Anne Rice: ‘I Quit Christianity’
NEW YORK Anne Rice has had a religious conversion: She’s no longer a Christian.

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Booze bootlegger busted
An illicit distilling and sales operation that police claim targeted gang members, alcoholics and young people, has been busted in Timaru’s Marchwiel suburb.

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Rather than pave roads for Chatham Twp., Bill Behre snared drunks
CHATHAM TWP. – Call it the happy accident of fate.

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Four Horsemen? No, the Four Loko is the apocalypse
Civilizations rise and fall, such is the cycle of human history. There are many things attributing to the downfall of a civilization, such as disease, wars or societal collapse. However, I realized recently that there will be only one thing to bring down modern Western civilization. Dear readers, I have seen the harbinger of the end of time, and it exists among us in startling quantity. Of …

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Limon Returns To AOTG
Acoustic on the Green’s next performer is certainly what is known as a “triple-threat” in the industry—guitarist, singer, actor and performer extraordinaire Robbie Limon returns to the Town Green stage Saturday evening.

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Community Programs
Support Groups Alcoholics Anonymous information provided by calling 779-6162 or 227-2016.

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U.S. Justice Department sues Dalton Township over handling of group home for alcohol, drug users
DALTON TOWNSHIP — The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Dalton Township, saying it violated federal disability law by ordering a group home serving recovering drug and alcohol users to close.

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Stopping slots wrong answer
I belong to a local service club funded largely by gaming funds. Our club alone helps thousands of local children and their families.

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Communion for dogs?
In Canada, Christianity is literally going to the dogs. Reverend Marguerite Rea of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in Toronto sparked outrage last week after administering holy communion to Donald Keith, 56, and his four-year-old German Shepherd mix, Trapper. “The whole thing was all very innocent,” Keith told the Toronto Star, adding that it made people “smile.” But some parishioners and church …

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Beach cruisers pedal PCH for a cause
Drivers along Pacific Coast Highway between San Clemente and Capistrano Beach honked horns, waved and gave thumbs up at a rare sight Saturday – a swarm of adult bicyclists riding beach cruisers. A Southern California beach-cruiser club, the Cobras,…

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Keep your eyes peeled for drunks
Mothers Against Drunk Driving has a message for boozing drivers: you are being watched.

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Drinkaware Response To Plans By The Government To Crack Down On Binge Drinking Hotspots, UK
Responding to the plan by the Government to crack down on binge drinking hotspots and give communities more influence over licensing applications, Chris Sorek, Chief Executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, says: “Alcohol misuse costs society £25 billion a year* and it is imperative our culture’s binge drinking problem is tackled head on. Drink related anti-social behavior causes …

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