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Dec 7, 2006
Price of Fun Falls, Cost of Living Rises
from the Your Money dept.
Those who need an excuse to enjoy themselves this festive season now have a very good one: having fun has become cheaper, while day-to-day living expenses have rocketed. The "cost of fun" has fallen over the past decade, while the cost of living has soared almost a third, according to new figures.
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Dec 5, 2006
Maine Prohibits Santa from drinking beer
from the Holiday Cheer dept.
A beer distributor says Maine is being a Scrooge by barring it from selling a beer with a label depicting Santa Claus enjoying a pint of brew. In a complaint filed in federal court, Shelton Brothers accuses the Maine Bureau of Liquor Enforcement of censorship for denying applications for labels for Santa's Butt Winter Porter and two other beers it wants to sell in Maine.
