Word: nevadas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...focus turned to five states--Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nevada and Oregon. Florida's 25 electoral votes became the decisive factor, as the other states split their support...
...seems poised to win the Nevada seat of retiring Democrat Richard Bryan, while the Florida seat being vacated by popular Republican Connie Mack will most likely go to Democratic candidate Bill Nelson. This means that Democrats need to win eight of nine races, an unlikely outcome, but not an impossibility...
...Turnout is rumored to be high - maybe very high - from California to Manhattan to Florida to Nevada to the Midwest battlegrounds. That's making the Democrats cautiously optimistic, but Republicans insist it's their people, itching for a landslide. We'll know soon enough...
Close the Nevada Loophole...
...cloud of scandal to hang over the colleges and universities they attended long after the incidents of game fixing and point shaving occurred. But even if there weren't scandals, we believe it is inappropriate to bet on college athletic competitions whether done legally in the casinos of Nevada or in any of the other 49 states where federal law currently prohibits it. Congress should act to close the Nevada loophole. Legal gambling on amateur sports fuels the larger, illegal gambling industry and makes it nearly impossible for us to address this growing problem. JAMES E. HANEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR National...