A proposed tax on sugary beverages is still being pushed by the state Health Commissioner, but one local Assemblyman says that if it passes, the cost of powdered drink mixes such as Kool-Aid, Gatorade and iced tea would nearly double. Because the law would add a "penny per ounce" tax on the total quantity of beverage produced by added sweeteners, an average canister of powdered lemonade could jump in price from $4.19 to $8.03, simply because of how much "drink" it yields. And Assemblyman Michael Benjamin (D-Bronx) says poor people would suffer most. more ›

Who said preteens don't know how to party? Oh that's right—nobody. Well, a few Connecticut middle schoolers really stepped up to the plate and turned their school bus into a booze cruise on wheels, selling mixed drinks to the other students on board for two dollars each. The Norwalk tween trio used juice, iced tea and Gatorade as mixers, but there was no confirmation of our suspicion that Miley Cyrus thermoses were turned into shakers. School officials are playing party patrol and disciplining the students without police intervention after being tipped off by parents. They claim that none of the students on board the party bus became intoxicated. Which makes us wonder: have these kids already built up a preteen tolerance or were these drinks watered down, thus officially making the junior bartenders the greatest young entrepreneurs since the Olsen twins? more ›