debate in the coming weeks in the state Senate, pitting profit-seeking businesses against one another and perhaps even against beer drinkers' wishes. What do beer drinkers want? In Harrisburg, that story line is being told by a variety ...
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