Apparently Absolut is too expensive--folks in Sandwich have been stocking up on vanilla extract in efforts to get drunk, and even chugging it in the store. In response, Stop and Shop has pulled vanilla extract from its shelves and put it behind the counter. We never thought we'd see the day. What's next, locking up Listerine?......

The Department of Public Health has issued a total tuna recall due to a possible listeria contamination in locally distributed bulk tuna. Throw out any readymade tuna salad bought between July 26 and August 10. Home Made Brand Foods of Newburyport has voluntarily pulled 5,000 pounds (that's a lot of tuna!) of “Ready-to-Eat Tuna Salad," which is so not ready to eat. Sampling discovered that Listeria monocytogenes might have contaminated the meat. The suspect salad......