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___ NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing ...
MGM, AEG to develop 20K seat Las Vegas Strip arena
Years of talk about building an arena capable of hosting professional sports and big-name concerts yielded an announcement Tuesday that casino giant MGM Resorts International and entertainment company AEG will build a privately financed 20,000-seat indoor venue on the Las Vegas Strip. Construction on the $350 million arena should start ...
Correction: Editorial Rdp story
In the South Carolina editorial roundup for June 11, The Associated Press reported erroneously that an editorial about the Legislature was by the Aiken Standard. It was The State newspaper. A corrected version of the story is below: South Carolina editorial roundup Summary of recent South Carolina newspaper editorials By ...
Sandoval completes action on all passed bills
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval finished making decisions on bills approved by the 2013 Legislature on Thursday, less than 10 days after lawmakers left the capitol. The Republican governor signed 11 bills and vetoed three others to conclude the business of the session. In the final count, 558 bills from the ...
Former Miami officer sentenced for taking bribes
A former Miami police officer has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for taking bribes to protect an illegal Liberty City gambling parlor. While sentencing 42-year-old Nathaniel Dauphin on Wednesday, a federal judge said his cooperation with an FBI investigation of police corruption surrounding the gambling operation was "admirable." ...
American conference women's tourney at casino
The new American Athletic Conference will hold its first women's basketball tournament at the Mohegan Sun casino. The conference announced Monday that the 2014 tourney would be played at the resort in southeastern Connecticut, which includes a just-under 10,000-seat arena that is home to the WNBA's Connecticut Sun. The tournament ...
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EARLY MOST ACTIVE STOCKS NEW YORK (AP) — Early prices for NYSE listed most active stocks: SalesHighLowLastChg AT&TInc 1.80 29668 35.89 35.69 35.73+.28 AMD 20138 3.97 3.92 3.95+.04 AlcatelLuc 14365 1.83 1.80 1.80—.04 Alcoa .12 16693 8.34 8.23 8.28—.06 AlphaNRs 13473 6.37 6.22 6.29—.10 Altria 1.76 11636 36.49 36.21 36.21+.06 ...
Mohegan Sun ups ante in Mass. resort casino bid
Mohegan Sun has upped the ante in its drive to win a Massachusetts license to operate a resort casino. The Connecticut casino has announced new features in its proposal for Palmer that will increase the project to nearly $1 billion. The adventure-themed park and resort hotel will include an indoor ...
Some Colo. gambling, pot license files destroyed
Colorado officials say a hardware failure has destroyed certain computer files regarding gambling and medical marijuana industry licenses. The files couldn't be recovered from a back-up system either. The Governor's Office of Information Technology and the Department of Revenue said Friday that licensees' authorization to do business won't be affected, ...
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___ US employers add 175,000 jobs, unemployment rate up to 7.6 percent WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May— a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts, if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment. The unemployment rate rose ...
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