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The anise-flavored drink Ouzo is deeply connected with the nation of Greece. It is simply the spirit of Greek summer which no one can copy. It’s probably the most social drink ever distilled. Those who share this particular flavor, come closer and speak more easily. Ouzo is the drink of companionship and confession. Ouzo drinking is an art. Or maybe it’s a way of life, says Matt Barrett, an American who writes about Greece. However, it’s not the ouzo but rather who you drink it with that really makes the experience, he adds. A unique Mediterranean experience When Greeks say...

The effects of the stimulus are wearing off, leaving us with a nasty hangover. The economic crisis reached a turning point this week. Admittedly, it might have passed you by, as one piece of bad news blended relentlessly into another. And there was certainly no fanfare to mark this change, still less any sign of a break in the clouds. No, what I am referring to is the sense of resignation, or surrender, that has crept into the economic argument – a collective global realisation that public policy, fiscal and monetary, has reached the limits of its ability to fight...

A Wisconsin man is warning others about the dangers of binge drinking after he jumped over the edge of a parking garage wall and fell four stories to the pavement below. Matt Mathe survived the fall, which was caught on surveillance video. The video shows him running full speed and flipping over the wall. For a split second, he tries to catch himself, but by then it is too late. Mathe said he was so drunk that he thought he was on the first floor and could simply hop over the wall onto the street. "It was a mistake," he...

Ha ha – this is rich… Howard Stern is waging war against Bush. He is telling his 8 million listeners (roughly 1/3 of the amount Rush Limbaugh has), not to vote for Bush. Correct me if I am wrong, but I would imagine that most of the smut-happy morons who listen to this guy probably wouldn’t vote for Bush anyway, (if they even bother to vote). These are the type of people who buy into all that democratic mantra that republicans are for the rich, they are prolife when the baby is unborn, but as soon as the baby...