Can't an artificially sweetened alcoholic drink reach our lips these days without the Man trying to rip it away? Just a few weeks after Pabst Brewing Company and Colt 45 introduced their new Blast alcopop, Attorneys General from 16 states have written a letter (below) to PBC, asking them to lower the alcohol content of the new beverage. The ABV is currently 12 percent; According to a statement released by Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, "anyone who consumes a can of Blast within an hour will have engaged in binge drinking as defined by public health authorities." Well, they've got a market for that in New York! more ›

Now that Four Loko is so 2010, malt liquor purveyors Colt 45 want to be next in line to tempt teenagers and anger politicians. So they've jumped on the alcopop bandwagon! Their new beverage, Blast, is a 12 percent ABV malt beverage with "natural fruit flavors" like Strawberry Lemonade or Blueberry Pomegranate. Snoop Dogg is on board: more ›

It's been a few months since beloved alco-caffeinated backwash drink Four Loko was neutered by the FDA, forced to remove the caffeine from its sugary equation, thus denying millions of teens the chance to get blacked out and make soapy skateboard videos. But as we spotted in Dumbo recently, the new caffeine-free version is in stores! But will people still buy it? more ›

In the event of a terrorist bombing, Frank Gehry’s design for the Nets stadium at Atlantic Yards is too close to the curb for comfort, according to Alan Rosner, a retired strategic and business analyst. Gehry’s latest vision for the stadium is less than 25 feet from the street, and though it would use more metal than the previous glass version, Rosner says it isn’t any safer: “Gehry's use of odd angles, dead spaces, hollows and overhangs means that should there ever be a car or truck bomb, the effects would be amplified. According to FEMA, reflected blast waves can be ten or more times as powerful as the initial explosive force.” He's calling for a new environmental review. [Atlantic Yards Report] more ›