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Bartender’s lawsuit raises questions about cutting off drunk patrons

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A bartender who was stabbed repeatedly by a patron she refused to serve is now suing the bar where she worked at the time. Rebecca Schaefer was stabbed multiple times by James Klingbeil with a filet knife. Schaefer was hospitalized with serious, but not life-threatening wounds after the incident at Lana’s Red Lion in Indian Rocks Beach. Klingbeil was sentenced to 15 years in prison last year. But Schaefer is suing the bar because she says they did not do…

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Celebrating the anniversary of the greatest ‘live’ moment of Dave Matthews Band

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123 shows.  That’s the number of Dave Matthews Band concerts I have had the privilege of attending over the last decade and a half.  I’ve flown to Chicago, camped out in Wisconsin and road-tripped for weeks at a time, just to see DMB.  I’ve seen the band when they played in front of 700 and in front of 70,000.  I’ve seen Dave with the band, I’ve seen him solo, with Tim Reynolds and with his ‘friends’ like Trey Anastasio.  I’ve seen DMB open up…

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Celebrating the anniversary of the greatest ‘live’ moment of Dave Matthews Band

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123 shows.  That’s the number of Dave Matthews Band concerts I have had the privilege of attending over the last decade and a half.  I’ve flown to Chicago, camped out in Wisconsin and road-tripped for weeks at a time, just to see DMB.  I’ve seen the band when they played in front of 700 and in front of 70,000.  I’ve seen Dave with the band, I’ve seen him solo, with Tim Reynolds and with his ‘friends’ like Trey Anastasio.  I’ve seen DMB open up…

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Yo Joey G!

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How’d I meet this guy? I take his brother’s job. He’s pretty much the exact opposite of me, he with the rock hard abs and all and, yet, this guy, Joey G, has become one of my good friends up here in New York. He plays tennis. He plays cards. He knows pretty much every girl in the village, especially the fun ones. And he’s a hell of a bartender. Of course, he’s a full-blown wop, so we know he’s…

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