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More states are looking at starting or expanding betting--seen as an easy way to boost revenues--by adding new casinos, state lotteries and racetrack slot machines. In New York, Governor George Pataki signed contracts to permit three more Native American casinos in the western part of the state. He expects the 13-year deal to bring in $1 billion. Indiana and Illinois have raised taxes on riverboat casinos...
...betweens like Tuggle are trying to make suburbs less hostile territory for tower builders. PlanWireless.com's Ted Kreines has taken a different approach. Dozens of communities have adopted his tiered-application system, which streamlines permit approval for small, inconspicuous antennas and screeches it to a halt for big, ugly ones. "If you go low, we'll help you," he tells tower builders. "If you go high, God help...
...world will soon know whether Saddam's government truly intends to permit UN weapons inspections "anywhere, any place, any time," as Blix describes his mandate from the Security Council. But judging from the constructive posture assumed by the Iraqis in this week's meetings in Baghdad, they seem to be taking seriously Resolution 1441's warning that Blix's mission offers Iraq a "final" chance to disarm, or face serious consequences...
...Questions of security Even as the Senate conflict comes to a close, battles still rage over security. Not national security - personal security. Critics of the HSD proposal say the legislation would permit the government virtually unfettered access to private information exchanged between U.S. citizens. The computer system in question is called "Total Information Awareness" and it is being run out of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, which is in turn part of the Information Awareness Office. The software, according to reports by the New York Times, would allow government surveillance of e-mail, credit card and banking...
...factor. Each of these nations has existing stakes in the Iraqi oil fields, and would thus benefit from Hussein retaining power. Indeed, soon after last Friday’s disarmament resolution was approved, Russian, French and Chinese diplomats issued a joint statement claiming that it did not automatically permit the use of force should Hussein breach its terms or choose to delay the inspectors’ access. Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov was quick to maintain, “We have excluded from the resolution material that is unacceptable to Russia,” adding that...