Auto Racing Glance myTELUS | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | A look at auto races this week: | NASCAR SPRINT CUP | Lenox Industrial Tools 301 | Site: Loudon, N.H. | Track: New Hampshire International Speedway (oval, 1.058 miles, 12 degrees banking in turns). | Race distance: 318 miles, 301 laps. | Last race: Kyle Busch snapped a two-w...
Casino king makes right Macau call Hong Kong Standard Billionaire Sheldon Adelson landed Chinese government support in his quest for a lucrative gaming franchise in Macau in 2001 after relaying assurances from a Republican Party boss that a congressional measure opposing Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics would "never see the light of day," according ...
Stars bring poker faces to Las Vegas for charity Examiner LAS VEGAS (Map, News) - Celebrities turned out Wednesday to donate to Darfur charities - and to show their fellow stars just who the real card sharks were. | "I'm looking forward to whipping a lot of celebrity rear end," talk show host Montel William...
'Girls Gone Wild' sued for $2 million in gambling debt CNN | LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being sued by a Las Vegas Strip casino for $2 million in gambling debts from February of last year. | Francis spokesman Ronn Torossian said Tuesday that the man who built the soft p...
NagaCorp mulls over casino rights sale in Cambodia The Star | SINGAPORE: NagaCorp Ltd, the monopoly casino operator in Phnom Penh, said it may sell a licence to foreign companies, giving them the right to develop a new gaming property in the city. | "NagaCorp may consider any subconcession proposal when the t...
Racing: Melbourne Cup bookies slash Irish stayer's odds NZ Herald | Irish horse Septimus has rocketed into Melbourne Cup contention with his winning return to racing in the group three Curragh Cup at the weekend. | Australian corporate bookmaker Betstar elevated him to $15 equal favourite for the Cup alongside last...
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What Obama would do for the dollar Asbury Park Press | If you think the U.S. dollar looks wobbly now, just wait until Barack Obama becomes president. | At least that's how billionaire investor Carl Icahn envisions a U.S. run by the D...
Luxury hotels: Life in the fast lane The Independent | In the evolution of the luxury hotel, a mantra for success is not so much survival of the fittest as survival of the fattest. Whereas most luxury hotels are happy to offer excell...
Commentary: Slavery alive and well in US CNN By Glenn Beck | CNN | Editor's note: "Glenn Beck" is on CNN Headline News nightly at 7 and 9 ET and hosts a conservative national radio talk show. | NEW YORK (CNN) -- "Jobs America...
Jetstar targets Vietnam's tourist boom Sydney Morning Herald | Australian low-cost airline Jetstar and a Canadian luxury resort and casino developer have launched two ambitious projects which aim to revolutionise Vietnam's fast-growing touri...
Celtic Want To Keep Naka Sporting Life | Celtic have ruled out selling Shunsuke Nakamura after Italian side Bologna were linked with a move for the playmaker. | The Scottish champions insist Nakamura remains an integral part of their plans for the coming season, which will be his fourth a...
Need to know: Bloomsbury progress ... John Lewis falls ... Ryanair loss The Times | Economics | GDP growth in the UK slowed more than previously reported in the first quarter, according to revised official figures. The economy grew by a downgraded 0.3 per cent, its weakest for three years, against an initial estimate of 0.4 per ce...
The guy who gave us Nemo is back with WALL-E Houston Chronicle TOOLS | A couple of days into a press tour promoting his new film, WALL-E, writer-director Andrew Stanton wakes up in Houston for the first time. It's 10 a.m., and he just arrived from Utah the midnight before. He'll be here just 18 hours and won't s...
No end to the feud of the Freuds The Daily Mail | They haven't spoken for more than 50 years and by all accounts can't stand the sight of each other. | But with Lucian Freud approaching his 86th birthday and his younger brother Sir Clement now 84, it is not an unreasonable expectation that age mig...
Summer is Heating Up at Sweetgrass Golf Club (Upper Peninsula Michigan) - Beach Boys, Joe ... TravelVideo > | (HARRIS, Michigan) â€" As the summer sun and warm weather take hold in Michigan's lush Upper Peninsula, the Island Resort & Casino â€" home to the much-anticipated Sweetgrass Golf Club â€" today announces the addition of summertime favorite Beach Boys and comedian/entertainer Joe Piscopo to a busy entertainment schedule. | The Beach Boys, with ...
China, this is the world The Australian | WE should all wish the People's Republic of China success as host of the 2008 Olympics, for which it has made heroic efforts to prepare itself. | Expenditure on Olympics-related construction in Beijing has passed $40 billion. The city has doubled the capacity of its public transport system. It has not only spruced up its neighbourhoods but had a ...
