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...Great One pull a fast one? JANET JONES GRETZKY, wife of hockey legend WAYNE GRETZKY, allegedly placed bets with a $1.7 million illegal-gambling ring in New Jersey. And Gretzky's assistant coach at the Phoenix Coyotes, Rick Tocchet, allegedly financed the ring. Neither Gretzky faces charges in the investigation, which authorities call Operation Slapshot, although she may be a witness before a grand jury. Tocchet's lawyer says he is innocent of all charges. Despite his proximity to the case, Gretzky says, "I didn't bet. Didn't happen. Not going to happen. Hasn't happened...
...group includes mega-church pastors such as Rick Warren, author of the best-selling "The Purpose-Driven Life," along with the presidents of 39 Christian colleges and heads of such missionary organizations as the Salvation Army and World Vision. It plans to launch a television ad campaign on Fox, CNN and local channels in nine states, along with church and college programs. The initiative stops short of endorsing stricter fuel-efficiency standards for motor vehicles, which are strongly opposed by the auto industry. But it calls for market-based legislation such as a "cap-and-trade" bill to curb overall...
...government has denied its military was involved, and its top diplomat even suggested the men could have been Americans wearing Mexican uniforms. But Mexico City has also ordered an investigation, and told all Army units to stay two kilometers, about a mile, back from the border. Meanwhile, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is running for reelection, has ordered his own inquiry. "This is not the first such incident," a spokesman for Gov. Perry said, while acknowledging that it is not clear the uniformed men were members of the Mexican Army. Lately Perry has been sounding alarms about the border situation...
...Male-oriented business entertainment is hardly unusual, even if it isn?t always expensed. Morgan Stanley fired four employees last year after learning that they - on their own dime -had taken a client to Skin, a Phoenix strip club. Rick?s Cabaret, a publicly traded operator of upscale topless bars, estimates that 40% of its $24 million in revenue last year came from businessmen and their clients. ?This is what the clients want,? says CEO Eric Langan. ?A lot of deals get closed in strip clubs...
...just the last week, he endorsed Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry for re-election and met with Evangelicals in Florida. Most impressively, he actually outpaced U.S. Senator John McCain in a just-released Georgia poll, garnering the support of 28 percent of Georgia Republicans to McCain's 22 percent, echoing numbers in December's CNN/USA Today/Gallup nationwide poll. The conservative blog, RightWingNews reported last week that while Condoleezza Rice was the top choice of 230 conservative bloggers for the Republican nomination, Giuliani came in second, beating out U.S. Senator George Allen and Newt Gingrich. Nationwide, Rudy earned a 63 percent...