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I love reading about bartender news. The thing about bartending and bars, there is always a news story, someplace. People love to read about drinking, and reporters love a good booze story. Such as...

Browns Mills, New Jersey: A beloved bartender died from complications of cirrhosis of the liver, and his regulars had some send-off for him. Francis J. Sinn was 62 and described in the Courier Post as a "grumpy old man" and a "charmer" by his former customers. So when he died, his ashes were tied to a balloon and sprinkled over town. I am not making this up.

Baltimore: A guy walks into a bar, drinks all night, is handed his tab, and according to the Baltimore Sun, "So this customer scratched out the prices he'd been charged on the check and wrote in what he felt he should pay." What happens next?

India: Guess what happened today? The supreme court in India ruled that women can tend bar. Welcome to the 21st Century. One story says,

"Young men and women know what would be the best offer for them in the service sector. In the age of (the) Internet, they would know all the pros and cons of a profession. It is their life… a citizen of India should be allowed to live life on her own terms," it said.

Antigua -- You know a lot of drinking happens on this island. I found this column in the Antigua Sun about a new book, the Cool Caribbean Cocktail Book.

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