Watch: Blur, Oasis hatchet buried

The year was 1995 and there was a war raging in Great Britain. The feud between Blur and Oasis dubbed “The Battle of Britpop” was dividing the nation and British music flagship NME wrote, “Yes, in a week where news leaked that Saddam Hussein was preparing nuclear weapons, everyday folks were still getting slaughtered in Bosnia and Mike Tyson was making his comeback, tabloids and broadsheets alike went Britpop crazy.” Sides had to be picked between the arty kids from the South and the proletarian brothers from the North, and many friendships broke apart

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Is the Party Over for the Champagne Cork?

To cork, or not to cork, that is the question in the French winemaking region of Champagne ever since the unveiling earlier this month of a gutsy new Champagne stopper prototype. The Maestro opening system, developed by Alcan Packaging Capsules, is composed of a concealed crown bottle cap fitted with an aluminum lever.

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Acid spill forces hundreds from Denver hospital, school

Nearly 500 people — including students with serious breathing problems — were evacuated from a Denver, Colorado, hospital and an affiliated school to escape the fumes from a hydrochloric acid spill, according to fire and school officials. Of those evacuated, at least 35 adults and children were taken to other hospitals to be treated for respiratory irritation, said Lt

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