And, as generations of children can attest, parents are constantly trying to offer up healthy snacks such as bananas, raisins, oranges and pretzels, but to the die-hard candy user, this stuff is near beer.

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You may also have heard about the August 2010 situation where an armed employee opened fire during a shift change where he worked at a beer distributor located near Hartford, Connecticut, killing eight workers before committing suicide.

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When investigators located the floatplane wreckage on the ocean floor, beer cans were found near the passenger seats.

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Fortunately there are plenty of options for those of who want a champagne or near-champagne experience on more of a beer budget.

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The man crashed the Oldsmobile Cutlass through the storefront near the pharmacy Sunday and collided with a beer display before stopping, police and witnesses said.

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Another failure to grapple with the system is the persistence of monopolies or near-monopolies in areas such as telecoms, beer and cement.

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With its French joint-venture partner, Castel, SABMiller has 60% of Africa's commercial beer market in volume terms, including a near-monopoly in South Africa.

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The court was also told Mr Farrow's DNA had been found on the cap of an empty beer bottle found at the vicarage in Thornbury, near Bristol.

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The rough sleeper had been a regular at the Thursday night soup kitchen near the Peace Statue next to Hove Lawns, and bought his beer from the Londis store next to the Alibi pub on Kingsway, he added.

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Last week a beer keg containing 60kg of explosives was found in an abandoned car near Derrylin.

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Watch for a near term overbought situation, but there is no doubt that momentum is on the side of the biggest beer brewing in the world.

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While lining up beer, music and a parking lot isn't usually a problem, finding enough unwanted tomatoes near major cities can be a challenge.

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