Texan town sold on eBay for $3m

"A US town was sold for more than $3m on auction website eBay today. Albert, a 13 acre historic town in the heart of Texas Hill Country, is around 112km from the state capital, Austin, and includes a house, dance hall, tavern and a schoolhouse reportedly attended by former...

Football fans have bitten off the ears of a tavern keeper

Dimitris Tsibibakis, a Greek tavern keeper, working at a health resort, lost both of his ears while trying to part football fans. The fight began in his tavern during a football match between Greece and Turkey. When he tried to part the fighting fans they bitten off...

Armed robbers ambush tavern manager

I heard on the radio that over AUD$150,000 was taken."Armed robbers ambush tavern manager Police say the thieves who robbed a Gold Coast tavern on the weekend ambushed the manager. Two armed men wearing balaclavas locked the manager of the Fisherman's Wharf Tavern into a safe...

Australian Police Up Post-Riot Security

"BRISBANE, Australia -- Security was stepped up at an Aboriginal community in remote northern Australia on Wednesday after rioters attacked a police station and ransacked a shop. About 300 people went on a rampage Tuesday night in the northern Queensland community of Aurukun,...

The Future of Then is Now

"t’s 1732 and you live in middle England. One night, while downing some ale at the local tavern, you remark to your friends that the last twelve years have been crazy. Much that you now do on a daily basis - things that seem difficult to imagine living without - had...