First Thoughts (741)
MSNBC Firstread
Finally, as cities and states across the country struggle with trying to balance budgets, voters in Ohio will weigh whether to add casinos in four cities. It has become a major issue in those four cities’ mayoral elections. *** More 2009: R...
Italian leftist politician quits over tryst with transsexual
Earthtimes
Gunmen open fire on Athens police station, 6 injured - Summary Athens - Six Greek police officers were wounded, two seriously ... Warsaw - Poland's ruling Civic Platform party is working on a draft bill that will ban slot machines outside c...
What Is the World's Riskiest Hotspot?
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
TAMPA, FL--(Marketwire - 10/09/09) - While most Americans are focused on conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, primarily because we have troops in active combat there, potentially significant threats to the U.S. are simmering elsewhere, from C...
Boredom and fatigue at 35,000 feet
Salon
One radio station even asked me if I thought the incident was related to "pilot stress" brought on by Northwest's ongoing merger with Delta. No, I don't. I think it was what it was: a freak event. Red herrings everywhere. I appeared on a ta...
Under Vegas glitz, a dark life in tunnels
CNN
The recovering alcoholic said he makes ends meet receiving tips for pumping gas or cleaning windshields at a nearby service station. He lives near the entrance of a tunnel across the highway from the Excalibur and Luxor hotel-casinos. "You'...
Ambrosino: Development, not gambling, for Wonderland
The Daily Item
REVERE - A top state legislator says the arrival of casinos in Massachusetts is "inevitable" but Mayor Thomas Ambrosino thinks the chance of one opening at Wonderland Greyhound Park is slim.
Finkbeiner denies seeking special treatment for tickets
The Toledo Blade
By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner yesterday said he never asked for special treatment in getting two red-light tickets dismissed, but added he was unaware how that happened. According to documents obtained ...
48 Hours Mystery: Haunted
CBS News
And in a - you know - casinos have cameras everywhere. And we didn't see any indication that they'd had a struggle with ... "I was asked to come down to the police station… I was hooked up to a polygraph machine and asked if I had murdered ...
Packer down $2b in Vegas gamble
ABC via Yahoo!7 News
Kerry Packer was notorious for losing millions of dollars on the gaming tables of the world. But since his father's death in 2005, James Packer has been making far bigger, billion-dollar bets, building and buying casinos around the world. A...
Wynn Resorts to post 3Q earnings on Tuesday
San Francisco Gate
Casino executives from other companies, including MGM Mirage, Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and Station Casinos Inc., have publicly said they disagree. Analysts will also want to know how Las Vegas will be affected by CityCenter, the behemoth...
Real-Estate Slump Hits Howard Hughes's Heirs
Wall Street Journal
When Mr. Hughes died, his holdings encompassed 26 disparate companies that included seven Las Vegas casinos, a struggling helicopter maker, several aircraft, a television station, private airport, regional airline, mining claims and a bag o...
Meet the People of KRON 4
KRON4
Mark joined KRON4 from WCBS-TV in New York where he was the station's chief meteorologist. On the network level, Mark has ... IHC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is not funded or supported by money from the region’s Indian casino...
Lorena Ochoa, defending champion
LPGA
Let me tell you something, casinos make 80 percent of their money from slot machines. I would prefer a lottery. But ... Every other radio station here plays country music, so pretty happy about that. Q. Will the weather or the wind, like we...
