• December 28, 2007

7-Eleven stores will mark 20 years of giving away cups of coffee and other hot beverages on New Year's Eve.

The company will give away free drinks from 11 p.m. on Monday until 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Participating stores will have "Free Coffee" signs posted in their windows.

Since ringing in the 1988 New Year, 7-Eleven stores across the United States have given away more than 1 million cups of coffee as part of its free-coffee program for late-night revelers and drivers.

--Nina M. Lentini