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.

Pirates, Rum & Reggae (The Capital)Back by popular demand! Join Watermark for this annual three-hour cruise. Costumes welcome. Lively reggae music by Orlando Phillips. Food available for purchase. Be sure to get your tickets early!

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.

Grimms' donation aids historical society (The Troy Record)TROY — When Elaine Grimm looked over the Corvette Silver Anniversary Edition Indy 500 Pace Car she and her husband had purchased in 1978, one of 6,502 made that year, she noticed an addition to the car that she did not order — a Bacardi rum bottle in the backseat.

Grant no longer Angostura CEO (Trinidad Express)Rum producer Angostura Ltd is now without a chief executive officer. CEO and managing director Iain Grant is no longer with the Laventille-based spirits maker, sources close to the company confirmed yesterday.

Potpourri (Erie Times-News)EERIE BAYFRONT GHOST WALKS -- most summer evenings, 8:45 p.m. -- meet at Lund Boat Works, 12 E. Dobbins Landing (near Rum Runners) -- discover history, strange, weird, paranormal of Erie bayfront on this 90-minute, 1-mile walk with Captain Bob of the S/V Someday Isle as your guide -- $5, reservations required, 460-8009.

Prostitutes turn models for a night in Rio fashion show (AFP via Yahoo! News)Prostitutes became models for a night in Rio as they paraded the latest collection of their Daspu brand, founded four years ago to fight discrimination against their profession in Brazil.

Spirits maker Diageo full year net profit up 7 pct (AP via Yahoo! News)Diageo PLC, the world's largest spirits maker, posted a 7 percent rise in full-year net profit on Thursday, benefiting from favorable currency exchange rates and cost-cutting amid weaker demand for many of its key products.

Diageo full year net profit up 7 pct (AP via Yahoo! News)Diageo PLC, the world's biggest spirits maker, posted a 7 percent rise in full-year net profit on Thursday, benefiting from favorable currency exchange rates and cost-cutting amid weaker demand for many of its key products.

Diageo full year net profit up 7 percent (AP via Yahoo! News)Diageo PLC, the world's largest spirits maker, posted a 7 percent rise in full-year net profit on Thursday, benefiting largely from positive exchange rate movements and cost-cutting amid weaker demand for many of its key products.

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