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Man on lawnmower during beer run charged with DUI

Posted by admin | News | Posted on August 7th, 2009

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- Man on lawnmower during beer run charged with DUI
- Man sentenced in ‘beer pong’ stabbing | KXNet.com North Dakota News
- Beer sale rule: no display sale only on request
- Are brewers ambivalent about cheap beer?
- Beer wiser: Get schooled in suds
- Let’s Have a Beer and Talk About Michael Vick

Man on lawnmower during beer run charged with DUI
The Associated Press
— With a revoked license because of a previous drunken-driving conviction Dennis Cretton shouldn’t drive. But authorities said that didn’t stop the 49-year-old man from drunkenly driving up to a gas station for more beer — on his yellow riding lawnmower. Cretton was charged with felony aggravated driving under the influence after neighbors reported he was weaving in and out of traffic on his lawnmower Friday night. When deputies tried to stop him authorities said Bretton drove the mower into his home’s front yard his 12-pack of Milwaukee’s Best spilling onto the ground along the way. Cretton was free on $10000 bond. Calls to his home went unanswered Tuesday.

Man sentenced in ‘beer pong’ stabbing | KXNet.com North Dakota News
KXMC
Sheppard pleaded guilty to felony assault with aweapon and criminal endangerment for the Sept. 20 fight that left19-year-old Jerry Stewart of Butte hospitalized with a severedartery in his arm and a severe gash across his abdomen. A witness said Sheppard and another party guest began arguingabout the rules of a drinking game called beer pong. Sheppardpulled the knife when Stewart confronted him after the argument hadescalated. Sheppard also was ordered to pay nearly $100000 in restitutionincluding $69000 within the next two weeks. The victim’s mother said she wanted to see Sheppard go to prisonfor the rest of his life but would rather accept a plea agreementthan have her son endure the stress and uncertainty of a trial. Information from: Missoulian.
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Beer sale rule: no display sale only on request
The Sun Daily
This was decided at a meeting between Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) officials and Shah Alam convenience store operators at the state secretary building here today. A statement from the MB’s office said the self-regulation approach is in addition to the existing rules which bar the sale of alcoholic drinks to Muslims and those under the age of 18. “This approach will be monitored and studied in the next month before a standard formula is drafted for the rest of the state” Abdul Khalid said. “This is the best solution for the state in addressing the issue at hand.

Are brewers ambivalent about cheap beer?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Such advertising has been relatively rare in years past. Does that speak to an underlying ambivalence of brewers towards their lower-priced brands? The stuttering economy has contributed to a rise of cheap brands and brewers have to be at least somewhat happy that drinkers are not abandoning the whole industry. But cheap beer means slimmer profits. “What you don’t want people saying is ‘I’m just going to pick up a Natty Light because it tastes just as good as Bud Light’” Harry Schuhmacher editor and publisher of Beer Business Daily told. That might be more likely today than in decades past.

Beer wiser: Get schooled in suds
Chicago Tribune
Thousands more are scattered worldwide — from traditional beer-drinking countries such as Belgium and Germany to newer craft-brewing hot spots such as Italy and Norway. With many if not most of those breweries regularly releasing new offerings seasonal brews and limited one-offs there’s a never-ending supply of new beers to learn about and sample.

Let’s Have a Beer and Talk About Michael Vick
Huffington Post
- An NFL team will indeed pick up Vick and the answer is easy. Winning games sells tickets and merchandise and beer. If the responses were votes Michael Vick would be at practice right now — did the crime served the time let him move on. For many however that second chance would be a one-time offer — meaning he will have to check for cell-phone cameras before he swats a fly. Those who argue that systematic animal torture for fun and profit deserves a permanent ban — and sorry I remain among them — were a passionate minority. But what about the votes that count? USAToday.