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Atlantic City casinos to add strippers - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – What if, after seven years of plunging casino revenues and fleeing customers, Atlantic City’s real problem was this: People are wearing too much clothing? Scores, the ...
Fast-casual restaurants sustaining rise - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The sense of malaise settling over much of the restaurant industry seems to have missed a spot: the still-growing fast-casual segment that includes chains such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and Panera Bre...
Tips to help guard against tick bites - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
DEAR DOCTOR K: I live in a heavily wooded area, so I’d like to know the best way to remove a tick if you spot one on your skin. DEAR READER: Knowing how to remove a tick is a useful skill for anyone w...
In brief: Rain-caused landslides kill 13 in eastern Mexico - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
VERACRUZ, Mexico – Landslides triggered by torrential rains dumped by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fernand killed at least 13 people in Veracruz state, authorities said Monday as the storm weakened ...
Health Bulletin Board - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
New listings Zumba Class with Sandy - Boomers, beginners and others can work out with special attention given to protecting backs, hips, and knees. Audubon Park Masonic Lodge, 2821 Northwest Blvd. The...
Products’ secret recipes treated as mystery, defended as sacred - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
ATLANTA – Coca-Cola keeps the recipe for its 127-year-old soda inside an imposing steel vault bathed in red security lights. Several cameras monitor the area to make sure the fizzy ...
Gonzaga creates new nursing school - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Gonzaga University will combine two departments and expand them into a new School of Nursing and Human Physiology, hoping to meet the demand for medical professionals that will be driven by federal he...
Doug Clark: Air Force band’s ‘inactivation’ a sad time for all - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Being a former trumpeter and bandsman, I wanted to give an appreciative shout-out to the 560th Air Force Band for its decades of service, good will and great music. Also known as the Band of the North...
Police shooting ‘sickening’ - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Wendy Woods stood next to her blood-soaked carpet Monday morning and cried for the loss of her close friend, Eric Byron Johnston, who was shot and killed 24 hours earlier by a Coeur d’Alene police off...
Teen creates device that lets owners interact with pets remotely - Tue, 27 Aug 2013 PST 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Brooke Martin, a 13-year-old Spokane high school freshman, will have an unusual report on “how I spent my summer vacation.” Martin spent a good part of the past six months helping launch iCPooch, a Sp...