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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The Applebee's restaurant chain says it's changing the way it serves juice after a toddler was mistakenly given a small amount of alcohol at a Detroit-area location. The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News report Tuesday that Applebee's will pour juice for children from single-serve containers at the table starting this week. Applebee's also plans to retrain workers. Madison Heights police say the drink mislabeled as apple juice was actually a leftover mixed drink combination. Fifteen-month-old Dominic Dill-Reese's mother ordered her son a kid's meal and asked ...
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Before he got behind the wheel, this accused drunken driver should have handed over his keys -- and his cellphone. Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputies say Phernando Cuello was driving drunk and "sexting" when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed near New Port Richey early Sunday. Cuello initially told investigators that somebody "cut him off," before revealing he actually crashed because he was sending raunchy text messages to his girlfriend, according to police reports obtained by the St. Petersburg Times. ...
When Jason Kircher was pulled over, his car wasn't being serviced -- he was. Police in Kentucky have charged a Louisville man with careless driving, speeding and driving while intoxicated after the motorist told police his reckless behavior on the road was caused by some explicit behavior in the front seat. Louisville Metro Corrections If driving drunk is risky, then driving while receiving oral sex is risque. Jason Kircher was arrested after claiming he was receiving oral sex while behind the wheel, police say. When an officer asked Kircher why he was speeding and driving ...
He didn't talk back to police, but cops in Colorado say this suspect had a foul mouth. Law enforcement officials in Durango say a postal worker spit his excrement in a police officer's face after being arrested on drunken driving charges. After seeing Paul Andrew Kausalik, 61, make a turn without signaling late on Feb. 11, an officer pulled over the post office retail associate, according to The Durango Herald. ...
It's fiesta time, ladies and gentlemen. Today is National Margarita Day 2011, and given the drink's standing as the most popular cocktail in the U.S., odds are you're a fan. Traditionally composed of tequila, triple sec and lime juice, it's hard to say exactly who first mixed up the world's first margarita. Some say the drink was invented by a Mexican bartender named Willie and his friend Marguerite Hemery in 1934. Others point to a two-week party thrown by Mexican socialite Margarita Sames in 1948. As to the best margarita recipes, debate is even more heated. Surge Desk has been conducting ...
The term "drive-thru" shouldn't be taken this literally. Massachusetts police say that Joseph Grillo, a doctor from Barrington, R.I., slammed his SUV into a Seekonk, Mass., liquor store about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and then tried to reach through the broken glass to grab some booze, according to NECN. Unable to reach a bottle, Grillo drove away, according to the report. Grillo faces drunken driving charges. ...
PORTLAND, Maine -- Beer. It's not just for couch potatoes anymore. A Bavarian brewmeister is touting its no-alcohol beer as the latest sport drink for athletes, handing it out at the finish line of sporting events and touting its regenerative benefits. Unlike Gatorade, Erdinger Alkoholfrei is served up with a frothy head. And it comes in one color -- a golden hue -- unlike conventional sport drinks. Several top athletes from Europe quaffed the beverage from giant mugs on the podium of the World Cup biathlons held this month in northern Maine. The company touts the beverage as an isotonic, ...
Looking for a way to make tonight's State of the Union proceedings a little more lively? If so, you're in luck. Surge Desk has scoured the Internet for the best SOTU drinking games, so gather some shot glasses, round up some friends (of whatever political persuasion) and play along. Here are the top five: Related Stories State of the Union Address [LIVE FEED] 1. The game for people who hope there will be fights The gentlemen at Esquire have a remarkably thorough game planned, with drinking options for ordinary events (one gulp of beer for a "close-up of angry ...
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO PLAY THE GAME: • 4 taxpayers of any sex: 1 rich white banker-type wearing dark suit with loosened tie. 2 ordinary folks wearing jeans; 1 in a blue or flannel work shirt, the other in a white shirt, sleeves rolled up. 1 poor bedraggled person wearing clothes that look like they were retrieved from the bottom of a rodeo dumpster behind the animal performer stalls. • 1 living room with a TV tuned to the State of the Union Address. • 1 shot glass per person. Everybody brings own, scattering array on coffee table in front of TV. Banker gets first choice for use ...
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