We lead this week with a story filed under "things that make you go 'Woof.'" Woodchuck Hard Cider sold this week for $20 million. Which would be great, if the previous owner hadn't bought it 9 years ago for $305 million. C&C Group out of Dublin Ireland, owners of big name ciders like Magners and others, made a big bet on the growing US cider market in 2011 and were rewarded with, well, nothing. Woodchuck reminds us of college parties and the good ol' days...

We lead this week with good news for our Miami readership: The world's first study into whether MDMA can be used to treat alcohol addiction has produced "incredibly exciting" results, according to British researchers. As reported in an article published last week in The Times of London researchers studied a group of people with severe alcoholism. Before their therapy, they had been drinking an average of about 130 alcoholic units a week. (British Alcohol units are a...

We start out with sad news this week. Or is it a silver lining story? Last Tuesday was National Pancake Day. This year unfortunately, revelers who made the pilgrimage to their local IHOP to claim a free short stack of pancakes were confronted with the sobering reality that a global pandemic is not the best time to pack out everyone's favorite chain diner (sorry, Denny's). Instead, in a move to both boost enrollment in their MyHOP customer...