Atlantic Club casino seeks bankruptcy protection
The struggling Atlantic City casino market reached a dubious milestone this week: Half of its 12 casinos have filed for bankruptcy protection in the past six years. The most recent…
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Indictment: NY boat pilot drunk in deadly crash
By JIM FITZGERALD FILE – This Sunday, July 28, 2013, file photo provided by the Rockland County Sheriff’s Office shows Jojo John. The Rockland County district attorney’s office said Thursday,…
Surveyors checking height of Washington Monument
WASHINGTON (AP) — Surveyors are checking to make sure that the Washington Monument is still 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches tall. A review last year at the base of the…
Lawyer: MLB pursued Alex Rodriguez ‘at all costs’
FILE – In this Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez arrives at the offices of Major League Baseball in New York. Attorneys for Rodriguez will appear…
ECB-driven market rally peters out after US data
A man looks at an electronic stock indicator outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Asian stock markets were mostly weaker Thursday, with a cautious mood prevailing…
FAA: Drone access to US skies will take longer
By JOAN LOWY FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, a Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Widespread drone access…
Ex-munitions maker says explosion not his fault
Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies stand along 27th Ave, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in New River, Ariz., just north of a property where authorities say a man lost most of his…
Judge won’t stop condemned Ohio killer’s execution
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS In this undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Ronald Phillips. Phillips, a death row inmate who raped and killed his girlfriend’s…