November 8th, 2009

That said, Levin noted that some schools could also do more to make sure their admissions process and lottery system is clear and unbiased. Said Roemer Shirley: "We're requiring more on the part of parents, but that also means that individual schools ...

November 8th, 2009

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jeff Shulman's run at the World Series of Poker main event is over after he lost a classic race against French poker professional Antoine Saout. Shulman gambled his tournament life early Sunday with pocket sevens against Saout's ...

November 8th, 2009

Vander Plaats has signaled a willingness to attack Branstad for having signed bills raising the sales tax twice, creating the Iowa Lottery and appointing the justice to the Iowa Supreme Court who wrote the April opinion. "We are at a crossroads in ...

November 8th, 2009

Who Are They: A four-piece Oklahoma-based band formed in 1999, All-American Rejects, above, came about while some of the members were still in high school. Their self-titled debut CD helped propel the group to a deal with Interscope Records. Taking ...

November 8th, 2009

NEW YORK — AIG said Friday it was profitable for the second straight quarter as its core insurance operations continue to stabilize after the company's bailout by the government last year. American International Group Inc. also said the amount of ...

November 8th, 2009

James Akenhead of London, throws away a hand at the final table of the World Series of Poker at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch) Phil Ivey has been eliminated from the World Series of Poker main ...

November 8th, 2009

FORT WORTH, Texas — Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season. "I've kind of tried to think of it differently," Edwards said. "It's not that we haven't had no wins this season, it's just ...

November 8th, 2009

It seems like every time a new casino opens, the owners hope to be the last person given a gambling license. For years, Las Vegas had a virtual monopoly on legalized gambling. Then along came American Indians, who started using their Native American ...

November 8th, 2009

Downtowns in most communities which have them didn't spring up fully formed with clear boundaries. They expanded gradually, occasionally jostling with the neighbors as they grew. It was one thing when they were centers of retail goods and services ...

November 8th, 2009

The high-brow credentials of PokerStars Blog have long been established. This is, after all, the place you've seen action from the PCA reimagined as a Samuel Beckett tragi-comedy, and it's home, of course, to the PokerStars Blog One Time Chip ...