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Public safety: Beer-theft attempt leaves man wounded on street

Posted by admin | News | Posted on December 27th, 2008

The News Review:

- Public safety: Beer-theft attempt leaves man wounded on street
- Teens allegedly make beer run for family party
- Jonah Goldberg: The ‘ought’ decade
- Iowa City considers ban on happy hour
- Time to create Bottling Day…
- No. 4 Beer Barrel

Public safety: Beer-theft attempt leaves man wounded on street
San Diego Union Tribune CA 
December 26 2008 SAN DIEG: A man wounded in a shooting Wednesday night had been assaulted when two other men tried to steal his beer police said. The victim suffered a gunshot wound in the buttocks San Diego police Sgt. The shooting occurred about 10:15 p.
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Teens allegedly make beer run for family party
Arizona Republic AZ 
26 2008 12:26 PM The Arizona Republic Two Gilbert teens were arrested late Wednesday while making a beer run for a family holiday party a police report shows. Anthony Ramirez 16 and Andrew Velasquez Jr. 17 were arrested after police got a call of a suspicious vehicle with its plate covered by a box. The car a Ford Crown Victoria was spotted at the Circle K at 751 N. Arizona Ave around 11 p.

Jonah Goldberg: The ‘ought’ decade
Dallas Morning News TX 
And with the exception of a brief counter-Bush surge led by the lefty blogosphere and Jon Stewart the battle for decade dominance has been between a fizzle and a deadlock. It was during the oughts that Americans started drinking more bottled water than beer. As Susan McWilliams of Pomona College observes you can tell something about a society that chooses clever water over humble beer. Bottled water is personal inward-driven. Beer is social outward-driven. Beer gets the party started.

Iowa City considers ban on happy hour
Chicago Tribune United States 
The ordinance comes amid a wide-ranging examination of thecity’s take on alcohol. The happy-hour ban would require any bar or restaurant with aliquor license or beer or wine permits to have a written scheduleof prices — filed with the city clerk — in effect for at least aweek which means drink prices couldn’t change by the day or hour. The city has been considering banning price specials and thecouncil has said it wants to address underage drinking and bingedrinking.

Time to create Bottling Day…
The regonian – regonLive.com R 
The Bottles of Laurelwood: Chad Kennedy and crew have just bottled a festive batch of Moose & Squirrel Imperial Russian Stout in impressive wax-dipped one-liter swingtop bottles. The beer inside is worthy of the trouble says Laurelwood’s Mike DeKalb: “Dark as night thick and rich and big roast coffee flavors dominate. Russian Imperial Stouts were first brewed for the Russian royal court. Today this is one of our most anticipated winter releases. ” Also available: 22-ounce bottles of old faves Free Range Red and Vinter Varmer.

No. 4 Beer Barrel
Palatka Daily News FL 
Laden with soap opera-like drama the Palatka Daily News news staff has chosen it to be the No. 4 news story of the year. Kelly facing a strong challenge for his job acknowledged the event occurred and strongly defended his actions at a July 12 forum hosted by the Putnam Chapter of the NAACP. The story continued to make headlines through the Aug. 26 Democratic primary in which Kelly was ousted by Jeff Hardy and on until mid November when he was cleared after an investigation by the special prosecutor. At the NAACP-sponsored forum Kelly appeared agitated when he was asked about the incident and after answering the question charged that Hardy had planted the question.