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Put that ice away. If you go to a bar in New York City today, please check out that new inhalable drink. Unfortunately, it seems the things so strong you can only have two every 24 hours. It's thr best thing since marihuana flavored vodka...

You Really Can Inhale That Drink

(CBS/AP) A new machine that allows bar-hoppers to inhale liquor instead of drinking it is set to make its debut in New York City Friday night.
There's already an effort to get it banned.
The machine combines alcohol and oxygen to create an inhalable alcoholic mist.It's called Alcohol Without Liquid - or AWOL - and it's already available in Europe and Asia. Its American distributor, Spirit Partners, is touting it as both "the ultimate party toy" and a low-carb, low-calorie and hangover-free alternative to drinking.
The company says AWOL sends alcohol into the bloodstream faster than drinking, resulting in a quick buzz. But it also says the level of alcohol in the body after AWOL use is lower than for traditional drinkers

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Here's another scandal. Seems that an audit sponsored by the U.S. shows $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds missing. Missing. How can you lose 8 billion dollars? (Hint: you don't) And here we are complaining about Halliburton.

WASHINGTON - At least $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds that was given to Iraqi ministries by the former U.S.-led authority there cannot be accounted for, according to a draft U.S. audit set for release soon.

The audit by the Coalition Provisional Authority’s own inspector general blasts the CPA for “not providing adequate stewardship” of at least $8.8 billion from the Development Fund for Iraq that was given to Iraqi ministries.
The audit was first reported on a Web site earlier this month by David Hackworth, a journalist and retired colonel. A U.S. official confirmed that the contents of the leaked audit cited by Hackworth were accurate.

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I guess the party's over for the 527's, or is it?

The Federal Election Commission yesterday adopted new regulations that will make it significantly more difficult for independent political groups to continue to raise and spend millions of dollars in contributions after the 2004 election.

The new rules become effective Jan. 1 and will not limit this year's explosion of spending by nonparty groups such as America Coming Together and the Media Fund, which are closely aligned with the Democrats, and Progress for America on the Republican side.

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