Hitting the jackpot in Las Vegas  - www.theeagle.com 

I spent a little bit of time in Las Vegas earlier in the week and, rather than wander around Sin City drunk, spending my children's college fund on the slot machines or doing something else that should probably stay in Vegas, I instead took a little ...

Newtown Township Police Report, July 12-18  - buckslocalnews.com 

Monday, July 12 Stone spill Around 1:45 p.m. police responded to the area of the 800 block of Swamp Road for a report of a stone spill on the road. Upon arrival the officer observed that the stone spill was covering the southbound lane of Swamp Road. Quarry personnel were on the scene directing traffic and beginning cleanup efforts. Police assisted with traffic control and quarry personnel will ...

College Football Recruiting: Predicting 10 of August's Top Commitments  - bleacherreport.com 

Exhausted with how pervasive the process has become, many top recruits are pushing to make a decision before their senior seasons begin. Others are putting together official visits or making one last unofficial to firm up who their finalists are. In short, August is going to be a busy month. Just how many recruits will be deciding before their senior seasons is unknown, but there are a few who ...

Birdwell denies double vote  - www.wacotrib.com 

Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, strongly denied voting in two states in the 2004 presidential election, correcting what he called "inaccurate news reports which contain false information concerning my voting record."

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Nigeria: Jonathan And the 'Port Harcourt Declaration'  - allafrica.com 

On Monday, July 26, 2010 , leaders of the South-South geo-political zone of Nigeria converged on Port Harcourt , the Rivers State capital to take a unanimous stand on zoning and the 2011 presidential election. But some people argued that rather than being an all-inclusive stakeholders meeting, it ended up as merely a PDP affair. LAWAL SABO and ANAYO ONUKWUGHA recount what happened there.

Georgiaâs Green says heâs never been to Miami  - www.rrdailyherald.com 

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A party on Miami’s South Beach and sports agents were once again hot topics at the Southeastern Conference media days, with South Carolina and Georgia taking center stage on Thursday.

Tonight's Hot List: Thursday, July 29, 2010  - www.seattlepi.com 

Jersey Shore10/9c MTV The Situation, Snooki and the rest of the "GTL" crew are back for a second season of TV's guiltiest pleasure. But this time, they're leaving the Jersey Shore behind and taking their fake tans and fist pumps down south to Miami, ...

Australia’s Gillard, Abbott Tied; Labor Party Leads  - www.businessweek.com 

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott drew level in voter support as reports of leaks by members of Gillard’s government threaten to destabilize her election campaign.