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This time next week, viewers across America will tune in for the big show: Not just the Super Bowl, but the ads, including a heady brew of beer commercials. The ever-busy plaintiff's bar is also ready... to serve up another round of lawsuits. On the surface, these lawsuits target alleged pitches by the alcohol industry to underage drinkers. As usual, though, what's really on trial are personal responsibility and the deep pockets of beverage makers. Class-action lawsuits filed in California and a few other states accuse alcohol companies of using provocative TV and magazine ads to push libations on youngsters....

DOVER — A man who allegedly tried to burn his ex-girlfriend’s apartment building with Molotov cocktails, then fled on a riding lawnmower, was held in lieu of $25,000 cash bail after being arraigned on felony charges yesterday. COLEMAN Steven W. Coleman, 37, of 31 Upper Factory Drive was arrested after leading police on a brief, low-speed pursuit aboard his mower after allegedly hurling two glass Budweiser bottles filled with gasoline and plugged with rags at the front and rear doors of 11 Mineral Park Drive about 10:17 p.m. Saturday. The homemade bombs did not burst into flames, although police said...

No matter how you cut it up, eating people is simply wrong - By Barbara Amiel (Filed: 08/12/2003) Not a few modern cannibals in the West have been German and it would be tempting to say, after reading the testimony of self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes, now on trial in Kassel, that eating people is a peculiarly German thing to do. But there have been some American and British cannibals, with the odd Russian as well. What may be an EU speciality is that apparently cannibalism is not a crime - though using wooden chopping boards may be. Somehow, one would...

The Anheuser-Busch Company, which brews Budweiser beer in St. Louis, loses a lawsuit against the Czech company Budvar, which produces its own beer called Budweiser, for the right to use the trademark in Finland.

While gay marriage is a current hot-button issue for politicians, business leaders have been wrestling for years over whether to offer health coverage to their employees' domestic partners. As employers look into the benefits and costs of covering domestic partners, more and more of them are saying yes--not due to a court order or political pressure but because they think it makes good business sense. Since last year, 34 of the 500 biggest U.S. public companies have started the coverage, bringing the total up to 210, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a Washington, D.C.-based gay and lesbian lobbying group....

A friend told me she heard a local well connected beer supplier say that Anheuser-Busch was going to buy out and close down the renowned Czech brewer Budweiser Budvar (called "Czechvar" in the USA). Czechvar is about the best Pilsner I've ever tasted--and is actually brewed in Budweis, Czech. They've been haranging with A-B since the 1800s over the "Budweiser" name. Over most of the world giant A-B has won out.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- When you boil it all down, the Budweiser Shootout is nothing but a glorified practice among 19 drivers to see who has the best Daytona 500 backup car. So why is it always so intense? Why do 22 drivers -- pole winner from 2003 and previous Shootout winners -- go after it so hard? Well, it's simple. It's a race. There's money on the line. Did we mention it was a race? "It's like a bar fight, but the car takes the beating," defending Budweiser Shootout winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.

Democrats Preferred Budweiser 'Donkey Dream' Republicans Voted for Bud Light 'Sleigh Ride' Women's Favorite Commercial was Budweiser 'Donkey Dream' ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Budweiser's "Donkey Dream" commercial was voted America's favorite commercial during the championship football game last night, according to ADBOWL(R), the real-time, interactive advertising ranking system for consumers. Developed by McKee Wallwork Henderson advertising, powered by FatCow and in association with Superbowl-ads.com. America's top 5 favorites were: Budweiser "Donkey Dream" Bud Light "Dog Fetch" Bud Light "Sleigh Ride" Frito-Lay "Dentures" Chevrolet "New Chevy Pick-up (Soap)" "Budweiser's 'Donkey Dream' commercial won first place because it incorporated light...

The head of a Washington, DC based media watchdog group is asking that advertisers demand to preview a planned CBS mini series on former President Ronald Reagan before sponsoring the program. Media Reasearch Center President L. Brent Bozell Tuesday sent a letter to each of the nations top 100 advertisers urging them to preview the movie before making a sponsorship decision because it is what Bozell called 'a partisan attack against one of Americas most beloved Presidents.'A review of the script by New York Times writer Jim Reutenberg noted the two part mini series, scheduled for later this month, makes...

Jesse jackson has been caught up in a new love-child scandal -- two years after The ENQUIRER revealed he'd fathered a baby girl with a former staffer. An unmarried Chicago woman has just given birth to a baby girl. Sources say Jesse's son Yusef is the father -- and he's agreed to take a paternity test, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively. The ENQUIRER is withholding the names of the woman and the baby. Back in January 2001, The ENQUIRER revealed exclusively that Jesse Jackson, then 59, had a long-term extramarital affair with 39-year-old Rainbow Coalition staffer Karin Stanford that resulted...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch said Friday it has won the latest round in a worldwide court battle to prevent a Czech brewing company from using the name of its flagship brand, Budweiser. Anheuser-Busch president Stephen Burrows said in a statement Friday that New Zealand's Court of Appeal reversed a High Court decision and ordered Budejovicky Budvar to stop importing, advertising, or selling beer under the Budweiser name. Burrows called the ruling "another significant victory" after it stopped Budvar from using the Budweiser name in Argentina, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Spain and most recently, Italy. Anheuser-Busch, which...

U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch said Friday it has won the latest round in a worldwide court battle to prevent a Czech brewing company from using the name of its flagship brand, Budweiser. Anheuser-Busch president Stephen Burrows said in a statement Friday that New Zealand's Court of Appeal reversed a High Court decision and ordered Budejovicky Budvar to stop importing, advertising, or selling beer under the Budweiser name. Burrows called the ruling "another significant victory" after it stopped Budvar from using the Budweiser name in Argentina, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Spain and most recently, Italy. Anheuser-Busch, which brews Budweiser and holds the...