TYCOON PLANS $8 BILLION CHINESE HOLLYWOOD
By WANG YISHAN and KELVIN CHAN Wanda Chairman Wang Jianlin speaks during a press conference after a launching ceremony of Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis in Qingdao in east China’s Shandong…
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NEW MOB BIO TRACES PROBE OF PA. GAMING INDUSTRY
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM This book cover image released by Berkeley shows “The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bafalino,” by Matt Birkbeck. (AP Photo/Berkeley Mass Market Original)…
BUST TO BOOM: CAN STRIPPERS SAVE ATLANTIC CITY?
By WAYNE PARRY ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — What if, after seven years of plunging casino revenues and fleeing customers, Atlantic City’s real problem was this: People are wearing too…
AP INTERVIEW: JOAN BAEZ RETURNS TO PAST IN VIETNAM
By CHRIS BRUMMITT In this April 5, 2013 photo, Joan Baez speaks to a reporter in her hotel room in Hanoi, Vietnam. The folk singer and social activist visited Vietnam…
CASINO KING TESTIFIES IN VEGAS IN CONTRACT SUIT
By HANNAH DREIER Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen stands in the courtroom before the beginning opening statements in Suen’s lawsuit against Las Vegas Sands, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Clark…
ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS ATTACK TIMBUKTU IN NORTH MALI
By BABA AHMED and RUKMINI CALLIMACH FILE In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, a Malian soldier walks in Gao, northern Mali. Timbuktu has been hit by a prolonged battle…
POPE’S HO– USE READY, BUT HE’S STAYING IN HOTEL
Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 24, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, encouraging…
FLA. CHARITY PROBE TO NEXT FOCUS ON CAMPAIGN MONEY
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and GARY FINEOUT Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll speaks about the 1,578-acre land acquisition for Camp Blanding in Clay County in front of the Florida Cabinet Thursday, March…