VAN BUREN, Ark. (BP)–By a narrow margin, messengers to the Arkansas Baptist State Convention annual meeting Nov. 6-7 rejected a proposed change to its articles of incorporation which would have eliminated the following statement: “The Baptist Faith and Message shall not be interpreted as to permit open communion and/or alien immersion.”Ark. messengers reject amendment (BPNews.net) […]
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Hillary Clinton enters a high-stakes debate in gambling paradise Las Vegas Thursday determined to steady her pace-setting Democratic White House campaign, after a wobbly two weeks.Clinton in the crosshairs at Democratic debate (AFP via Yahoo! News) Daily MailThe vision of Britain: Who would want to live here?Daily Mail, UK – 11 hours agoG is for […]
NEW YORK — In just a few weeks, many employees at companies across the country won’t be able to resist temptation — they’ll visit their favorite online retailers and do some holiday shopping when they’re supposed to be working.Think before you pull plug on employees’ Web habits (The Record) LONDON (Thomson Financial) – UK smaller […]
Gambling911.comCasino Bill Hides Heavy Fines for Online.Pokerpages.com – Nov 14, 2007″Ironically, H.4307 is pro-casino gambling legislation, yet it makes Internet gaming a crime,” Randy Castonguay, director of the Massachusetts chapter of .Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in Casino Controversy Gambling911.comall 25 news articlesCasino Bill Hides Heavy Fines for Online. – Pokerpages.com WASHINGTON, DC — (PRESS RELEASE) […]
Our readers share their memories. Garland, TX My wife and I visited John at the Ky. Horse Park just this last month. I always admired the grit and determination that made him what he was.In Memoriam: Remembering John Henry (BloodHorse) Poker is becoming a popular British pastime due partly to increased television coverage, a new […]
SHANGHAI, China Martina Hingis, one of the game’s greatest players, tests positive for cocaine and retires. Nikolay Davydenko, a top-5 player under investigation for suspicious gambling on one of his matches, receives a fine for lack of effort; a week later, a chair umpire mocks Davydenko for double-faulting too often and questions his commitment. Numerous […]
Casino developer MGM Mirage Inc. said Monday it would open its debut property in the Chinese gambling destination of Macau on Dec. 18.MGM Grand Macau to Open Dec. 18 (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Miami Herald – Today’s Top Stories Donda West’s death revives plastic surgery concerns Solemn . on Tuesday for a 44-year-old crew member […]
Consider them a wet blanket slapped on the glitzy face of casino gambling. Counselors, prepped with hours of training on gambling-addiction red flags, will be working at all three resort-style casinos under .Patrick plan puts counselors in casinos Arnie Wexler’s choiceHarnesslink, New Zealand – Nov 12, 2007Ed Looney, one of nature’s noblest men, which is […]
MSN UK News – Banks and payment processors are prohibited from handling cash transactions from U.S.-based players to and from online poker sites under legislation President George W. Bush signed into law last year. But Internet gambling businesses are treated .US-based Harrah’s Entertainment CEO says casino company might get into . The world’s leading gaming […]
Baltimore Sun – Gaines, a Prince George’s County Democrat, added a provision to the bill saying the General Assembly would review the amount of commissions paid to lottery agents if voters legalize slot-machine gambling next year. The goal would be to determine .House approves $500M in budget cuts Tensions between UK Sport and the British […]
CardPlayer.comInterview: Annie Duke Faces Congress TomorrowCardPlayer.com, NV – 3 hours agoIm going to discuss that issue quite a bit, and Im also going to discuss another card that the opposition pulls out quite often, which is gambling .Interview: Annie Duke Faces Congress Tomorrow – CardPlayer.com Kieren Fallon, Nikolay Davydenko and the menace of gamblingSportingo, Israel […]
G ov. Deval Patrick ‘s resort casino plan, riding high just a few months ago, may be headed for a spring burial on Beacon Hill.Betting on big showdown The races start in Melbourne today. Hooray. So what are you doing reading the business section? Get a life.Big gamblers are the big losers on a day […]
Daily Telegraph – . letter had been sent to the drug’s distributor, Boehringer Ingelheim, asking them to accept liability and pay compensation for money lost and psychological damage. Ms Malik claimed the side effect of potential addictive behaviour, such as gambling .Parkinson’s drug ‘turned us into gamblers’ MSN MoneyCentral – . Market Wire PrimeNewswire PRNewswire […]
News 4 – It created new laws and enforced existing ones to make it illegal to use U.S. credit cards to gamble online. One Colorado player CBS4 spoke with asked that we not use his name since gambling online is illegal. Despite the credit card ban, he has been .Credit Cards Still Accepted For Online […]