New Jersey casinos profits fell 27 percent in 2012
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's casinos saw their profit fall by more than 27 percent last year, even as revenue from non-gambling sources inched upward. The city's casinos collectively...
View ArticleLouisville guard Ware upbeat despite broken leg
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Injured Louisville guard Kevin Ware will travel to the Final Four on his crutches and expects to be a big presence for the Cardinals. Cleared by doctors Wednesday to accompany...
View ArticleDisabled cruise ship breaks from Alabama mooring
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Officials say a Carnival cruise ship that had been disabled for days in the Gulf of Mexico has broken away from its moorings in a Mobile, Ala. shipyard. The U.S. Coast Guard tweeted...
View ArticleShook named interim AD at BGSU (4-3-13)
Mark Shook has been named the interim director of athletics at Bowling Green State University.Shook replaces Greg Christopher, who has been named the athletics director at Xavier. Shook is currently...
View ArticleSheriff slain in W.Virginia town crusaded against drugs
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — Just months before being gunned down, Sheriff Eugene Crum made good on a campaign promise to do what many in law enforcement have attempted for years in southern West Virginia...
View ArticleTwo more sought in Colorado prison chief's death
DENVER (AP) — Two more men connected to a violent white supremacist gang are being sought in connection with the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief, and authorities are warning officers that they are...
View ArticleCrews corral cruise ship, dockworker missing
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Now that a troubled Carnival cruise ship has been moored again after breaking away from the dock at an Alabama port, authorities planned to keep searching for a shipyard worker...
View ArticleConnecticutt governor set to sign gun control law
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was expected to sign a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last...
View ArticleOne California hiker found and recovering, one still lost
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — Dehydrated and disoriented, one of two teenage hikers missing in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest has been found, as crews searched for his female...
View ArticleEyes on Facebook mobile event as company evolves
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is unveiling a new Android product Thursday, a move that comes as a fast-growing number of its 1.06 billion users access it on smartphones and tablet computers. Advertisers are...
View ArticleSticky-fingered thieves target sap in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sticky-fingered thieves are stealing the sap right out of Maine's maple trees. With little more than a spout-like tap and a bucket, people are looting the liquid out of trees on...
View ArticleWalgreen clinics expand care into chronic illness
Walgreen Co. has expanded the reach of its drugstore clinics beyond treating ankle sprains and sinus infections to handling chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure. The...
View ArticleBillionaire in New York: Fake wine made me quit auctions
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida billionaire energy maven and wine collector told a jury on Wednesday that he's lost his taste for fine wine auctions after getting ripped off too many times by peddlers of...
View ArticleDetroit Electric to sell $135,000 sports car
DETROIT (AP) — More than 100 years after it began making cars, Detroit Electric is back in business. The automaker on Wednesday is unveiling in Detroit the SP:01, a limited-edition electric sports car....
View ArticleHeir to Johnson & Johnson fortune dies at 76
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The family of Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a Polish farmer's daughter who worked as a maid for an American heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune before marrying him and...
View ArticleAT&T expansion (04-04-13)
Mylayna Albright, assistant vice president for external affairs for AT&T, speaks to a group at the company’s new location in Bowling Green last month. The company is making an investment in...
View ArticleThieves steal $340K in jewelry from Bosh home
MIAMI (AP) — While Miami Heat star Chris Bosh was out celebrating his birthday at a Morocco-themed party complete with live camels, police said Thursday that thieves made off with about $340,000 in...
View ArticleBail set at $500,000 for teen in Vegas eatery crash
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge set bail Thursday at $500,000 for an 18-year-old accused of being under the influence of prescription drugs when he plowed a speeding car into a crowded Las Vegas restaurant,...
View ArticleCleveland Plain Dealer to be delivered three days a week
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Plain Dealer in Cleveland announced Thursday that it is cutting back home delivery of the newspaper to three days a week. The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest daily, will be delivered...
View ArticleFacebook unveils new experience for Android phones
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook is unveiling a new experience for Android phones. The idea behind the new Home service is to bring content right to you, rather than require people to check apps on...
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