The Buzz

Published 10:29 pm Friday, June 25, 2010

Starbucks 2.0

A Starbucks cafe in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood serves as a test bed for the company’s new ideas, which include adding made-in-Washington wine and beer to its menu.

If Starbucks treats beer and wine like it does coffee, the beer will be mouth-puckeringly over-hopped and the red wine will be a 100-megaton fruit bomb that will leave purple stains on your lips for two weeks.

Ready, aim, fire: Britain’s Prince Harry, an officer in the British army, participated in a live-fire training exercise with cadets at West Point on Friday.

The exercise required Harry to fire at pop-up targets representing enemies, refrain from firing at specially banded targets that represented noncombatants, and empty his magazine at targets that represented paparazzi photographers.

Iron stomachs: Kellogg Co. has recalled about 28 million boxes of Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks cereals because an unusual smell and flavor from the packages’ liners could make people ill.

However, some observers noted that anyone who can eat Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops and Honey Smacks cereals probably can stomach just about anything.

— Mark Carlson, Herald writer