Topic: Alcohol

A Map of the Best and Worst States for Buying Booze on St. Patrick's Sunday

Reuters

This weekend sees an unfortunate coincidence: St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday. For most Americans, that doesn't matter. For those who live in places with alcohol restrictions under so-called "blue laws," that means you may need to plan ahead. And we're here to help.

By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 4, 2013

US Ambassador Politely Asks UN Colleagues to Stop Showing Up Drunk to Meetings

The United Nations is a pretty fun place. The headquarters hosts all kinds of cultural events. Everyone's open-minded about the dress code. Delegates can even show up hammered to budget negotiations. Or at least they used to be able to.

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By David Wagner

Feb 21, 2013

Today in Research

American Kids Are Officially Pigging Out a Lot Less

Discovered: A new reason for declining childhood obesity rates; this massive goldfish shouldn't have been swimming in Lake Tahoe; flies give alcohol to their babies; bees sense electric flowers.

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By David Wagner

Feb 19, 2013

Today in Research

Signs of Life on Mars May Be Doused in Bleach

Discovered: Curiosity will have to dig deeper to find signs of Martian life; how our unstable universe could be replaced; new scorpion found near Tucson; our ape ancestors got drunk, too.

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By David Wagner

Feb 12, 2013

Four Loko's Days of Deception Are Over

According to the terms of their settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the makers of Four Loko will have to label cans of their potent product with more alcohol information and make the lids resealable.

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By David Wagner

Feb 7, 2013

Today in Research

Evolutionary Evidence Suggests We Descended From Rats

Discovered: What we were before we were monkeys; lower legal drinking ages encourage more binge drinking; forensics on King Richard III's remains prove Shakespeare right; diet sodas raise diabetes risk more than sugary drinks.  

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By David Wagner

Feb 6, 2013

Today in Research

Couples Who Drink Together Stay Together

Discovered: Couples that match each other's drinking get divorced less; why diet soda is a better mixer; first human stem cells made with 3D printer; and a 62-year-old Albatross has a baby.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Dec 31, 2012

In Russia, Beer Will No Longer Be a Food

Don't laugh: Lagers, ales, and pilsners were long considered "food" by the Russian government, but thanks to a new rule going into effect in 2013 (any minute now over there), it's going to be a lot tougher to find a brewski in the motherland.

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By Jen Doll

Dec 26, 2012

The Great Bespoke Comeback of Vermouth

Poor vermouth. It's long been "confined to dusty bottles in the depths of the liquor cabinet," ignored for its own merit, and only considered delicious when paired with others (like vodka, or gin). But times have changed.

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By David Wagner

Dec 3, 2012

Today's Best

Worms Learn Better Drunk; NASA's Organic Mars Mystery

Discovered: Alcoholic maggots learn just as well as sober ones; a new theory in athletic head injuries; city spiders getting fatter; Curiosity found something on its first trip across Mars.

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By Jen Doll

Nov 28, 2012

The Bourbon Everyone Wants But No One Can Get

Discriminating boozehounds are [figuratively] battling it out at the great cornucopia of booze (i.e., liquor stores) for the last remaining bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon in New York City.

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By Jen Doll

Nov 21, 2012

Let Us Be Thankful for the Dive Bar, Now More Than Ever

A Park Slope dive bar is threatening to secede from the neighborhood that, it feels, fails to appreciate its dive-y charm. What would we do, though, if all of the dive bars left us? The world would be bleak, indeed. 

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By Jen Doll

Nov 5, 2012

... And Garnish with Pickled Toe

Booze thrillseekers bored with the normal fare have another option, thanks be to a man named Captain Jack and whomever pickles toes. Via The Wall Street Journal, in the Yukon Territory there is a very special drink served at the Downtown Hotel's Sourdough Saloon, in Dawson City.

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By David Wagner

Oct 2, 2012

Today in Research

Fewer Teens Driving Drunk; Nice Baboons Living Longer

Discovered: Nice baboons outlive mean ones; teens still drinking, but more responsibly; undecided voters 20 percent less likely to vote for Obama due to race; toddlers and the scientific method.

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By Adam Martin

Sep 14, 2012

Czech Republic Bans Hard Liquor Just in Time for the Weekend

Friday night at 7 p.m. is such a cruel time for the Czech Republic to implement its ban on all liquor stronger than 40 proof (so no vodka or Becherovka), but the alternative is worse: officials still haven't stopped methanol-poisoned booze from hitting the market.

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By David Wagner

Sep 4, 2012

Today in Research

The Genetics Of Internet Addiction; Scanning for Drunks

Discovered: looking at violent images is unhealthy; a smart carpet; the gene that could be responsible for Internet addiction; infrared camera finds public drunks.

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By Jen Doll

Aug 22, 2012

The Return of the Wine Spritzer, Now More Open-Minded Than Ever

Recently, we learned that just about the worst thing a person could ever do in a bar is to—I don't even want to say it—order that foul concoction, the mojito. Whatever to drink instead? 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Aug 14, 2012

Actually, Bloomberg Businessweek Won't Scold You for Spritzers

It's okay to mix a little pleasure with business at Bloomberg Businessweek. After The Economist ran a short piece about "The boredom of boozeless business," the magazine was prompted to post a very funny correction about America's hippest weekly business magazine.

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By Jen Doll

Aug 8, 2012

The Bartending Stand Against the Mojito

Think you're being cool and savvy and classy and tasteful (and minty!) when you order a mojito at a bar? You're actually ordering up a fresh and wrathful enemy in the form of your bartender.

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By Jen Doll

Jul 27, 2012

The Terrible Age of the Celebrity Pinot Grigio

Celebrities have taken our wine. They've taken not only our wine, but that most average yet reliable of blends: Our pinot grigio. 

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By Esther Zuckerman

Jul 19, 2012

Stat of the Day

7.6% of Pregnant Women Drink

The image of a woman drinking is often a reminder of the bad old days when people didn't know better — but new study shows it persists. 

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By Connor Simpson

Jun 16, 2012

There'll Always Be Booze at the Democratic National Convention

Democratic party members, rejoice! Lawmakers in North Carolina have come together to make sure your fridges and coolers will stay well-stocked when you visit for the Democratic National Convention on Labor Day weekend.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jun 6, 2012

Today in Research

Climate Change Turned Tundra to Forest; The Perfect Amount of Booze

Discovered: Climate change has already changed some biomes, the healthiest amount of booze, kids need to stop stressing, a delicious way to quit smoking, and an insane cool picture of Venus.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 30, 2012

Imagining a New York City Without a Happy Hour

A horrifying weekend article in The New York Post involves the death of everything good and holy. By that we mean Happy Hour. Gird your koozies; it is under siege. Maybe.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 24, 2012

Your Kids Probably Aren't Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer

The very latest development in the media's ongoing obsession with spurious trend stories about kids getting drunk in weird ways comes via the Los Angeles Times, and it involves some kids who got drunk on hand sanitizer.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 18, 2012

Today in Research

Hope for Bald People; A New Dark Matter Theory

Discovered: A hair regeneration technique using stem cells, a brand new dark matter theory, brain scans can predict future weight gain and future sex and another reason to drink. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 17, 2012

Today in Research

Baboons Can (Almost) Read; The Baby Boomer Generation Will Die Alone

Discovered: Baboons can (almost) read, the baby boomer generation is dying alone, a totally unsurprising correlation between tattoos and drinking, and a super-sucky sponge. 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 13, 2012

How to Day Drink, from The New York Times

'Tis the season, apparently. The season for sitting outside in the sun, for long brunches or lunches, and especially, for long, boozy brunches or lunches. The season for day-drinking!

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By John Hudson

Apr 12, 2012

Today in Research

Beer Boosts Problem-Solving Skills; Women and Children Aren't First

Discovered: alcohol may increase your problem-solving skills, men don't act chivalrous when disaster strikes, UCLA has created a time machine of sorts and toddlers and chimps have something in common.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 10, 2012

If Social Media Sites Were Cocktails

When we came across this social-media inspired cocktail menu the other day, it had us wondering what a marriage between two things we spend a lot of time with would look like. Is this what the Internet would taste like if it got you drunk?

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By Jen Doll

Mar 15, 2012

Esquire Writer Pulls a Roger Sterling

"The hardest thing about a three-martini lunch is the time crunch." [Esquire]

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 5, 2012

Today in Research

Emotional Computers; Parents Don't Know Where Their Kids Are

Discovered: An anti-drinking drug, emotional computers, parents don't know where there kids are sometimes, there's oxygen and possibly life on Saturn's moon, and a creature that sees without eyes. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 23, 2012

Today in Research

Spiders Look Scarier to People Scared of Spiders; A Case for Early Mammograms

Discovered: Science's cruel joke on arachnophobes, a case for early mammograms, man will not go extinct, surgeons make bad health decisions. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 17, 2012

Today in Research

Gecko Foot Glue; When Alcohol Is a Health Food

Discovered: Glue from gecko feet, alcohol as a health food, sleeping your way to memory loss, and pregnant women should get dogs. 

 

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 8, 2012

Ukraine Blames Alcohol, Not Homelessness, for Killer Cold

Ukraine's emergency situations minister is blaming alcohol for most of the country's weather-related deaths this winter.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Feb 7, 2012

Prohibition Takes Hold in Algeria, But Liquor Continues to Flow

An Islamist movement in Algeria has lead to the shuttering of the country's oldest bars, the rise of fly-by-night networks of suppliers, and secret sales of liquor in people's homes--all signs that the country is in the middle of its own prohibition era.

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By Eric Randall

Jan 19, 2012

FIFA Really Wants Brazil To Allow Beer at the World Cup

FIFA's next World Cup is slated to take place in Brazil, which doesn't allow alcohol sales at sporting events, but FIFA's commissioner made clear Thursday that little things like "laws" won't stand in the way of soccer fans and their brew.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 12, 2012

Today in Research

Red Wine Research Fraud; The Tiniest Frog in the World

Discovered: A red-wine research fraud, the world's smallest frog, what makes alcohol addictive, the Internet's mind-altering properties, a new Mars-like planet.  

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 11, 2012

Mayor Bloomberg Backs Away from a War on Booze

Following some grumpy pushback from seemingly everyone, the Mayor Bloomberg's office said they have no plans to limit the sale of alcohol in New York City, adding "there are no bad ideas in brainstorming."

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By Ted Mann

Jan 7, 2012

Qatar Moves to Curb the Use of Alcohol

The Middle Eastern nation has designs on bridging East-West gaps in business, and, with the World Cup, in sports. But permissive Western attitudes toward liquor won't fly with locals.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Dec 28, 2011

If You're Shopping Online Right Now, You're Probably Drunk

Another classic trend piece from The New York Times looks at the newest Internet danger entering our homes and threatening our livelihoods — shopping online while drunk.

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By Eric Randall

Dec 8, 2011

When Working in Congress, Don't Drink and Tweet

Three staffers for Rep. Rick Larsen have learned today that it's a pretty terrible idea to tweet about being drunk on the job if you work on Capitol Hill.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Nov 21, 2011

Blogger Experiment Proves Vodka-Tampon Trend Is Fake

While conservative columnist David Frum is trying to convince his friends he's not crazy just because he's not that into the Tea Party, his wife, Danielle Crittenden, managing editor of blogs for Huffington Post Canada, was experimenting in the bathroom with a vodka-soaked tampon.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Nov 8, 2011

Election Day Special: Are Embryos People? Mississippi Voters May Say Yes

Aside from one controversial abortion referendum in Mississippi, Tuesday's election reflects how states are struggling through tough times.

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By Eric Randall

Nov 1, 2011

Perry Thinks His Slurring Speech Went Well

Asked about the video that got people wondering if Rick Perry was a drunk or has a pill problem, the presidential candidate said, "I felt the message got across very well."

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 26, 2011

It's Official: Amy Winehouse Died of Too Much Alcohol

The coroner for Amy Winehouse has released her official word on the British singer-songwriter's cause of death: "death by misadventure," meaning that she "died as the unintended consequence of drinking too much alcohol," the AP, along with Reuters, are reporting.

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By Eric Randall

Oct 11, 2011

The Latest Crazy Way Teens Are (Not) Getting Drunk

In the most recent trumped up scary trend, teens apparently soak gummy bears in alcohol.

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By Adam Martin

Aug 5, 2011

Mistakes Mayors Make While They're Drunk

The history of mayors and alcohol includes many regretful mornings

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 1, 2011

Drinking Red Wine Gets Even Better

A new study finds that red wine could protect your skin from sun damage

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By John Hudson

Jul 5, 2011

Bloggers Unite Against Drunken Puppy Shopping

It's happening across the country... And it's leaving puppies vulnerable!

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By Caitlin Dickson

Jun 22, 2011

Stat of the Day

There's More Bourbon Than People in Kentucky

Barrels of bourbon produced by Kentucky distilleries outnumber the state's population

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