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With "billions served," McDonald's and its Golden Arches have come to be synonymous with American culture: We are the "fast food nation," the Big Mac is universal, children all over the world order Happy Meals with Chicken McNuggets, and the language is understood everywhere. But fresh off a...

Washington state this week banned trendy and controversial energy drinks that contain alcohol, a week after Michigan took similar action. The decision by the Washington State Liquor Control Board comes after nine Central Washington University students were hospitalized after drinking Four Loko,...

The explosive popularity of alcoholic energy drinks laced with caffeine, guarana and other body-tricking stimulants, combined with a series of incidents involving young consumers who suffered serious -- some nearly fatal -- health effects after drinking them, has led Michigan to issue a statewide...

Selling unhealthy foods to young people is hardly a new thing, but combining alcohol and caffeine in a 24-ounce can and marketing it to underage partygoers as a fruit-flavored pick-me-up is pushing the boundaries. The drinks are raising alarms among consumer advocacy groups, doctors and lawmakers...

Another year of scholastic excellence has gone by. Classes are over, finals are underway, and you need to fill the gaps between your exams. Study? Only if you're into anxiety. But for those who approach the most stressful period of undergrad life just a tad more relaxed, here's how to throw a...

At this time of year we always like to remember the needy. But the liquor industry? Alcohol producers and distributors are suffering because we're drinking less of the good stuff and buying more of the cheap stuff during these sobering economic times, the Los Angeles Times reports. The holidays...

For the past few months, as frightened investors have scurried to find something that isn't losing value, numerous writers, pundits and analysts (including yours truly) have advised so-called vice investing. Basically a euphemism for betting one's money on immorality, vice investing runs on the...

Even though alcohol is often considered recession proof, the current economic situation has led to a change in how many people including myself consume it. The change is actually a regression to an earlier stage of life; one where money was tighter and friends pooled their resources to achieve a...

Even under the best of circumstances, weddings are difficult affairs. Between the emotionally explosive brides and/or bridesmaids re-creating Ophelia's scenes from Hamlet and the unsure, second-guessing bridegrooms who are contemplating a quick move to a country without extradition, there are the...