Editors urge vigilance as video poker faces final budget setback
The editorial warns lawmakers to block budget provisos used to push gambling, after the US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by video poker operators. It cautions against revived efforts in the 2000 session and calls for removing gambling-approval language from the budget to prevent a return to past practices.
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US Supreme Court
John Lindsey
D-Marlboro
Lindsey
Terry Haskins
Greenville
Supreme Court
High Court
Haskins
Aiken County
House
Senate
Feinstein backs victims rights amendment to U S constitution
The Arlington Heights Daily Herald notes Sen Dianne Feinstein argues the Constitution lists rights for defendants but none for crime victims. She promotes a constitutional amendment to enumerate victims rights, warning amendments should be rare and only to strengthen governance.
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Dianne Feinstein
Feinstein
California
The
Arlington Heights
Ill
Daily Herald
Andean totalitarian bloc unlikely but possible warns analyst
Andres Oppenheimer argues a coup in Ecuador could spark a regional autocrat alliance with FARC and hostile regimes in Venezuela and Peru. He cites polls showing support for military or Indian rule and warns that elites and international pressure could avert a democracy rollback.
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Quito
Ecuador
Latin America
Peru
Colombia
Venezuela
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
FARC
Switzerland
Jamil Mahuad
Gustavo Noboa
South America
Noboa
Darva Donger Faces New Path After TV Divorce Drama
The Orlando Sentinel columnist Myriam Marquez notes Darva Conger, after her high profile marriage on a reality show and annulment amid a restraining order scandal for her ex husband, weighs returning to work and possibly posing for Playboy. The piece mocks public obsession and advises financial prudence.
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Holy Bliss
Las Vegas
Uvs
Rick Rockwell
Fox TV
TV Heaven
Rockwell
America
Sunguss
Entertainment Tonight
Darva Conger
Playboy
Bill Farley
West Coast
New York Post
Darya
ABC
Good Morning America
Hollywood
Hugh
Hefner
Hef
Post Report
Babe
Missy
Myriam Marquez
The
Orlando Sentinel
Mother recalls Kent State tragedy thirty years on
Elaine Holstein recounts the Kent State killings of May 4 1970 in a personal essay marking the 30th anniversary. She describes her son Jeff Miller’s death alongside Allison Krause Sandy Scheuer and Bill Schroeder, the impact on her family, and her changed views on dissent and the Vietnam War.
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Kent State University
Ohio National Guard
Jeff
Allison Krause
Sandy Scheuer
Bill Schroeder
Ebony Magazine
Cambodia
America
Kent State
Vietnam
Ime
Russ
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