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Fort Knox to feature Woodford Reserve Room

Liquor producer Brown-Forman Corp. and Fort Knox are mixing two Kentucky traditions — bourbon and the military — at the famed Army post. Soldiers and business executives planned to gather Wednesday for the opening of the Woodford Reserve Room, a place where soldiers can kick back and relax, perhaps while ...

Flowers and pinwheels with the names of the victims and survivors of the Carrolton bus crash line the seats at North Hardin High School May 14, 2013 in Radcliff, Ky. A quarter century after the nation’s deadliest alcohol-related highway crash, the Kentucky town that still grieves for the 27 “beautiful souls” who perished on a church bus in the fiery tragedy gathered Tuesday evening to remember the victims and honor the resilience of the survivors. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered

Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky road, in what remains the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash. In the town that still grieves for the 27 who perished, ...

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, wild sockeye salmon is smoked at the Ducktrap River company, in Belfast, Maine. Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to. That demand, part of a larger trend of infusing everything from salts and cocktails to nuts and teas with a kiss of smoky flavor, has smoked seafood producers like Maine’s Ducktrap River moving fast to expand production. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Americans eating more smoked seafood products

There's no smoke and mirrors about it — Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to. And that demand — part of a larger trend of infusing everything from salts and cocktails to fruit and teas with a kiss of smoky flavor — has smoked seafood ...

Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon speaks with reporters after NFL football organized team activities, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Jags' Blackmon blames problems on poor decisions

Justin Blackmon pinned his problems on his decisions. Blackmon, suspended the first four games of the 2013 season for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy, acknowledged Monday that he's at a crossroads in his career and his personal life. But the Jacksonville Jaguars receiver insisted he doesn't have an alcohol or ...

Jason McClellan, owner of Olde Burnside Brewing Co., poses for a photo at the plant in East Hartford, Conn., Friday, May 10, 2013. Connecticut’s beer producers, distributors and retailers are launching a campaign to highlight the state’s burgeoning craft beer industry and encourage consumers to buy locally-produced beers. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Conn. craft beer industry launches promo campaign

From Stamford up to Granby and as far east as Pawcatuck, microbreweries that make specialty craft beers are putting Connecticut on beer-drinkers' maps. Without the advertising budgets of the big domestic beer companies, microbrewers rely on grass-roots marketing and face-to-face interactions to promote their products. Through a new "Brew and ...

Central Texas DA jailed for DWI gets early release

A Central Texas prosecutor serving 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated has been freed early due to good behavior. Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was released early Thursday from jail in Austin. Lehmberg was arrested April 12 following a report of a vehicle swerving ...

Settlement reached in deadly Santa Fe DWI crash

A wrongful death lawsuit has been settled in the case of a girl killed when her family's van was hit by a vehicle driven by a Santa Fe surgeon. The family of 4-year-old Yuliana Aremi Reyes Vasquez filed the lawsuit against Dr. Deborah Aaron and her insurance company in April ...

In this April 27, 2013 photo, bottles of local made sweet wine Prosek are seen on a shelf in a wine cellar in Jelsa, southern Croatia. The EU has ruled that once the Balkan country becomes its 28th member on July 1, Prosek can no longer be sold under that name across the EU, even at home. It maintains that it is too similar to Prosecco, Italy's sparkling beverage. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

To join EU, Croatia may give up its wine

Does Croatia's Prosek jeopardize Italy's Prosecco? Croatia is gearing up to celebrate its entry into the EU, but don't pop the corks just yet. A heated trademark battle over the country's beloved sweet dessert wine has some feeling less than bubbly, mirroring rapidly declining enthusiasm among Croats for membership in ...

Distilleryman Brian Messina inspects a bottle of baby bourbon on the bottling line at Tuthilltown Spirits on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Gardiner, N.Y. Some call it “grain to glass,” the booze equivalent of the local-food slogan “farm to table,” though in the case of the apple vodka made from Hudson Valley at Tuthilltown, it’s more like “tree to tumbler.” Whatever the name, it’s catching on. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

That's the spirit: Booze from local crops booming

With all the orchards and corn fields that dot the Hudson Valley landscape, Tuthilltown Spirits doesn't have to look far for the grains and apples to make their whiskey, vodka and gin. The 10-year-old company crafts many of their liquors from ingredients grown no more than a few minutes away, ...

A resident carries a bucket of water to help fight the brush fire burning right up to his property in the hills above Banning, Calif., on Wednesday, May 1, 2013. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Terry Pierson)

Wind-fueled wildfire erupts east of Los Angeles

A Southern California wildfire fueled by strong winds was raging through 4½ square miles of Riverside County on Wednesday in the biggest of a series of statewide fires that broke out amid dry, gusty conditions. The fast-moving wildfire about 90 miles east of Los Angeles broke out just after noon ...

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