A couple of years ago, Oliver Weymann, a 20-year coke addict, was facing at least five years in jail for trafficking. This week, he took a judge out to lunch. It's been a long haul for the Edmonton resident who grew up in a wealthy Vancouver family ...

Gambling referendums in Ohio almost always pass in the county where the casino was to be located and its neighboring counties, but voters farther away generally oppose it. This could bode well for a new attempt to establish gambling in Ohio. Backers ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — A new company promises to take the dirty work out of playing the state lottery by handling the ticket-buying for customers. Ohio Lotto Butler allows people to sign up online to buy tickets in either the Mega Millions or the Classic ...

MONTREAL -- Cam Wake picked up another piece of hardware last night, but he missed out on what he really wanted. Now, the B.C. Lions defensive end may leave the CFL forever without a Grey Cup ring. Wake picked up his second straight Most Outstanding ...

MONTREAL -- Don't call him Incompleterson ever again. Edmonton Eskimos slotback Kamau Peterson won his first CFL most outstanding Canadian award last night at the Casino du Montreal, beating out future Hall-of-Famer Ben Cahoon of the Montreal ...

Odds on Hillary Clinton become President-Elect Barack Obama's Secretary of State were long at    Paddy Power  but news was surfacing Thursday night that this is exactly what could happen.  Paddy has since removed its Secretary of State betting ...

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has reduced the size of her presidential campaign debt to less than $7.5 million as of Nov. 1, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday. The documents show Clinton raised nearly $690,000 in October, a minor sum ...

WASHINGTON — Presidentelect Barack Obama’s top choice for attorney general is Eric H. Holder Jr., a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration and Obama campaign aide who would become the first African American to ...

Associates of Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband say the former first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state, believing the job is hers if she wants it. Obama transition officials say other candidates have been ...

Today is Friday, Nov. 21, the 326th day of 2008. There are 40 days left in the year. On Nov. 21, 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. On this date: In 1789, North Carolina became the 12th ...