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Dubai eases liquor laws
Associated Press, Published on 24/10/2019
» DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Dubai has loosened its liquor laws to allow tourists to purchase alcohol in state-controlled stores previously only accessible to licence-holding residents, as the United Arab Emirates saw the first drop in alcohol sales by volume in a decade.
Forget 'manmade': Berkeley bans gender-specific words
Associated Press, Published on 19/07/2019
» BERKELEY, United States: There will be no manholes in Berkeley, California. City workers will drop into "maintenance holes'' instead.
Kim Jong Un impersonator questioned
Associated Press, Published on 08/06/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Kim Jong Un lookalike said he was detained and questioned upon his arrival in Singapore on Friday, days before a summit between the North Korean leader and President Donald Trump.
Indonesia bootleg alcohol deaths exceed 100
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2018
» JAKARTA: Deaths from drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Indonesia have exceeded 100 this month, police said Wednesday as they vowed a “scorched earth” crackdown on the makers and distributors of black-market liquor.
At least 50 Indonesians dead in April from bootleg liquor
Associated Press, Published on 09/04/2018
» JAKARTA: More than 50 people have died in little more than a week after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia, including in the capital, Jakarta, officials said Monday.
6 nursing home patients die in US post-hurricane heat
Associated Press, Published on 14/09/2017
» HOLLYWOOD, Florida: Six patients at a sweltering nursing home died in Hurricane Irma's aftermath, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida's 4 million senior citizens amid widespread power outages that could go on for days.
FBI: Flight attendant broke wine bottle over man's head
Associated Press, Published on 08/07/2017
» SEATTLE - A flight attendant broke a wine bottle over the head of a man who lunged for an exit door and fought with other passengers during a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Beijing, but it didn't faze him, an FBI agent wrote in charging papers filed Friday.
The rise of dating apps
Associated Press, Published on 20/05/2014
» NEW YORK - So, a lady walks into a bar...Wait, scratch that. A lady takes out her phone. With a left swipe of her finger she dismisses Alex, 25 and Robert, 48. She swipes right when a photo of James, 24, pops up. It is a match. James had swiped right too. They chat, and make plans to meet. They are only three miles apart, after all.
Shirley Temple dies at 85
Associated Press, Published on 11/02/2014
» Woodside, California — Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to publicist Cheryl Kagan. She was 85.
Russian men risk death by vodka
Associated Press, Published on 31/01/2014
» Russian men who down large amounts of vodka - and too many do - have an "extraordinarily" high risk of an early death, a new study says.