Lawmakers Push to Legalize Online Gambling Measure
Lawmakers press Congress to approve long shot legislation legalizing and taxing online gambling. Rep. McDermott cites $100 billion in annual online bets and $5 billion in offshore profits, urging U.S. licensing and jobs. Opponents call it a waste of time as hearings proceed.
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Washington
Congress
Jim McDermott
D-Wash
McDermott
U.S
Barney Frank
D-Mass
Treasury Department
Frank
House
Wally Herger
Calif
Bob Goodlatte
R-Va
Berkley
Prosecution Frames Schoolyard Killings as Gang Test
In Newark the prosecutor argued the August 4, 2007 killings at Mount Vernon School were designed to test an aspiring MS-13 member. He told jurors Rodolfo Godinez helped target victims while other defendants wielded the machete and gun, with one survivor testifying.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Mount Vernon
Rodolfo Godinez
Essex County
Thomas McTigue
McTigue
Godinez
Maryland
MS-13
el Salvador
Jose Carranza
Roy Greenman
Bloods
Greenman
Hightower
Body found near where Colo. girl went missing
A decomposed body was found in an irrigation ditch near Greeley, Colorado, about a half mile from missing sixth grader Kayleah Wilson’s home. Police could not identify the remains yet, and the gender could not be determined due to advanced decomposition. Investigators noted the person’s size roughly matches Wilson, and the body was found by a worker after heavy rain.
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Colo
Greeley
Colorado
Kayleah Wilson
Joe Tymkovych
Tymkovych
Wilson
Official: Bomb suspect looked at other targets
New York probe details show Faisal Shahzad considered Grand Central Terminal Rockefeller Center World Financial Center and Sikorsky before choosing Times Square. He questioned investigators about why his homemade device failed to detonate and expressed surprise at the bomb’s malfunction.
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New York
Times Square
Faisal Shahzad
Grand Central Terminal
Rockefeller Center
Midtown Manhattan
World Financial Center
Ground Zero
Sikorsky Inc
Connecticut
Associated Press
Shahzad
Pakistan
Security tighter for state dinner at White House
The White House arranged tighter security for the Mexico state dinner for Calderon and Zavala. A woman was turned away for lacking proper ID, while guests including Whoopi Goldberg Eva Longoria Parker George Lopez and Shani Davis attended. The event marked a public return for Julianna Smoot as social secretary amid Rogers’s resignation.
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Washington
White House
Kathryne Mudge
Arturo Valenzuela
Mudge
Madge
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Felipe Calderon
Margarita Zavala
Obama
Obamas
Mexico
Goldberg
Bill
Clinton
George W. Bush
Lopez
Longoria Parker
Arizona
Calderon
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Beyonce
United States
Julianna Smoot
Smoot
Desiree Rogers
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Aeriel
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Delaware State
Pals
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