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Like the X-Games but for beer

Posted by admin | News | Posted on October 17th, 2007

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- Like the X-Games but for beer
- Two Illinois Teens Accused of Killing Man ver Beer
- Beer reward for stolen laptop
- Business Beat

Like the X-Games but for beer
Los Angeles Times – Oct 17, 2007
in Texas sample the goods at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. About 46000 people attended. BREW FESTLike the X-Games but for beer.

Two Illinois Teens Accused of Killing Man ver Beer
FXNews – Oct 17, 2007
— Two Granite City teenagers are accused of killing a homeless man for his can of beer. Madison County prosecutors charged 17-year-old Joseph Raines and 18-year-old Brandon Bouck yesterday with first-degree murder and robbery. The body of 58-year-old Thomas Muffler was found last Friday after he collapsed in a Granite City driveway. Police say the teens had asked Muffler to buy alcohol for them but Muffler refused because they were minors. Authorities allege the suspects later met up with Muffler again beat him and robbed him of the can of beer he was carrying.

Beer reward for stolen laptop
NEWS.com.au – Oct 17, 2007
article-tools –> ctober 17 2007 11:00pm IT’LL be beer o’clock every day for the person who returns a brewery’s stolen laptop. They will be rewarded with a lifetime supply. New Zealand press reports that the laptop – containing designs creative work contact details and financial information – was stolen from Rotorua’s Croucher Brewing Company this week. wners Paul Croucher and Nigel Gregory are desperate to get it back so they are offering free beer to whoever dobs in the person responsible for the burglary. Mr Croucher said the computer had important information in it Rotorua’s Daily Post reports.

Business Beat
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Oct 17, 2007
With less competition won’t there be less pressure to keep prices down?Jeremiah McWilliams: Higher prices in the future are a solid possibility. If the deal is approved it’s expected to make the U. beer business more "rational" — i. big beer companies will be less likely to suddenly slash prices to grab market share… Join consumer-products reporter Jeremiah McWilliams and columnist David Nicklaus for a discussion of why the deal happened and how it might affect the King of Beers. Wednesday ctober 17 2007 12:00 PM CDTEmail thisShare thisPrint this.