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Pennsylvania is high roller in gaming profits
Of The Morning CallONE-MONTH PERIOD Las Vegas slot machine revenues are down 12 percent, Atlantic City's have taken a 19-percent nose-dive since last year, and even the shore town's glitziest casino, the Borgata, laid off 400 workers last week. Any notion that the...Tags: Nevada, Smoking, Wachovia Corp., Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling
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Volunteer hall of fame lunch scheduled Nov. 20
The 2008 Volunteer Project Hall of Fame Celebration and Luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 20 at Phillips Annapolis Harbor Restaurant, 12 Dock St., Annapolis. The event, sponsored by the Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County and the Coordinators...Tags: Family, Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Edgewater, Linthicum
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Gaming board official quits
Of The Morning CallThe first and only director of the investigative arm of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced his resignation Friday. David Kwait, whose tenure as director of the board's Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement was marked by controversy over...Tags: Law Enforcement, Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling, Gaming and Lotteries, Pennsylvania
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Plant of the Week
Dwarf Fothergilla Fothergilla gardenii You are rewarded with nothing but pleasure for planting this native shrub. Fothergilla has virtually no diseases or pests. White spring flowers are short, perky bottle-brushes. They're actually not composed of...Tags: Maryland
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Strategy pays off in Carroll school race
While millions of Americans sat before TV sets on Tuesday night watching presidential election results, Jennifer Seidel was in her kitchen with a laptop, fixated on the Carroll County Board of Elections Web site. The Mount Airy resident sought to know...Tags: Local Elections, Racism, Pennsylvania, Colleges and Universities, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama)
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A roundup of Maryland ballot issues
BALTIMORE CITY City voters were on their way to approving loan authorizations for $125 million in projects, including construction at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and Lyric Opera House, and renovations at the downtown courthouse and other buildings....Tags: Odenton, Local Elections, Sykesville, Carroll County (Virginia), Police
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Seidel leads field in race for 2 school board seats
Baltimore Sun reporterJennifer Seidel of Mount Airy led the field in the race for the Carroll County school board during early returns last night. In the race for two seats, incumbent and President Cynthia Foley of Westminster and former member Jeffrey Morse of Silver Run...Tags: Virginia, Local Elections, Sykesville, Racism, Government
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Bidding for a comeback
When Jeffrey Morse resigned from the Carroll County school board in May amid the outcry that followed his use of a racial slur, he had no intention of ever running for another term. But now the Silver Run resident is trying to make his way back, one of...Tags: Local Elections, Executive Branch, Virginia, Sykesville, Racism
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As slots OKs loom, background checks remain a question
Of The Morning Call| A question about correspondence between the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and the state attorney general led Thursday to a reminder that state regulators are about to grant two more slots licenses to applicants without complete criminal background...Tags: Law Enforcement, Casino and Gambling Industry, Pennsylvania, Trials, Organized Crime
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Frederick senator agrees to protective order terms
A state senator from Frederick County has agreed to immediately move out of his Mount Airy home after allegations by his wife that he pushed her on a bed, then choked her when she got up. The agreement yesterday followed a request for a protective order...Tags: David Brinkley, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Girls who swirl
As a couple of dozen women trickled into a popular lakefront restaurant in Columbia, the noise level jumped a notch or two. Conversation usually trumps wine-drinking whenever Girls Who Swirl gets together, though not by much.
Part networking opportunity,...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Oregon, Kevin Bacon, Dining and Drinking, Elvis Presley
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Atlantic City delays smoking ban for 1 year
Associated Press WriterSmoking will be permitted again in Atlantic City's 11 casinos for at least the next year under a change-of-heart vote taken Monday night by the City Council. The vote overturned a temporary smoking ban that took effect 12 days ago. Mayor Scott Evans...Tags: Smoking, Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling, Laws, Civil Laws
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