Highway 23 detoured for new Rum River bridge (St. Cloud Times)Motorists will encounter a detour on Minnesota Highway 23 beginning July 6 as crews reconstruct the Rum River bridge in Milaca.

Tale of flowin' rum, howlin' dogs and screamin' seafarers honored in bad writing contest (Sun-Sentinel)SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A shambling sentence about screaming seafarers on the sturdy whaler Ellie May stood shoulders above the rest in an annual bad writing contest.

Bank bailout gave British rum $2.7B boost (The Cincinnati Enquirer)In June 2008, U.S. Virgin Islands Governor John deJongh Jr. agreed to give London-based Diageo Plc billions of dollars in tax incentives to move its production of Captain Morgan rum from one U.S. island -- Puerto Rico -- to another, namely St. Croix.

Lucky charms or bad habits? Athletes are a quirky bunch (Kern Valley Sun)Matthew Martz Special to the Sun A shot of rum, a boa constrictor and an African voodoo doll named Jobu may be a bit of an exaggeration, but to the Indians Pedro Cerrano it was a religion. “That was just a movie,” you say, “no one in a real-life locker room would behave that way.” Or would they?

Cheers, Florida, for many great places to drink! (AP via Yahoo! News)Where else but Florida could a place like Jimbo's exist?

SUBVERSE | Rum deal (The Times of India)I wonder what Ram Prasad would have made of it. It was a write-up in an Indian travel magazine about the introduction into India of Glenfiddich 50 Year Old, a single malt whisky from Scotland aged for 50 years.

A Historian Is on a Quest to Locate Lost Events (New York Times)An amateur historian is working to locate, mark and preserve the places where historic events occurred — and then were forgotten from memory.

Rivals team to create Clematis seafood spot (The Palm Beach Post)Clematis Street nightclub owner Cleve Mash is teaming with the people behind Rocco's Tacos and Grease Burger Bar to create West Palm Beach's newest restaurant hot spot: Reef Road & Rum Bar.

Rhode Island Weighs Using Shorter Official Name (New York Times)Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — the state’s official name — has slavery connotations, prompting a push for a referendum.

Letters to the editor Tuesday (Savannah Morning News)British rum maker gets $90M a year

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