Zynga recently filed a preliminary application for a gambling license in Nevada. We’re not talking about gambling with Farmville credits, either. We’re talking cold hard cash.RELATED: Irish Olympic Athlete Accused of Betting on an OpponentGetting a gaming license is no easy task in Nevada. The paperwork that Zynga filed this week is just the beginning of a process that the company’s executives...
Dec
06
Zynga Wants to Get into the Gambling Business
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Celebrations planned as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Labels: Health 0 commentsSEATTLE (AP) — Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality under Washington state law on Thursday, and some people planned to celebrate the new law by breaking it.Voters in Washington and Colorado last month made those the first states to decriminalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana. Washington's law takes effect Thursday and allows adults to have up to an ounce of pot — but it bans...
Posted by Copetau at 5:04 AM
Egyptian army orders protesters out of palace area
Labels: Business 0 commentsCAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Republican Guard has ordered protesters supporting and opposing President Mohammed Morsi to leave the area around the presidential palace that has been the site of fierce clashes.The guard, an elite army unit, gave protesters on both sides until 3 p.m. (1300 GMT, 8 a.m. EDT) to clear the vicinity.At least five people were killed in fighting between Islamist supporters of Morsi...
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Dec
05
World's tallest woman dies in China at age 39
Labels: World 0 commentsBEIJING (AP) — The world's tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39.Chinese state media say Yao Defen died on Nov. 13 at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui.Guinness World Records in January 2010 had certified her as the world's tallest living woman at 7 feet and 7 inches (233.3 centimeters).The local Xin'an Evening News did not give the cause of death but said in a report that...
Posted by Copetau at 5:10 AM
Cashing in on Gangnam Style's YouTube fame
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As "Gangnam Style" gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click. So too has his agent and his grandmother. But the money from music sales isn't flowing in from the rapper's homeland South Korea or elsewhere in Asia.With one song, 34-year-old Park Jae-sang — better known as PSY —...
Posted by Copetau at 5:06 AM
Study: Drug coverage to vary under health law
Labels: Health 0 commentsWASHINGTON (AP) — A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.That's because states get to set benefits for private health plans that will be offered starting in 2014 through new insurance exchanges.The study out Tuesday from the market analysis firm Avalere Health found that some states will require...
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Philippines death toll climbs, hundreds still missing after typhoon
Labels: Business 0 commentsNEW BATAAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Blocked roads and severed communications in the southern Philippines frustrated rescuers on Wednesday as teams searched for hundreds of people missing after the strongest typhoon this year killed at least 283 people. Typhoon Bopha, with central winds of 120 kph (75 mph) and gusts of up to 150 kph (93 mph), battered beach resorts and dive spots on Palawan...
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Dec
04
Typhoon pounds the Philippines, killing at least 7
Labels: World 0 commentsMANILA, Philippines (AP) — One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and forcing more than 50,000 to flee from inundated villages.Typhoon Bopha slammed into the Davao region at dawn, its ferocious winds ripping roofs from homes and its 500-kilometer- (311-mile-) wide rain band flooding low-lying farmland....
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Yahoo sees several flaws in $2.7 billion Mexico ruling: source
Labels: Technology 0 commentsSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc believes it has “numerous” grounds to appeal a Mexico City civil court‘s $ 2.7 billion preliminary judgment against the company, including both errors in procedure and in application of law, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.The ruling in the case, which involves allegations of breach of contract related to an online yellow pages listings...
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Court upholds $319M verdict in 'Millionaire' case
Labels: Lifestyle 0 commentsLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $319 million verdict over profits from the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and rejected Walt Disney Co.'s request for a new trial.A jury decided in 2010 that Disney hid the show's profits from its creators, London-based Celador International. The ruling Monday by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found...
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