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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police said the mother of an elementary school student drank a 40 ounce bottle of malt liquor before brandishing a sword in her child's school. The woman, 32, apparently intended to confront the parents of another child who had been in a spitting match with her child the previous day....

ETROIT (AP) -- Some members of the Detroit City Council say they're unhappy with billboards throughout the city that boast Colt 45 malt liquor "works every time." The council spent part of Tuesday looking at ways to regulate such advertising after residents complained they were offended by the billboards featuring a cartoon representation of actor Billy Dee Williams. Councilwoman JoAnn Watson says, "This is killing our community." Watson says she's worried the billboards are targeted specifically at Detroiters, calling it "an issue of racism and perversity."

In June of 1991, while the reorganized G. Heileman Brewing Company was once again trying to get back on its financial feet after a series of business setbacks, the brewery announced the creation of a new malt liquor called PowerMaster. This new brew would be added to its collection of other high-octane brews, including its best seller, Colt 45. PowerMaster would have an alcoholic content of about 5.5 to 6 percent, depending on the legal restrictions on alcohol content in beer by some western states. “Upper strength malt liquors, those with a higher alcohol content, are growing,” noted a brewery...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness. Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports. His initial statement said: "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident."'Later, however, he issued a longer statement saying the attending physician for Congress had prescribed Phenergan on Tuesday to treat Kennedy's gastroenteritis.Kennedy said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after a final series of votes...

Forget about Joe Camel. Instead, beware the St. Ides and watch for the Hurricane. The malt liquor industry, drunk on high-octane sales to the black hip-hop nation, sets its sights on the Latino youth market By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor A LITTLE MORE THAN a year ago, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a small article that should have sent shock waves through the Santa Clara Valley's Latino population. Never mind--few people in the valley read the St. Louis papers, and even if they did, fewer still would have recognized the article's significance. Its full effects, however, when finally felt, will...

<p>CINCINNATI -- A local money-laundering operation that allegedly shipped millions of dollars to the Middle East has been stopped with the arrest of the group's alleged ringleader and more than 20 other people, officials announced Thursday.</p> <p>Omran Saleh (pictured, below) was among 23 people arrested, most of whom are of Palestinian descent, Thursday, WLWT Eyewitness News 5's Brian Hamrick reported.</p>

Those familiar pieces to the Monopoly game are the shoe, the thimble and the race car, but have you ever heard of the version with the gun or crack cocaine?