Whisky down the drain-o!

Thousands of litres of whisky have been flushed down the drain by accident at a bottling plant in Dumbarton. It is understood the mix-up happened at Chivas Brothers during the night shift on Tuesday while equipment was being cleaned. Instead of draining away waste water, the workers on duty somehow flushed out thousands of litres of bulk whisky. But enough about that because another loss of spirits has occurred: Anastacia has been forced to cancel her European tour after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. The 44-year-old singer made a full recovery in 2003 after being treated with surgery and radiotherapy. But because the cancer's back, all tickets for the tour, due to start on 6 April in London, will be refunded. Spirits are also low for German copyright infringer Kim Dotcom, because U.S. prosecutors won a New Zealand court victory today in their battle to extradite the Megaupload founder and three colleagues (Finn Batato, Mathias Ortmann, and Bram van der Kolk) accused of facilitating massive copyright fraud through the now-defunct online file-sharing site. But there is a way Kim and his colleagues can escape extradition: go to a foreign embassy and hope for asylum. It worked for Julian Assange.