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Wine Buzz Grows, Beer Flattens
Wine Buzz Grows, Beer Flattens
May 31, 2007 8:00 AM CDT

Wine Buzz Grows, Beer Flattens

The beer class is finally embracing the grape, Slate says

(Newser) - The American middle class has become connoisseurs of everything—coffee, '80s Japanese garage-rock bands, environmentalist toilet paper, and now wine, writes Slate's Field Maloney. Fermented grape juice doubled its audience in the past decade, while consumption of lower-brow beer stagnated. And for the first time in history, Americans pollees prefer...

Lindsay Lohan Is The New Britney Spears

Starlet can't stop partying even when it gets ugly

(Newser) - Less than 48 hours after being hit with DUI charges, Lindsay Lohan went on a paparazzi-documented bender. The "Mean Girls" star and recent rehab patient stumbled out of an LA nightclub at 4:30 AM, nearly collapsed, and was helped into the back of her car. Paparazzi snapped pictures...

Lohan Arrested in DUI After Hitting Curb

Recently rehabbed starlet hospitalized with injuries

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan had a run-in with a curb on Sunset Boulevard early this morning, leading to hospitalization for apparently minor injuries and an arrest for possible DUI.  Cocaine was found on one of the two passengers in her convertible, the AP reports.

Drinking Slows Dementia
Drinking Slows Dementia
May 22, 2007 2:03 PM CDT

Drinking Slows Dementia

Add another item to list of alcohol-related miracles: It curbs cognitive decline

(Newser) - Score a victory for the nightcap: Booze may help halt dementia in the elderly, a new study suggests. The Italian research, published in the journal Neurology, concludes that a one-drink-a-day habit can slow the progression of dementia by 85% in those in people 65 and older who already show mild...

Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse
Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse
May 11, 2007 5:40 AM CDT

Brewers Won't Ban Brew In Clubhouse

Beer-themed baseball club won't join recent sobering trend

(Newser) - The Milwaukee Brewers will not be enacting a clubhouse ban on alcohol, bucking a trend started by the A's and Yankees after St. Louis reliever Josh Hancock died in a drunk driving accident. Ten other clubs already have such a ban; the Brewers, who play in Miller Park, announced yesterday...

Drama Builds At HBO As CEO Departs
Drama Builds
At HBO As
CEO Departs
May 8, 2007 8:52 PM CDT

Drama Builds At HBO As CEO Departs

Albrecht takes indefinite leave after drunken arrest Sunday

(Newser) - HBO's capo is making like Tony Soprano and taking an indefinite leave of absence from the cable network. Chris Albrecht, who has led the network since 2002, was arrested by Las Vegas police on Sunday, after officers said they witnessed Albrecht in a violent altercation with his girlfriend.

LA Wants Paris Behind Bars
LA Wants Paris Behind Bars
May 3, 2007 9:07 PM CDT

LA Wants Paris Behind Bars

City prosecutors recommend jail term for scofflaw heiress

(Newser) - Los Angeles prosecutors want to show Paris Hilton the real simple life: jail. The city's lawyers are pushing for the itinerant blonde heiress to spend 45 days in the slammer for repeatedly violating her parole on a reckless driving conviction after a tad too much clubbing last fall. Hilton got...

Don't Mind Us, We're British!
Don't Mind Us, We're British!
Apr 10, 2007 2:03 PM CDT

Don't Mind Us, We're British!

Rowdy brides and grooms Invade Eastern Europe for their "stag and hen dos"

(Newser) - Forget lap dancing at the local strip joint: British bridegrooms, brides and their wedding parties are descending on Eastern European capitals for cheap, drunken bachelor and bachelorette binges that last a week or more, the Journal reports. They're lured by low-cost air fares and rock-bottom prices on booze, but it's...

Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week
Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week
Apr 4, 2007 9:48 AM CDT

Chavez Decrees Dry Holy Week

Ban on booze aimed at drink-fueled accidents, inspires secret imbibing

(Newser) - No Easter imbibing, decrees Venezuelan president and socialist icon Hugo Chavez. Chavez has instituted a Holy Week liquor ban in restaurants to combat the hundreds of drunk driving deaths that occur during holidays in Venezuala. While some citizens applaud his boldness, others say they cannot follow their fearless leader quite...

LaRussa Asleep At the Wheel
LaRussa Asleep At the Wheel
Mar 22, 2007 4:15 PM CDT

LaRussa Asleep At the Wheel

St. Louis Cardinals manager arrested on drunk driving charges

(Newser) - St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was picked up for DWI around midnight Thursday, when Jupiter, Fla., police found his SUV running at a stop light, with La Russa asleep at the wheel. La Russa blew a. 0.093, above Florida’s limit of 0.08.

Go Ahead: Drink a Little
Go Ahead: Drink a Little
Mar 20, 2007 9:00 AM CDT

Go Ahead: Drink a Little

(Newser) - Guardian columnist Zoe Williams strikes a blow for drinking in moderation during pregnancy, arguing against a proposed prohibition of the sort that has been in effect in the United States for years. It's insulting to the intelligence of women to ban all alcohol, she says, when it's only binge drinking...

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