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Casino-goers will have to spend money in order to enter new Lady Luck Casino

Nemacolin general manager Chris Plummer said since the casino is attached to a resort, it's considered a category three casino. "With the category three license, it was developed as an amenity to a resort. You have to patronize that resort in order to get entrance into the casino. That was completely set by the legislature," said Plummer. He said Nemacolin staffers were aware ...
Voters trickle into Pa. polls on primary day

Voters across Pennsylvania are going to the polls on Tuesday to choose the Democratic and Republican party nominees for municipal positions in the Nov. 5 ...
Lawyer Feds investigate missing mom Susan Powell case

SEATTLE (AP) - The lawyer for the family of a missing Utah woman said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance.Anne Bremner made the announcement at a Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their investigation into the Susan Powell case.Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh ...
Pa. voters not exactly storming polling places for primary

Democratic candidate for Mayor of Pittsburgh, former Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner, left, greets supporters at a city voting poll in the Pennsylvania primary election on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Pittsburgh. Luke Ravenstahl, the incumbent mayor, is not seeking re-election. In heavily Democratic Pittsburgh, a city that hasn't elected a Republican mayor since the Great Depression, ...
Jerry Sandusky scandal costs top $44 million for Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State’s cost for the fallout of the Jerry Sandusky scandal is more than $44.4 million, according to figures the university released online Tuesday.Penn State had been billed a total of $44,452,243 for legal services, consulting and public relations work through Feb. 28. Penn State President Rodney Erickson has said some costs will be covered by various insurance ...

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Your Friends & Neighbors

Neil LaBute's "Your Friends & Neighbors" is akin to a sociological cataloging of human misery, cruelty, and sexual dysfunction. Its characters are either inhumane, self-absorbed, insipid, or all of the above. Throughout the film, those personality flaws (which are so immense, the word flaw seems insufficient) come into constant conflict, causing unending misery and pain. Only one character ... ...

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Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona’s 20-Week Abortion Ban

permanently struck down Arizona’s ';fetal pain'; law that would have criminalized abortion services after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The panel of judges determined that the 20-week ban is unconstitutional ...
Todays MLB starting lineups May 21

Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
Judge Stop feeding the voters

Common Pleas Judge Don R. Walko, who is overseeing Elections Court, issued an order for people to stop handing out hoagies to people at the Pressley Street High Rise in the North ...
Judge refuses to stop Wilkinsburg mayoral election over ballot complaint

An Allegheny County judge on Tuesday refused to stop voters in Wilkinsburg from casting votes in the primary election because a man who wanted to run for mayor was not on the ...
Mystery surrounds deaths of doctor a Monroeville native and wife

A federal, state and local task force is investigating the possibility that the killings of a Monroeville native and his wife may be linked to the unsolved deaths of a young boy and his family housekeeper, Omaha police ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...