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...will also raise the state's meal tax from 5 to 6.25 percent, and will allow local communities to raise the tax to 7 percent and keep the extra revenue. A 5 percent gross receipts tax will also be exacted on satellite TV providers' receipts from subscriptions, and local hotel taxes will increase by 2 percent. Sales tax will now also apply to alcohol purchased from retail stores, which had previously been exempt...

Author: By Ellie Reilly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: State Sales Tax Hike Unnerves Some Square Businesses | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

Love, Courtney • claims of to "have not taken drugs in five and a half years" are thrown into doubt after dirty needles are found in hotel room trashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Preposterous Week! Paul Slansky's News Index | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...Moreover, because the lingua franca of international hotel staffs is English, notoriously monolingual Americans, Brits and Australians probably rank higher than they should. The French readily volunteer that their practice of foreign languages leaves much to be desired, but even the harshest Francophobe would mock the poll's finding that the average Yank tourist is the better polyglot. At least that's what French travelers might argue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: French Tourists: Still the World's Worst | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...following enabled by ESPN and Bravo coverage, poker is frowned upon - along with other forms of gambling - in some parts of Asia, and many markets ban televised tournaments and any mention of gambling in traditional advertising. In 2007, mainland Chinese censors banned a television commercial for the Altira Macau hotel and casino (formerly known as the Crown Macau) that featured Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat flipping hotel key cards and ice cubes in an allusion to gambling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Poker Stand a Chance in Asia? | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

...point, a stocky thug, wearing a baseball cap and a surgical mask to conceal his identity, emerged threateningly only to retreat after the crowd surged around him, yelling "Please stop" in unison. Meanwhile, not far away, a squad of Revolutionary Guards angrily demanded to be let into an upscale hotel that many protesters had escaped into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Tehran's Streets: Defiance and a Crushing Response | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

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