An appeals court has upheld the aggravated assault conviction of a 610-pound man who says the victim's injuries were at least partly the result of his weight, rather than an intent to cause harm. Patrick Macias of Post Falls was convicted in 2004 after Wendell Holder Jr. testified that he was drinking a long-neck bottle of beer when Macias tapped on his shoulder.

A life-size statue of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, erected in the Bosnian city of Mostar, was vandalized just hours after its public unveiling on Saturday. The statue, which features Lee in his trademark defensive stance armed with nunchucks, was erected as a symbolic protest against ethnic division and to commemorate would have been The Dragon's 65th birthday on Sunday.

To highlight a year's hard work in training bartenders all over the world, InBev brought together a selection of international finalists for the annual Stella Artois World Draught Master Competition, a contest that rewards the world's best pourer of Belgian beers. The highly-anticipated competition took place on October 28th, 2005 at the Vaudeville Theater in Brussels, Belgium, capital of the beer loving community. The Stella Artois World Draught Master title has this year been awarded to Jessica Waltz, a 27-year-old bartender at Ten Stone in Philadelphia. Michel Denayer - Belgium (1st runner-up) and Irwin Pang from Singapore rounded out the top 3 (2nd runner-up).