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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Aid to cities and schools is on the chopping block as Gov. Jon S. Corzine unveiled his ideas Monday for proposed cuts to help bridge the state's $2.1 billion budget gap. A total of $812 million in spending is being pared from ...
DETROIT - Three Detroit-area cab drivers took a chance on big money, a big trip and a big gambler on Christmas Eve ? and as fate would have it, they lost. It was Christmas Eve and a gambler's luck had run out after playing at MGM Grand in Detroit ...
When Jay Meilstrup applied to the Texas Lottery Commission for a bingo manufacturer's license in 2006, the state investigator assigned to conduct his background check had concerns. Meilstrup had a history working in the gambling industry, most ...
Paul Greenwood, 52, of Barnsley, England, is the "unluckiest" gambler of 2008, at least based on bookmaker William Hill's assessment. He was given the dubious honor by Great Britain's second biggest bookmaker after the electronics engineer lost out ...
But in two days, Malaysian holidaymaker Hoo Foo Lim was in jail after becoming an inadvertent "mule" for an elaborate credit card fraud syndicate. Yesterday Lim, 62, a retired building site manager, was jailed for six months after being found guilty ...
Got a question about the stock market or a specific stock? Click here to ask Matt your question. USA TODAY financial markets reporter Matt Krantz answers a new question every weekday at money.usatoday.com. A: One of the biggest stunners during the ...
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- It is almost here. On Wednesday, the first ever Florida Powerball numbers will be announced. One lucky person could walk away with 105-million-dollars. Samantha Harris is excited. Like Powerball players across the state, Harris ...
Adolf Merckle, 74, spent his life building a business conglomerate with around 100,000 employees He seemed to be the epitome of the respectable German industrialist: a modest family man who strove to avoid publicity. But behind the scenes, the ...
A big year for blackjack started when Roger Baldwin, Wilbert Cantey, Herbert Maisel and James McDermott ? known by blackjack insiders as the ?Four Horsemen? ? were inducted into the Blackjack Hall of Fame at Max Rubin?s 12th annual ...
In killing himself German billionaire Adolf Merckle has become the latest casualty of the global financial crisis, his family saying he was broken by the struggle to salvage their business empire. Merckle, who was the world's 94th-richest person in ...
