Lead researcher, Dr. Yan Li, says they discovered "it makes no difference if a woman drinks wine, beer or liquor -- it's the alcohol itself and the quantity consumed" that is critical.

CNN: Alcohol and breast cancer: Weigh your risks

Last week, as I wrote, it was revealed Massachusetts demanded the company stop including alcohol in its deals, citing violations of various liquor laws in the state, primarily the discounting drinks, which has long been banned in the Bay State.

FORBES: Groupon Alcohol, Spending Woes Piling Up

It was a time when patrons hid drinks in paper bags (the club belatedly received its liquor license in 1968) and the family illegally ran booze around the city in taxi cabs.

BBC: Risqu�� tour reveals yesteryear Vancouver

Drinks makers, such as Seagrams, and the South Carolina Liquor Wholesalers Association, want to keep things as they are.

ECONOMIST: Your health! (in small doses only)

Not many years ago hard liquor seemed destined to go the way of some now virtually extinct soft drinks such as Moxie.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

He also made a Christmas rum punch that included traditional herbs and a Bajan drink called Falernum, a sweet liquor believed to be invented in Barbados that is used in Caribbean and tropical drinks.

FORBES: Barbados, The Rum Island

Borrowing an abbreviation from restaurants without a liquor license where Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) is a route to saving on the drinks bill, the move has been christened Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), of course, in the abbreviation-plagued tech world.

FORBES: Linking Personal Compute Devices To Corporate Systems -- Securely