Place Your Bets: Atlantic City ups its hotel stakes (Black Hills Pioneer)
ATLANTIC CITY - Something was amiss in Atlantic City. Stretched out on a chaise longue inside Harrah's Resort's new tower, I did not hear one blip of a slot machine, see one spin of a roulette wheel or overhear one profane remark from a losing gambler. It was as if someone had made the casino go poof!...more...Convention of â?™68 pivotal in U.S. history (Quad-City Times)
Forty years ago this week, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago with National Guard trucks rumbling through the streets and police officers guarding hotels....more... Most e-mailed U-T stories (San Diego Union-Tribune)
SignOnSanDiego.com, San Diego's city guide to arts and entertainment activities, events, bars, restaurants, hotels, shopping plus news, sports, classifieds and visitor info....more... Atlantic City Tries To Widen Its Appeal To Tourists (NPR)
Officials in Atlantic City like to boast that the New Jersey vacation spot is within a day's drive for a third of the U.S. population. But that fact isn't translating into booming business this summer. From souvenir stands on the boardwalk to the casinos and hotels, high gas prices and the soft economy are taking a toll....more... Hurricane Gustav - Hurricane Gustav Heads Toward The Gulf of Mexico (About.com)
The seventh named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is Hurricane Gustav. As of Tuesday morning, Category One Hurricane Gustav is just south of the island of Hispaniola......more... Charlottetown shouldn't pay $25,000 for concert: councillor (CBC Prince Edward Island)
A Charlottetown city councillor said the city shouldn't have to help pay for next month's Alanis Morissette concert in P.E.I next month, because it's outside city limits....more... How Not To Sell A Mercedes In Africa (NPR)
Journalist Jeroen van Bergeijk wanted an adventure, so he bought a 1988 clunker in his native Amsterdam and drove it across the Sahara with the intention of selling it. Within a week of arriving in Africa, he had dozens of offers. By then, however, he was attached to his vehicle and the possibilities it held....more... Pinnacle Entertainment Announces Executive Promotions for Information Technology (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. today announced that Guido Bologna has been promoted to the newly created position of Vice President of Information Technology . Russell Stokes, who most recently served as Director of Strategic Systems, has been promoted to Senior Director of I.T....more... Nonstop flights make Caribbean, Bahamas just a hop away (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Getting to the sandy beaches of a Caribbean or Bahamian island is getting easier for travelers flying out of South Florida. More nonstop flights than ever from Miami and Fort Lauderdale will speed vacationers to their island destinations this fall. While some islands still can only be reached with a change in planes, the days when almost every Caribbean-bound flight went through a hub city ......more... |