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High-Brow Beer Costs $100 Per BottlePOSTED: 8:15 am EDT August 19, 2005 NEW YORK -- A hundred bucks might seem cheap for a bit of utopia. But in this case, Utopia is a beer brewed by the Samuel Adams company. It sells for $100 a bottle. Earlier this week, beer lovers got a chance to sample the high-brow brew at the Hop Devil Grill in New York City. Shot-sized servings were included as part of a $40-a-head beer lover's four-course dinner. This is a brew to sip not swill. Some of the patrons say Utopia is closer to cognac or...

What's wrong about this photo? Or if you're a true-born Southerner, what's right? While scanning through some of the up and coming movies in 2005, I ran across this intriguing title; "CSA: Confederate States of America (2005)". It's an "alternate universe" take on what would the country be like had the South won the civil war.Stars with bars:Suffice to say anything from Hollywood on this topic is sure to to bring about all sorts of controversial ideas and discussions. I was surprised that they are approaching such subject matter, and I'm more than a little interested.Some things are better left...

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — A standoff between police and an orchestra's conductor who opened fire with a handgun at the world-famous Crystal Cathedral (search) ended early Friday with the man shooting and killing himself, police said. No one was hurt when Johnnie Carl, 57, initially opened fire Thursday, and children in a day-care center were rushed to safety. Carl, a 29-year veteran of the church, remained inside the complex for several hours, and shot himself as officers tried to talk to him as he was holed up in a bathroom. "There was a dialogue, and then the officers heard the...