Why not liquor? – Asheville Citizen-Times
North Carolina has many sacred cows; some of them have become quite fat feeding at the public trough. Such is the case with our antiquated ABC system, but the very mention of reform sends many folks into resistance mode, even as facts clearly

$1.275M restitution ordered – Alamosa Valley Courier
ALAMOSA — An alleged gambling habit is costing relatives who then kicked back the majority of the money to Martinez. In a similar way Martinez and one of the housing authority employees worked out a system where Martinez would write checks to

Lawmakers pass education bill, Patrick plans to sign it – Daily News Transcript
Lawmakers put the finishing touches on a bill to expand charter school access in Massachusetts and to turn around failing schools Thursday, positioning the state to apply for up to $250 million in federal education funds. The bill passed the Senate

How intelligent are smart foods that override gene variants? – Examiner
What’s really behind smart foods? Designer foods? How intelligent, really are smart foods? Nutritionists look at smart foods that may override gene variants, whereas geneticists look at the epigenetic tags that switch on or off those gene variants

Gilbert Arenas pleads guilty to felony – Washington Post
Suspended Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty to a felony firearms charge, though he is expected to serve little, if any, jail time. Sports law expert Michael McCann was online Friday, January 15 to take your questions about future legal

Programs for gambling addicts take shape as table games hit state – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Gamblers at the slots at The Meadows Racetrack and Casino. State officials still trying to assess and address the level of compulsive gambling in Pennsylvania are expecting new challenges from the addition of table games, but counting on a cash

The Willies – American Reporter
irresponsibility, our own bad habits with respect to credit and investment bank gambling our system. On rare occasions a compelling voice of outrage and compassion will touch them. Where will they hear one? When? Stop giving our money away

Dirty dealing: The table games law is laden with goodies – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania has put its money on table games, completing the final play in a game of budgetary roulette that is supposed to keep the state’s treasury out of the red. Unlike the fast pace of the gambling at any of the state’s casinos, this game took

Teams review gambling stance after Gilbert Arenas incident – USA Today
NBA clubs are reviewing their gambling policies after allegations that debts from card games prompted Gilbert Arenas to bring guns into the Washington Wizards locker room. The Wizards and New Jersey Nets have banned gambling on team flights, an

Arenas: Bad Idea Bringing Guns Into Locker Room – CBS 11 News
Gilbert Arenas said Saturday he used “bad judgment” in bringing guns into the Washington Wizards locker room. He also denied that he gambles and said there are misconceptions in the various stories about a dispute between himself and teammate Javaris

Tax breaks are budget loophole – Lexington Herald-Leader
“There are a lot of exemptions out there, and we don’t know how useful they are or whether we still need them,” Farmer said, calling the pollution-control exemption a good example. “Are we getting our money’s worth?” Politicians uninterested Kentucky

The Willies – American Reporter
BRADENTON, Fla. — The presidential debate Wednesday night never mentioned the words $2.2 trillion: that’s how much the banks, brokerage and investment houses and insurance companies have so far taken from the American people’s Treasury of the United

Some think live table games are a bad hand – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
For Rich Orlando, the dawn of table games in Pennsylvania would be no winning hand. As the largest supplier of electronic table games to the state’s nine casinos, Mr. Orlando sees the legalization of live poker, blackjack and roulette as a losing

My Horizons – American Reporter
T asked many good questions they have a system that ensures them a comfortable paid retirement. Senior housing here is unbelievable. The Dutch don’t have health insurance executives who make $30 million a year and have to answer to wealthy

State grapples with lottery decline – Charleston Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va.–West Virginia lottery revenue has peaked, which means the governor and legislators may have to make some difficult spending choices in coming years. The state has become increasingly reliant on lottery money. The lottery has become

I-93 plan takes toll on Salem officials – Union Leader
SALEM – With cash-strapped New Hampshire and Massachusetts both eyeing Interstate 93 to generate millions in tolls from motorists crossing the border, Salem finds itself in a traffic jam. Whether tollbooths are built north or south of the border

Three juveniles and an adult charged in burglary – Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON — Four people charged with burglary were brought under suspicion by an observant teen and a Wii Mii — a profile created and stored on a Nintendo Wii for an individual player. Three juveniles and an adult are accused of burglarizing a

Nicaragua, ALBA and intellectual betrayal – Scoop
2009 marked the transition via a practically seamless continuity in US government foreign policy in Latin America from one gangster US government administration to another. The international intellectual and information-media manager classes have

The Willies – American Reporter
irresponsibility, our own bad habits with respect to credit and investment bank gambling our system. On rare occasions a compelling voice of outrage and compassion will touch them. Where will they hear one? When? Stop giving our money away

Budget outlook far worse than most expect, Beshear says – Courier-Journal
votes in the General Assembly to pass a slots bill. “… If folks really want to help the horse industry and to give us money to solve this budget problem, then they ought to vote for the VLT legislation.” Senate pay for health insurance

Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority considers $6.2 million in grant – Erie Times-News
restricted gambling funds grants by the Dec. 16 deadline. The grant requests total more than $6.2 million. The Gaming Revenue Authority — which evaluates requests for restricted county gambling funds — does not yet know how much money

Republican Robitaille exploring run for governor – Providence Journal
John Robitaille faces a lack of name recognition. The Journal / Connie Grosch PROVIDENCE — Governor Carcieri ’s communications director John Robitaille has thrown his hat into the ring as a potential Republican candidate for governor. In an

UseMyBank, the Safe Online Casino Banking Method at Royal Vegas – 24-7PressRelease.com
STANMORE, ENGLAND, December 24, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/– When gambling at an online casino a sense of trustworthiness is required for players to want to actually make a deposit and withdraw money from a casino account. Royal Vegas Online Casino

Stories Posted 2009/12 – AllAfrica.com
Grant Tax Holidays to Submarine Cable Providers – Nwokoro Daily Champion I Am Not a Prophet of Doom – T. B Joshua Daily Champion Cleric Decries Money, Personality Politics Daily Champion Microsoft Tackles Piracy With Free Training, Office Home

The truth (mostly) about CityCenter – Las Vegas City Life
CityCenter this, CityCenter that. CityCenter blah blah blah. Everyone’s talking about MGM Mirage’s shiny new $8.5 billion megaresort — business wonks, corporate execs, academics, architecture critics and pop culture scribes. But something’s missing

MERRY X-MAS ..NAIL THAT! – CBS Sports
ATM is throwing up money like it has the swine flu. That iPhone your significant other subtlety requested, the new 3-wood dad asked for and the latest version of Barbie’s Dream House don’t come cheap. So if you’re able to earn a few units

NAIL OF THE DAY! 12-24 cfb/cbb/nba/nhl/soccer – CBS Sports
I got the Mustangs at +13 this morning and the line has now dropped to 11 in some spots. Everyone was all over NEvada early on and now the percentages are leveling out. This is not a strong play, but I like SMU for a couple of reasons: 1) SMU is

My Horizons – American Reporter
AMSTERDAM — Driving by farms with their brick barns and red tile roofs as opera played on the car radio was like being on a movie set. Was I really seeing windmills both modern and old, and a landscape dotted with cathedrals, and colorful wash on

The Willies – American Reporter
BRADENTON, Fla. — The presidential debate Wednesday night never mentioned the words $2.2 trillion: that’s how much the banks, brokerage and investment houses and insurance companies have so far taken from the American people’s Treasury of the United

Top ten stories of the decade – Palm Beach Interactive
1 — 9/11 attacks, invasion of Afghanistan, rise of Islamic terrorism. 2 — Global financial crisis. 3 — The United States invades Iraq. 4 — Supreme Court settles the 2000 presidential election. 5 — Barack Obama becomes America’s first

87 Comments » – BoxingNews24.com
One blood test equals 40 mill, hmmmm, how many of us would refuse one of those test for that much. I don’t know why Pac doesn’t want to do it but he will tell us I am sure. don’t mistake mayweather snr for mayweather jnr. it’s the old man, he

Marconi’s quest for governor’s race continues – Danbury News-Times
RIDGEFIELD –In September, Gov. M Jodi Rell’s office announced it was giving this town a $200,000 grant to build new dugouts, a press box and coaches’ area at a local ball field. The problem was, the town had never asked for state money for such

The Willies – American Reporter
irresponsibility, our own bad habits with respect to credit and investment bank gambling our system. On rare occasions a compelling voice of outrage and compassion will touch them. Where will they hear one? When? Stop giving our money away