Belinda Goldsmith at
Reuters: "Britain's government is selling vintage French wine at around 5,000 pounds a bottle ($7,500)
in a bid to make its wine cellar self-funding."
— Rob
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In Russia,
trainers served warm Vodka to freezing elephants to save them from encroaching cold. The animals were not intoxicated. [AP]
— Rob
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CBS: "An impromptu celebration was held, appropriately enough, at the Space Needle, a Seattle high point.
The air was filled with the scent of victory."
— Rob
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A moment of silence, please. Some complete bastard in Italy has
destroyed 84,000 bottles of Brunello, worth at least $25m. [Eric Asimov/NYT]
— Rob
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