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For the first time in four years, US beer sales are on the rise.
While the uptick last year was modest — about 1.4 percent, according to preliminary numbers tabulated by Beverage Marketing — brewers will take it after the Great Recession of 2008 siphoned off…
via NY Post: Business http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/kegger_beer_sales_frothy_after_dry_VniBAYCTsQ2vpfOjhnIthL?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Business
Vice Media, known for stunt journalism, approached HBO with the idea of arranging a North Korea trip centering on basketball, a sport the nation’s leader loves.
via NYT > Television http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/business/media/dennis-rodman-in-north-korea-with-vice-media-as-ringleader.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
In September 2011, when Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey was considering making a last-minute entry into the presidential race, many conservatives cheered the possibility. Roughly 18 months later, the attitude toward Mr. Christie has changed.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/christies-honeymoon-with-conservatives-is-over/
He criticizes the president’s decision not to deploy an aircraft carrier because of budget cuts.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/bob-woodward-blasts-obama-madness-88160.html
Release of illegal immigrants “outrageous,” he says.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/john-boehner-says-white-house-playing-games-88155.html
Some are now acting as if the law is here to stay.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/repeal-obamacare-chorus-quiets-88154.html
PBS’ smash-hit retro-soap “Downton Abbey†may be moving more openly into the Jazz Age its upcoming season four.
The show’s producers are looking to cast a black actor as a suave, charismatic jazz singer, according to a story in the London Sun.
via NYDN Rss Article only http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/downton-abbey-add-1st-black-character-article-1.1273685
A Duke neuroscientist says he has connected the brains of two rats in such a way that when one moves to press a lever, the other one does, too — most of the time.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/science/new-research-suggests-two-rat-brains-can-be-linked.html
He says donors wondered why they were writing checks to lousy campaigns.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/karl-rove-my-posterior-was-shredded-88220.html
Laws which allowed deadly force in public spaces are still on the books.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/stand-ground-laws-survive-debate-one-trayvon-martin-120048105.html