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Congresswoman opposes Indian casino near Spokane

A congresswoman has joined opponents of a proposed Indian casino near Fairchild Air Force Base outside Spokane, saying such a large, commercial development might prompt the military to close the base in the future. U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican who represents the Spokane area, said in a letter ...

Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers

Sioux City Journal. May 5, 2013. Big issues still await decisions by Legislature This year's Legislature should have concluded its work on Friday, the 110th day of a scheduled 110-day session. But it didn't. In fact, when lawmakers return to Des Moines to begin overtime on Monday, their plates will ...

In this Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, photo a crowd dances to the music played by DJ Afrojack at the XS nightclub in Las Vegas. The rise of the Vegas super-club coincides with the decline of the town's gambling supremacy. During the heart of the recession, when overall Strip revenues tumbled, nightclubs saw more profit than ever. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Casino bosses transform Sin City into Club City

To step into club XS at the Wynn Las Vegas is to enter the dreamscape of a modern artist with fetishes for gold and bronze and bodies in motion. A golden-plated frieze made from casts of nude women sits atop a shimmering staircase. Waves of electronic dance music grow louder ...

Casino bosses transform Sin City into Club City

To step into club XS at the Wynn Las Vegas is to enter the dreamscape of a modern artist with fetishes for gold and bronze and bodies in motion. A golden-plated frieze made from casts of nude women sits atop a shimmering staircase. Waves of electronic dance music grow louder ...

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013 AND THEREAFTER - A crowd dances to the music played by DJ Afrojack at the XS nightclub in Las Vegas on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. The rise of the Vegas super-club coincides with the decline of the town's gambling supremacy. During the heart of the recession, when overall Strip revenues tumbled, nightclubs saw more profit than ever. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Casino bosses transform Sin City into Club City

To step into club XS at the Wynn Las Vegas is to enter the dreamscape of a modern artist with fetishes for gold and bronze and bodies in motion. A golden-plated frieze made from casts of nude women sits atop a shimmering staircase. Waves of electronic dance music grow louder ...

Kentucky State Police wait for spectators to arrive for the running of the 139th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

DERBY LIVE: Orb wins after surging among bettors

The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs had a field of 19 horses, with Orb topping the field in just over two minutes. He's the newest contender for a Triple Crown in thoroughbred racing. The Preakness follows in two weeks and the Belmont Stakes is June 8. ...

Business Highlights

___ Solid job gains in April ease fears about economy WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy showed in April that it's healthier than many had feared, adding a solid 165,000 jobs and driving the unemployment rate down a notch to a four-year low of 7.5 percent. Not only that, but ...

FILE - In this April 21, 2005 file photo, Aaron Jaffe, chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board, speaks during a meeting of the board in Chicago. A refined plan to add more casinos and slot machines in Illinois was approved by the Illinois Senate on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, a proposal supporters believe is their best chance yet to expand gambling in the state. The changes in the legislation, which would add five new casinos including in Chicago, followed a heated exchange last month between lawmakers and Jaffe, who questioned why a Chicago casino would have its own city board for oversight, among other things. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Mayor, Ill. lawmakers make case for Chicago casino

Visitors to the nation's third-largest city are usually spotted wandering the Magnificent Mile, snapping pictures of the Willis Tower and sampling Chicago-style deep dish pizza, but if some persistent Illinois lawmakers and Mayor Rahm Emanuel get their way, a glitzy casino would be on their agenda, too. Trying to land ...

The home page for Ultimate Poker by the company Ultimate Gaming is seen on a computer screen at the company's headquarters, Monday, April 29, 2013, in Las Vegas.  The social gaming company is expected to launch the first legal, real-money poker site in the U.S. Tuesday morning. The Ultimate Gaming site will be available only to in players in Nevada, but likely represents the shape of things to come for gamblers across the country. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Online poker back: Legal website launches in Nev.

Poker devotees can now skip the smoky casino and legally gamble their dollars away on the couch — at least in the state of Nevada. A Las Vegas-based casino subsidiary launched the first fully legal poker website in the United States on Tuesday morning. The site, run by Ultimate Gaming, ...

Sands, DreamWorks strike Macau casino license deal

Kung Fu Panda, Shrek and other DreamWorks characters are coming to a new attraction at Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Chinese casino resorts, the companies said Tuesday, in the latest sign of China's growing importance to Hollywood studios. Sands China Ltd. is licensing DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s stable of animated characters ...

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