Dutch brewer claims world’s strongest beer (Reuters)
Reuters – A Dutch brewer with a penchant for competition has laid claim to creating the world’s strongest brew: a beer that is some 60 percent alcohol by volume.
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The oyster is their world, but oil spill threatens it – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times The oyster is their world, but oil spill threatens it Los Angeles Times The BP oil spill is killing off a centuries-old way of life, and endangering one of the world's largest wild oyster systems. Businesses nationwide have been … Oil spill hasn't chilled New Orleans seafood restaurants Los Angeles Times Widespread oyster deaths found on La. reefs MiamiHerald.com all 51 news articles
Divers find oldest champagne in Baltic wreck (Reuters)
Reuters – A group of divers exploring a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea have found bottles containing what is thought to be the oldest drinkable champagne in the world, made in the late 18th century. “I picked up one champagne bottle just so we could find the age of the wreck, because we didn’t find any name or any details that would have told us the name of the ship,” diver Christian Ekstrom from Aland told Reuters on Saturday.
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Priest suspended for World Cup Orange Mass (Reuters)
Reuters – A Dutch priest has been suspended for dedicating a Mass to the Dutch national soccer team — while wearing an orange cloak — ahead of the World Cup final against Spain.
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World Cup octopus predicts next Russian president (Reuters)
Reuters – One of Russia’s most popular newspapers said on Friday it had managed to get Paul, the oracle German octopus which accurately predicted the World Cup results, to forecast who will be Russia’s next president.
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Follow the money, not the octopus – economists (Reuters)
Reuters – A German economic think tank, seemingly envious of an octopus who became an international celebrity for picking World Cup winners, said it came to similar conclusions with a better foundation for its picks.
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Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, WHY?, Pictureplane, Fang Island @ JellyNYC Pool Party … – Stereogum (blog)
Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, WHY?, Pictureplane, Fang Island @ JellyNYC Pool Party … Stereogum (blog) Between the World Cup's conclusion hijacking the standard operating procedure of most any establishment serving alcohol and space enough for a TV screen, … and more
Oracle octopus gets own World Cup for winning streak (Reuters)
Reuters – Paul the oracle octopus was given a replica of the World Cup on Monday as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in picking matches as worldwide collected their winnings based on his selections.
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Frantic search for relatives after Uganda blasts
KAMPALA Collins Zziwa scrambled around Uganda’s main hospital in a blood-stained T-shirt searching for a friend wounded in a deadly blast as they watched the last tense moments of the World Cup final.
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Dutch houseboat owners fear World Cup chaos (Reuters)
Reuters – The Dutch are hoping to welcome their World Cup team home with a victory canal parade although Amsterdam houseboat owners are becoming anxious about partygoers climbing onto their homes and sinking them.
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