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The Wall Street Journal's Convoluted Whitewash of Jamie Dimon

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, London Metal Exchange, Wall Street, Ina Drew, Media, Casino, Financial Crisis, Jamie Dimon, Wall Street Journal, Business News

Today, one of the most convoluted, opaque editorials that the Wall Street Journal has been able to muster opened with the following hosanna to Jamie Dimon, and slap on the wrist to those in government and elsewhere who now feel that Dimon's aggressive prop trading policies have finally come home to roost.

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NFL Plays Ball With Gambling Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Gambling, Casinos, Gambling Addiction, Compulsive Gambling, National Football League, Nfl, Advertising, Football, Casino, Business News, Sports Business News, Problem Gambling, Sports Betting, Business News

Despite the NFL's vocal opposition to betting on its games, the league's move to allow teams to accept casino ads has generated a great, big ... ho-hu...

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Atlantic City's Newest Casino To Impose Term-Limits For Employees

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Gambling, Video, Unemployment, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Revel, Casino, Aqueduct Raceway, Job Security, Term Limits, Atlantic City, Business News

In this sluggish labor market, many job-seekers would be happy to land a full-time position. But for workers at one Atlantic City casino, getting a jo...

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Astoria Characters: The Man Who Never Runs Out of Ice

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Freezer, Italy, Florida, Tri-Boro Beverage and Ice, Dry Ice, Casino, Ice Tongs, American Flag, Carlo Caraccia, Great Dane, Astoria, New York News

Carlo Caraccia and Tri-Boro Beverage are bosom buddies. The city's oldest cash-and-carry ice, dry ice, soda and beer house was established by his grandfather in 1935.

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New York To Get Casinos? Cuomo And Polls Say Yes

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Casino, Gambling, Aquaduct Racetrack, Andrew Cuomo, Sheldon Silver, New York City Casino, Quinnipiac Poll, New York News

New Yorkers ready to roll the dice? According to a new poll conducted by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, 56 percent of New York state are...

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40 Dead In Attack On Casino Royale

AP | PORFIRIO IBARRA RAMIREZ | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Gambling, Video, Gamblers, Casino Royale, Monterrey, Gunmen, Terror, Maria Navarro, Drug Cartel, Casino, Mexico, Mexico Casino, Robbery, Calderon, World News

MONTERREY, Mexico — Two dozen gunmen burst into a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday, doused it with gasoline and started a fire that trapped...

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Bellagio Bandit Gets 3 To 11 Years For Chip Heist

AP | By OSKAR GARCIA | Posted 10.24.2011

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LAS VEGAS -- The son of a former Las Vegas judge who wore a motorcycle helmet and brandished a gun as he carried out a Hollywood movie-style holdup of...

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Feds Rest In Alabama Bingo Trial

AP | By BOB JOHNSON | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Corruption, Electronic Bingo, Casino, Wiretap, Victoryland, Legislature, Macon County, Vote Buying, Ronnie Gilley's County Crossing, Legalize Gambling, Crime News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- After more than seven weeks of testimony, federal prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against nine people including a casino own...

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Watch: Disguised Thief Robs Colorado Casino

Posted 11.15.2011

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Does Illinois Need More Casinos? Columnists Set the Stakes

Danny Groner | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Casinos, Gambling, Governor Pat Quinn, Eric Zorn, Chicago Sun-Times, Pat Quinn, Money, Economy, The State Journal-Register, Chicago, Casino, Illinois, Chicago Tribune, Sports Betting, John Kass, Chicago News

It's now up to Gov. Pat Quinn to decide whether the state gets more casinos to help jumpstart the local economy. Quinn told reporters the bill, which passed the state Senate on Tuesday, was "excessive."

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The Future Of Casinos Is Online, Industry Panel Says

AP | By WAYNE PARRY | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Gambling, Online Gambling, Casino Online Future, Casino, Casino Online, Online Casino, Internet Casino, Casino Industry, Online Poker, Technology News

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Internet gambling is the future of the casino industry, whether it's approved at the federal or state level, a panel of online ...

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The Strip Diary, Day Eight: I'd Rather Be Abused at the Riviera Than Set Foot in Donald Trump's Hotel

Paul Carr | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Casino, Oompa Loompa, Donald Trump, Strip, Riviera, Vegas, Hotel, Travel News

Las Vegas represents all that is good and bad about the American dream. It is beyond appropriate, then, that Donald Trump should own at least small chunk of the town's real-estate.

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Sources: Bus Driver In NYC Crash Had Driving Privileges Suspended Prior To Accident

AP | By MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- The driver of a bus in a horrific weekend crash that killed 15 people in New York City should not have been able to get behind the whe...

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States Mull Bets On Online Gambling

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Cash-starved states may roll the dice on online gambling. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have made New Jer...

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Astoria Characters: The Ageless Storyteller

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Betty Deudon was only a schoolgirl standing by Long Island City High with a classmate when the handsome French sailors strode by. "Let's pick them up," Betty told her girlfriend.

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$3.9 Billion Cosmopolitan Casino Opens in Las Vegas

Anneli Rufus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greek loukaniko sausages. Tender gnocchi. Macadamia pizza. This is the food of fantasy, the sort of fare you'd expect to be served in a fairytale palace -- not at a buffet restaurant.

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De Niro, Scorsese Making New Film

Posted 05.25.2011

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Over a decade after last collaborating, one of film's greatest teams is reuniting: Martin Scorsese will direct Robert De Niro in, 'The Irishman,' the ...

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Friends, Zenyatta & Turkey...Oh My!

Liz O'Connell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Where to start when giving thanks? Do I bring it in personal or spin it out to the universe?

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Gratitude In A World Of Sin And Sorrow

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Hoping to revive my career as a very slow lap-swimmer, my rheumatologist recently plunged a cortisone-filled needle into an inflamed tendon near my ri...

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Was "Financial Reform" Really Robin Hood In Reverse?

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Financial Reform" will be a boom for people in the payday loan business. There will be many new customers who need bank-like services. It's almost like Congress implemented a plan of "Reverse Robin Hood."

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Gaming Division Negates ANOTHER Multi-Million-Dollar Jackpot In Colorado

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Department of Gaming, Wildwood Casino, Slot Machine Error, Cripple Creek Colorado, Casino, Denver News

The Colorado Division of Gaming has once again ruled that a multi-million-dollar slot machine jackpot was actually caused by an error. The Denver Cha...

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Free Casino Cocktails Dry Up

AP | JULIE CARR SMYTH | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The quintessential Las Vegas or Atlantic City casino experience comes with card dealers in ties, feather-festooned showgirls an...

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Jack Abramoff Out Of Prison: Disgraced Lobbyist Heads To Halfway House

AP | DAVID DISHNEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been released from prison to a halfway house in the mid-Atlantic region, the F...

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Astoria Characters: The Big-Hearted Restaurateur

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joanna Nana Loiselle, a ferociously vivacious blonde whose eyes change color from green to blue to hazel with her outfits and her moods, is the one constant on the menu at Telly's Taverna.

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DK Matai | Posted 05.25.2011

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