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Defense opens for SC man accused of killing 2
Prosecutors have rested their case after 10 days of testimony against a man accused of killing his wife and colleague in a sports gambling ring at his Columbia home. Attorneys for Brett Parker began presenting their witnesses Thursday in a Richland County courtroom. Lawyers called an insurance agent and financial ...
NH Senate rejects 12 cent gas, diesel tax increase
A day after the House rejected the Senate's casino bill, the Senate voted Thursday to kill the House's plan to fix highways by phasing in a 12-cent increase in the gas and diesel tax and blocked any discussion of the tax in budget negotiations with the House next month. The ...
Indian minister says fixing may hit other sports
India's sports minister is formulating a law to deal with manipulating matches to ensure it doesn't spread to other sports after test cricketer Shantakumaran Sreesanth and two other players were arrested for spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. "It's necessary that there is a law or a deterrent," Jitendra Singh ...
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe asks approval of SD casino
The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe filed a formal application Wednesday seeking federal approval of the tribe's plan to build a new casino along Interstate 90 near the town of Oacoma in central South Dakota. In a written statement, Tribal Chairman Michael Jandreau said he presented Bureau of Indian Affairs officials ...
Ohio lawmakers advance Internet cafe crackdown
Ohio state lawmakers moved boldly Tuesday against storefront sweepstakes parlors they have come to view as illegal gambling operations, advancing separate bills effectively banning the operations statewide and blocking startups until the ban takes hold. The Senate State Government Oversight committee overwhelmingly approved the ban over the objections of a ...
Oregon Editorial Rdp
Editorials from Oregon newspapers Medford Mail Tribune, May 17, on shopping for health insurance. A funny thing happened on the way to health care reform: Insurance companies began to compete with each other, right out in the open. A comparison of premiums that health insurers propose to begin charging next ...
Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. For the past two years, ...
Minn. session '13: What got done, what didn't
Minnesota state lawmakers promised when the legislative session began that their top priority was setting a new state budget. To that end, they produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners and on cigarettes, and distributes hefty spending increases to public schools, freezes tuition ...
Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner
It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city ...
Macau lawyer says assault was intimidation attempt
A Macau lawyer assaulted in broad daylight in the Chinese gambling haven said Monday the attack was an attempt to intimidate him. Jorge Menezes said the two assailants used bricks to bash him on the head before fleeing in last week's attack, which recalled the former Portuguese colony's shady past ...
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