Police: Man passes out behind the wheel with beer in one hand, rum in other (Evansville Courier & Press)A 69-year-old Evansville man will face charges after officers found him passed out behind the wheel with a can of beer in one hand and a cup of rum in the other, according to an Evansville Police Department affidavit. Roger Hester will face preliminary charges of operating while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license, police said. He was taken to the hospital rather than jail because ...

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.

Rosbury bandâs benefit to aid children half a world away (Roxbury Register)ROXBURY TWP. — The Rum Boogie Blues Band will present an afternoon of music to benefit an A.I.D.S. orphanage in eastern Uganda.

13 minutes ago (ABC 15 Phoenix)This might come as a shock, but not every cruise is about rum-laden umbrella drinks, 24/7 bingo, "The Love Boat" theme on steel drum and a general atmosphere devoid of culture.

COCKTAIL HOUR: SLIM PICKIN' (New York Post)WAISTLINE expanding again in Margaritaville? With so many popular summer cocktails weighing in at 500-plus calories, it's enough to send you running for a vodka soda. But while such drinks may be low in calories, they're not exactly high in...

Stakeholders discuss Wadi Rum's bid to be listed as natural site (MENAFN)Stakeholders discuss Wadi Rum's bid to be listed as natural site

It's dessert and a show with flambe on the menu (Rapid City Journal)Want to get your party started? Try setting a banana on fire.

Globus Spirits IPO opens August 31 (Business Standard India)Globus Spirits, a Delhi-based company engaged in the business of manufacture, sales and marketing of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), Industrial Alcohol comprising of rectified spirit and Extra Neutral Alcohol and Country Liquor proposes to enter the capital market on August 31, this year with an initial public issue of Rs 75, 00,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each through 100 per cent book ...

Death of a Salesman (The Weekly Standard via Yahoo! News)Between July 20 and July 30, President Obama was a busy man, barely out of the public eye while campaigning furiously for his health care initiative. He did four town hall events, spoke at two hospitals, delivered a radio address, was interviewed on two network TV news shows, and held a prime time press conference--all devoted to promoting his health care plan. On this issue as on no other ...

History with a boom | PHOTO GALLERY (Evansville Courier & Press)LYNNVILLE, Ind. — Gary Scott owns an 1858 pistol that still fires, 19th-century pocket telescopes and binoculars, a compass from the French & Indian War and several Civil War infantry swords. He shows off a piece of ordnance that was fired at the Battle of Shiloh, a parade torch that was carried during Abraham Lincoln's re-election parade in 1864 and something called a swiggler that held a ...

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