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...drifts and forcing mushers to break out their snowshoes. And just as it has in the Lower 48 states, the economy has cast a pall over the Land of the Midnight Sun. Due to higher operating costs, entrance fees have spiked 33% to $4,000 despite a shrinking prize pool; between food, supplies and preparation, the cost of running the race can reach $30,000. Meanwhile, mushers have griped about the salaries doled out to event executives, which dwarf their own comparatively meager paychecks. "We are the most underpaid professional athletes in the world to do what...
...games, a hope likely to die in one of the very first games. I’ve had some moderate success in the past, getting two champions right (UConn 2004, Florida 2007) and I won a bag of candy I don’t like in my Expos class pool freshman year on the strength of six Elite Eights, two Final Fours, and UCLA in the title game. Oh yeah, I also picked Maryland to win the women’s tournament, a tournament of which I watched a grand total of zero games...
...annual maximum and was $18,000 in debt; the New Hampshire accountant who, unable to work during his treatment for Stage 3B stomach cancer, had to stop paying his mortgage to afford a $1,120 monthly premium for coverage with the state's high-risk insurance pool. (Facebook users, comment on the story below...
...sick, it would be nearly impossible for him to purchase another insurance policy on the individual market. Since he lives independently and holds a job, it would be difficult for him to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. While Texas, like 34 other states, has a high-risk pool for those who are hard to insure, the program is twice as expensive as an average individual health-insurance policy. And my brother would have to wait 12 months to join with a pre- existing condition, under the state's "adverse selection" regulations that seek to prevent uninsured people from joining...
...There's plenty to entertain you at the Encore, even if you don't like to play the tables. If you can tear yourself away from the spa, there's a perfectly pleasant outdoor pool (one section of which allows topless sunbathing, though I demurred); a $500-a-round golf course designed by Tom Fazio and Wynn; and La Rêve, the impressive, water-themed acrobatic show. The beauty of the Wynn is that you don't ever have to leave the grounds of the resort to enjoy yourself for a couple of days. All of Las Vegas...