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Cyclists’ Battle with NYPD Reaches ‘Critical Mass’

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

At issue in a video (above) making the news today is an ice hockey-style body check that a New York City police officer delivered to a biker participating in a Critical Mass bike ride Friday night in Times Square.
While, on the surface, the video appears to show a cop acting recklessly and endangering the [...]

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St. Louis Celebrates 75th Year Since Prohibition

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

While many Americans are marking the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition on beer in the United States today, no one is doing more to commemorate the event than the folks at Anheuser-Busch World Headquarters in St. Louis.
An A-B news release about the commemoration recalls the events of April 6-7,1933:

On the night of April [...]

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