Recipe finder: Easy to get fed up with sweet doughnut pudding (Memphis Commercial Appeal)Nobody expects to see Paula Deen's desserts at a Weight Watchers' potluck, but her Bill Nicholson's Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding with Butter Rum Sauce sounds sweet, even by Deen standards.

Westby's Wedwick still styling after 65 years (River Valley Business Report)WESTBY — If customers of Norse Styles beauty salon in Westby appeared to be a little tipsy as they left the building on May 21, rest assured it was for good reason. Chances are they indulged in a piece of La Vina Wedwick's 85th birthday butter rum cake.

Boyfriend charged in death of New Alexandria teen (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)The 21-year-old boyfriend of a recent Greensburg Salem High School graduate who died after a head-on collision admitted to state police that the couple shared a bottle of rum at the girl's house before the fatal crash.

Viva the Cuban property revolution! (Independent)For a communist country, Cuba has marketed itself pretty well over the years. It's almost impossible to hear the island's name without thinking of white rum, cigars, salsa, Ernest Hemingway and streets lined with battered 1950s American cars.

You can have your cake and eat it, too (The Demopolis Times)So, I'm in “cake” mode this week! I have a wedding and a groom's cake to make this weekend, so I've been trying out all kinds of new cakes: butter rum, chocolate almond, vanilla bean and several others.

Depp's next role unclear as green lights delayed (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Johnny Depp is coming off an acclaimed role in "Public Enemies" and stars in one of the most anticipated movies of this weekend's Comic-Con, "Alice in Wonderland."

Chance to have say on future of nature reserve (The Scotsman)RESIDENTS and visitors will be given the chance to put their views on the future management of the national nature reserve on Rum.

Rum Village sees 'tagger' problem (22 WSBT South Bend)Matthew Swadinsky walks his two dogs through the Rum Village neighborhood nearly every day. And nearly every day, he says, he sees new graffiti.

Shopper furious at rum decision (The Inverness Courier)A STUNNED police officer was told he was not allowed to buy two bottles of rum, while doing the family shop in Tesco, because his teenage daughter was standing beside him at the till.

A Look Back:Prohibited or not, the booze kept flowing (Daily Pilot)Decades before the Prohibition era brought smugglers to Newport's beaches, their boats laden with barrels of whiskey and rum, the city had a problem with unlicensed drinking establishments called blind pigs.

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