Judge strikes down Tennessee guns-in-bars law

Tennessee's new law allowing people with handgun permits to be armed in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled on Friday.

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Lawsuit details Madoff's bottom-bunk prison life

Fallen financier Bernard Madoff has plunged from his Manhattan penthouse to the lower bunk of a cell he shares with a drug offender at a federal prison, where he eats pizza cooked by a child molester and hangs around with a mob boss and a convicted spy, according to legal papers filed Tuesday.

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Guns allowed in Arizona bars starting Wednesday

Bartender Randy Shields was serving British brews and Arizona ambers as usual at Shady's bar in east Phoenix when he saw a customer walk in with a hunting knife strapped to his hip.

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Gooey nutrition bars fuel energy — and cavities

While candy bars and sugary drinks are well-known cavity culprits, many people have been surprised to learn their nutritious, delicious snack bars can be just as bad for their teeth.

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Victims' lawyer: 'Candid' Madoff explained fraud

A lawyer for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme says the financier told him during a 4 1/2-hour prison interview plenty of details about the fraud, including how it took place and how securities regulators missed catching him.

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Arizona moves to allow concealed guns in bars

There was a time in the Wild West that cowboys had to check their guns before they could pull up a bar stool for a drink — rules that protected against the saloon gunfights that came to define the frontier era in places like Arizona.

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Religion, decrepitude threaten downtown Cairo bars

Armed with a bottle of Egyptian brandy and a bowl of steaming chickpeas, Hatem Fouad keeps watch each night over a historic slice of Cairo that is in danger of dying: the bars that once flourished amid the sweeping boulevards and graceful roundabouts of the city's European-style downtown.

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China's Li wins parallel bars gold

Li Xiaopeng has dominated the parallel bars — and the competition — winning the sixth gold medal in gymnastics for the Chinese men in the Beijing Olympics.

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He edges Liukin on uneven bars

China's He Kexin has won a tiebreaker over all-around champion Nastia Liukin of the United States for the uneven bars gold medal Monday at the Beijing Olympics.

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Drink-Special Ban Before Wis. High Court

The state Supreme Court is deciding whether an agreement among bar owners to abandon weekend drink specials was a legal effort to discourage binge drinking or a possible antitrust violation.

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You've probably heard of prison inmates making license plates. But at Indiana State Prison, they're making something different -- very different.

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A Swedish job advertisement seeking candidates who aren't afraid to get naked and are practiced in the art of making out in bars has been pulled due to concerns from the National Public Employment Agency

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Don't you wonder what went on at Rosie's Bar in Hudson. Because when a couple walked out, a guy named Gerald Fredolen Padot Jr., 47, followed. First, he chased the guy as the woman got into her car. Then went after her.

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Top 10 Things That Should Not Be Done Sober

#10 Any family function at my mother-in-law's house.

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Shooting a Ping-Pong ball into a cup might sound like a Carnival game but Beer Pong has quickly become the sport du jour at house parties, bars and even corporate retreats.

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Alexander Street has changed dramatically since the 1980's, when the Rio Bamba, the Old Toad, and Lloyd's Bar and Grille were about the extent of the strip's nightlife.

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If the business is going to invite people to dance on the bar then, Shelton says, "It should be kept dry just like the floor of the bar or the aisle in a grocery store."

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For three Thursdays in September, starting September 10th Guinness is celebrating its 250th anniversary. They are promoting the event at Suds & Suds, near Woodstocks with samples and prizes.

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There's already more than 450 police surveillance cameras in Baltimore.

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hat fun is travel without a little excitement? Rest and relaxation is a given, but excitement? That you have to look for, and it appears excitement for many is found in drugs.

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A South Carolina sheriff has warned his staff they can't visit local bars and nightclubs after they get off work.

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How does it feel to be second-best, Florida Gators? Not on the field, of course – but at the bars.

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Rhode Island teens under 18 can't work with power saws or bang nails up on roofs. But dance at strip clubs? Sure. Just as long as the teens submit work permits, and are off the stripper's pole by 11:30 on school nights.

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By STEVEN ERLANGER Published: June 30, 2009 New York Times, "Paris Journal"

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I reported on this last week and NOT one reader posted a comment. Apparently, this prisoner had no family and no one to lean on these officials as to the cause of her death. Does ANYONE here care???

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Was it an accident, greed or revenge for being locked up? A chimpanzee called Pedro made a name for himself on Monday by biting off the forefinger of Berlin Zoo's director.

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President Obama's March 9, 2009 Memorandum said, "The public must be able to trust the science and scientific process informing public policy decisions." Tobacco Control is well aware smoking bans have little effect on restaurants while bars are negatively impacted.

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Bar's Leaks Saves USS Nautilus- or - "Our sub has a leak in it and we may drown!"

Actually, this really did happen, in Seattle, on June 3, 1958. But first I have to tell you a little bit about the U.S.S. Nautilus (SSN-571).

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As the economy sputters, bartenders are going back to school -- in bartending.

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The faithful lined up, two to three deep at the bar, looking like Druids in electric-blue fleece. Tim Jester and Brian Griffiths, two young San Francisco guys in polo shirts, leaned against a railing, surveying the scene.

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Excerpt: An Australian traveler made worldwide headlines last month when he tried to smuggle two live pigeons past airport security by concealing them against his legs under a pair of tights.

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It turns out Valentine's Day is the best night for singles. Yes, it's true. Tommy "the matchmaker" Curtis has spent over 30 years as an "on the spot" matchmaker.

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One for the road? No thanks, says Rome.� The Italian capital is limiting alcohol sales in neighborhoods famous for their nightlife to tamp down on loud, all-night partying.

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Ladies and Bars (fiction)

I finally had a night off from my bartending/cocktailing job and was looking forward to a little quiet R&R when my phone rang. "Hello?"

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"Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man," wrote A.E. Houseman.

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