Moonshine is the common name for illegally produced hard liquor—whiskey, rum, brandy, gin, and vodka. (Another name is white lightning.) The term probably was first used in 1785. In that year a British book on vulgar language described...

Moonshine (white lightning) is the colloquial term for illegally produced hard liquor—whiskey, rum, brandy, gin, and vodka. The term probably originated around 1785, when it was recorded in a British book on vulgar language—used to...

Moonshine is a common slang term for home-distilled alcohol, especially in places where this production is illegal. The name is often assumed to be derived from the fact that moonshine producers and smugglers would often work at night (i.e. under the...

Moonshiners, revenuers continue age-old battle in South By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press Sunday, August 27, 2000 In the foothills of North Carolina -- The two men work quietly in a narrow, tin-roofed shed at the end of a rutted road...

The preparation and selling of homemade liquor was a routine occupation in rural Virginia from its earliest settlement. Before 1916, when Prohibition went into effect throughout the commonwealth, the locals' competition came from legal distilleries. Afterward, the competition was the law, even after federal...

EASTNEW HAVEN, Conn (AP) _ City fire officials are investigating why an emergency medical technician mistakenly declared a man found in a bathtub dead. The victim was taken to the hospital after a worker from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who had come...

After a seven-year quest, the Folk Pottery Museum of Northeast Georgia has opened in Sautee Nacoochee, giving visitors a chance to discover the history of folk pottery in the region. The museum, which opened Sept. 2 about four miles southeast...