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Photo Of The Day: Washington Privatizes Liquor Business

Washington state begins the process of fully privatizing its alcoholic beverage business on Thursday when a public auction of state-run liquor stores opens online, marking a historic change for a state that has tightly controlled its booze since the end of Prohibition.

Mar 9, 2012

(AP) — Thomas Burns stocks shelves as he works at a state-run liquor store, Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Seattle.

Washington state begins the process of fully privatizing its alcoholic beverage business on Thursday when a public auction of state-run liquor stores opens online, marking a historic change for a state that has tightly controlled its booze since the end of Prohibition. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)