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Bartender Angela Rafaloski pours a row of draft beers at the Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh, Friday, June 6, 2008.  A 10 percent tax on poured alcoholic drinks was implemented five months ago in Allegheny County, but now many bar and restaurant owners are frothing mad about the tax they say is turning customers away. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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