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...Cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning, the head of Israel's domestic security agency, the Shin Bet, said Hamas is worried that its control of Gaza will collapse and is already discussing ways it can push for peace while still maintaining the appearance of defiance. Israeli officials reportedly say that the ground offensive will last a "few weeks" and that the two sides will then negotiate a new cease-fire. Israel wants to use that time to severely weaken Hamas' military capabilities. A day into the ground campaign, officials feel confident that they're doing just that...
...have assassinated two world leaders. The rebels, based in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, have been waging a violent offensive against the central government on and off for more than 20 years. Federal forces recently announced they had captured the Tigers' capital, Kilinochchi, but it's a safe bet that, regardless of territory lost or possibly dwindling ranks, the guerillas will not give up their fight willingly...
...that being in 50 million homes is immediately going to provide," says DuPuy. "It makes sense from an economic standpoint, and plus, these companies are partners that will help grow the game, and at the end of the day, that's to everybody's benefit as well." Baseball's bet: in five years, it will have a 66% stake in a network worth $1 billion or more, instead of a 100% cut of a company worth $660 million or less...
...casino opening always pumps some energy into Las Vegas. But Vegas shares with the rest of the country the feeling that things will get worse before they get better. Whether Encore signals a new beginning for Las Vegas, the way Wynn's Mirage did in 1989, is not a bet to take lightly. "We're still in a fairly early phase in the downturn," says Schwer. "I don't see Steve Wynn sticking his finger in the dike and holding it back...
...Soon he started making good on my bet. Within a few years, Rourke had won starring roles in a bunch of fascinating weirdies: Francis Coppola's Rumble Fish (Mickey was Motorcycle Boy), The Pope of Greenwich Village, Michael Cimino's Year of the Dragon, the S&M erotic drama 9 1/2 Weeks, the satanic thriller Angel Heart (De Niro was the Devil), as a gangster in Elephant Man makeup in Johnny Handsome and a lowlife genius in a film of Charles Bukowski's Barfly. The guy was sexy, dangerous, adventurous in his choice of roles. The actor's clich...