Ranger Bob was loyal Scout of Rum River (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)Ranger Bob Litke is retiring after dedicating nearly 34 years to serving the Rum River Scout Camp in Ramsey.

Properly Sauced: Rum Roundup (Chicagoist)Yesterday was National Rum Day , but just because it's over doesn't mean we'll stop imbibing. Today's weather is in fact perfect for a Dark 'n Stormy® (one of the few cocktails to feature a trademarked recipe , by the way). Over the years we've shared many a rum-based tipple with you, so how about putting one to use during this evening's cocktail hour? Chuck's Mojito or L. Stolpman's Strawberry ...

Bolt says fatigue is no factor as further strides beckon (The Herald)Usain Bolt seemed as languid as a rum punch on a palm-fringed beach last night as he jogged across the line to reach the semi-finals of the 200 metres.

Fla. judge declines to open recordings in DUI case (Florida Today)MIAMI — Sean Casey admits having several drinks the night of a fatal accident in 2001. Somewhere around his last rum and Coke, while watching the sun rise at a Miami beach bar, he says he blacked out. Everything after that is a blur.

The world's first cocaine bar (u.tv)"Tonight we have two types of cocaine; normal for 100 Bolivianos a gram, and strong cocaine for 150 [Bolivianos] a gram." The waiter has just finished taking our drink order of two rum-and-Cokes here in La Paz, Bolivia, and as everybody in this bar knows, he is now offering the main course.

Age toll taken on wild red deer (BBC News)A study of wild red deer on the Isle of Rum finds the animal's ageing process can be dramatic and sudden.

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.

Cannabis found in rum boxes (Oldham Chronicle)BORDER officials have uncovered a plot to smuggle £62,000 worth of cannabis into the country through Manchester Airport.

Ginger sparks up the cocktail circuit (Dallas Morning News)Ginger sparks up the cocktail circuit

Eckhart and Jenkins join Depp in "Rum Diary" (Tiscali)BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - Aaron Eckhart and Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins will be hitting the sauce in "The Rum Diary," the screen adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson novel that stars Johnny Depp.

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