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... received her HELP grant during the closing for her home at noon on August 17, and by 1 p.m. she was moving into her four-bedroom, three-bath home in Shreveport. "It really helped big time," said Ms. Smith, who also works as a dealer at a casino ...

In one type of money wiring scheme, someone receives a notice that he or she has won thousands of dollars in a lottery. But to collect the money, the person is told to pay a fee for taxes or customs or to have a third party collect the winnings.

Trail maps are available at Starved Rock State Park Visitor Center and the lodge ... Best casino hotels Bellagio Las Vegas led the recently-published list of Top 10 Casino Hotels on Tripwatch.com . In fact, Las Vegas hotel/casinos held the top four ...

After months of negotiations and weeks of speculation, it's official: The Champions Tour is coming to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2010. The new event, the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, will be formally announced Tuesday at 1 p.m. during a press ...

And Renfro is a frequent visitor to Horseshoe Casino, where she enjoys the seafood buffet ... A special Arts in Education project funded by the Shreveport Regional Arts Council and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts brought history into ...

... winners of the 2009 Texas Big Time Hunts campaign and Ty Chumley of Nederland claimed the grand prize. A tugboat operator who lost his home and most of his personal belongings to Hurricane Ike, Chumley bought one $10 chance in the lotto-style ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- More Missouri casinos have been fined and workers disciplined for underage gambling since voters eliminated ID cards that tracked how much money people were betting. Since November 2008, regulators have levied five fines ...

... for the four years Treen served in office, asking the Bush White House to reduce Edwards' 10-year jail term for conspiracy to shake down applicants for riverboat gambling licenses ... Barry Erwin, a rookie Shreveport television reporter during ...

Performer and candidate Kinky Friedman ran for governor as an independent in 2006 and won 12 percent of the vote. Kinky Friedman says that it's time to stop telling one of his favorite jokes — that he's too young for Medicare and too old for women ...

Kinky Friedman says that it’s time to stop telling one of his favorite jokes — that he’s too young for Medicare and too old for women too care. Friedman celebrates his 65th birthday today, and he spent part of the week leading up to the big day ...