RALEIGH, N.C.-- North Carolina lawmakers are moving closer to relaxing rules for selling beer to seated fans at stadiums. The House on Monday gave initial approval to a bill permitting alcohol sales in the seating areas of professional ballparks with a capacity of at least 3,000. Current law allows for in-stand sales only at venues of at least 60,000 seats.
ANKARA, April 27- If you are looking for one sure way to split public opinion in Turkey, just bring up the word alcohol. That is what Turkey's often divisive prime minister did late on Friday when he pronounced that the national drink was not beer, nor the aniseed spirit raki- choice tipple of Turkey's founding father- but the non-alcoholic yoghurt drink ayran.