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Three restaurant-owner associations have sued the New York state liquor board, claiming it illegally granted alcohol catering permits for the Indian-owned Turning Stone Casino and Resort.
Local governments are choosing to accept the social challenges of alcohol consumption to generate tax revenue. Dry areas are going wet, and others are approving Sunday sales and sales in grocery and convenience stores.
Jeremy Kristic and several of his friends pounded on the door at Oscar's bar Wednesday promptly at 11 a.m. They wanted it to open immediately, and they wanted to drink. They had after all other bars to go to — before closing time at 1 a.m.
An alleged shoplifter with a bottle of whiskey in his pants decided to take one more gamble before leaving a Washington County liquor store: filling out a raffle ticket. But the gamble led police right to him. The man was charged Thursday with misdemeanor retail theft, resisting an officer and disorderly conduct.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board exhibited poor judgment but did not break the law in awarding a $174,000 training contract to a company headed by the husband of one of the agency's managers, the state auditor general said Wednesday.
A Sam's Club in Fayetteville can operate a liquor store adjoining its retail operation, potentially allowing other department store chains to follow suit, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Utah lawmakers on Thursday approved the most sweeping changes to the state's liquor laws in 40 years in an effort to boost tourism and make the state appear a little less odd.
Pennsylvania liquor store clerks need to be more bubbly when they're selling Champagne.
The sale of alcohol generates large amounts of tax revenue for states and the federal government.
One by one they left the sodden Hitchin' Post Package Store like a boozy bucket brigade — four generations of the DeVillier family schlepping muddy plastic laundry baskets full of clinking liquor bottles.
Wisconsinites can forget about getting free shots of liquor at their local grocery store.
Do you like egg nog for the Holidays? Do you make it yourself? Do you buy it pre-made? Do you prefer it with alcohol or non-alcoholic? I guess we get used to what we grow up with and in my family it was homemade egg nog with brandy, but I have read that some people prefer bourbon …
Feds: Food stamps swapped for booze, ViagraDETROIT - Viagra and pornography are not staples on the government's food stamp list. But authorities say a Detroit liquor store supplied them during a series of illegal deals.
Dad Gets DUI Arrest After Bailing Out Son With Same ChargeLEXINGTON, Neb. -- Authorities say a 53-year-old Nebraska man whose son had been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving was arrested on the same charge after bailing out his son.
Swedes drinking more smuggled liquorSwedes are buying less beer abroad, but are consuming twice as much smuggled liquor compared to the first half of 2008, according to a new report from the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs
Liquor Store Enforces No-Purse PolicyLeave your purse in the car, or you won't get service at Colorado's Liquor Outlet. Backpacks are also not allowed.
I'd just turned seventeen and left the state (of Texas) for Oklahoma, and for a girl I'd met while visiting there with a friend. Two weeks after I got there she was engaged to some other guy! That evening I had an affair with a fifth of Tequila.
Cross-dressing clown robs liquor storeUS police are seeking a clown in a dress who robbed a liquor store on Saturday night.
Blame Sweet Soda for Gout?For gout, sweetened soft drinks are worse than hard liquor -- and nearly as bad as beer -- doubling the risk for heavy drinkers. Diet sodas, however, don't affect gout risk.
Alcohol's Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It"The moderate drinkers tend to do everything right — they exercise, they don't smoke, they eat right and they drink moderately," said Kaye Middleton Fillmore, a retired sociologist from the University of California, San Francisco, who has criticized the research.
Improved security in Baghdad brings her back to the old ways: sin is in.BAGHDAD — Vice is making a comeback in this city once famous for 1,001 varieties of it. Gone, for the most part, are nighttime curfews, religious extremists and prowling kidnappers.
Vintage Certificate Still Good At State Store A woman found out that a a 29-year-old gift certificate to a PA State Liquor store was still valid.
Mass. liquor store offering home deliveryBEVERLY, Mass. – A Beverly liquor store is worried that hard times might keep many costumers out of the store. So, now ChrisPy's liquor store offers home delivery.
Mom accused of giving alcohol to young teensA mother and another woman face felony child-endangerment charges after a 14-year-old's birthday party that ended with two young teens being taken to a hospital.
Diddy: Only Light Skinned Women Allowed For Ciroc Ads!So last night a talent management company for Ciroc–Imperative Talent Management–sent out a casting call notice to their mailing list. Ciroc is taping a new commercial on Friday with Diddy and they listed their requirements.
In Utah, just don't look like you're drunkIn Utah, it could be illegal to merely look like you're drunk, because appearances are evidently more important than fact, defying a previous ruling by the Utah Supreme Court that simply appearing to be drunk is not a crime. Hopefully none of you have an inner ear problem.
Utah bars to open to public to boost tourismGetting into a bar in Utah is about to become a lot easier under a compromise bill announced Monday by the governor andstate House and Senate leaders.
Pa. liquor board will teach workers to be bubblyHARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania liquor store clerks need to be more bubbly when they're selling Champagne.
Thirsty bar thief shows a fair bit of cheekExcerpt: A THIEF has been caught on a surveillance camera with his pants down. The man broke into a Darwin bar early yesterday, where he proceeded to take off his clothes and wander around before taking off down the street in the nude.
Will Ky. still sell smokes, booze?COVINGTON - Nine of every 10 customers who walk into the Stadium Liquor Store on Covington's Fourth Street are from Ohio.
High time for new cash cropIn light of Gov. Chris Gregoire's ambition to raise some cash with more state liquor stores, we the people are wondering if government-run booze shops are the way to go.
School bus liquor-store run gets cops' attentionA school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when police stopped her, the district superintendent said.
Drinking as a Low-Level Search for God"Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man," wrote A.E. Houseman.
School bus liquor-store run gets cops' attentionA school bus driver made an unscheduled stop at a liquor store, then allegedly asked a student to help hide her purchases when police stopped her, the district superintendent said.
S.C.-Born Firefly Sweet Tea Flavored Vodka Quenching a Thirsty NationVodka was already being made out of grapes. Why not muscadines?
The Men Behind Your Favorite LiquorsIt's hard to walk down the aisle of a liquor store without running across a bottle bearing someone's name. We put them in our cocktails, but how well do we know them? Here's some biographical detail on the men behind your favorite tipples.
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