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July 29th – Daily Deal

Special Edition recap of H.R. 2267 passing in committee hearing. On today’s edition of The Daily Deal, we have a special edition for you today. We’ll recap yesterday’s huge victory for poker in the United States, find out what amendments were added and find out what’s next for the bill. Hello, I’m Sean Gibson and [...]

Poker Players Alliance Reacts to Passage of HR 2267

The tireless work of Rep. Barney Frank and the Poker Players Alliance finally made some progress Wednesday as HR 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, passed the House Financial Services Committee by a vote of 41-22. The result can be viewed as a small but important victory for the poker community, [...]

bwin, PartyGaming Deal Completed, Will Merge In 2011

In what has been a long rumored merger in the online gaming industry, it was revealed today by online gaming site Gaming Intelligence and confirmed by a press release that the deal between Austrian-based bwin and Gibraltar-based PartyGaming has finally been completed. The merger, which is expected to be completed by the first quarter of [...]


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DeGeneres to leave 'American Idol,' cites 'a difficult decision'

Ellen DeGeneres is calling it quits after spending one season with the Fox hit "American Idol," according to a statement from the star and the network.



New York AG: Insurance firms defrauded military families of millions

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is launching a fraud investigation into the life insurance industry for "practices that appear to have denied grieving military families and others of millions in life-insurance cash," Cuomo's office announced Thursday.



Arab leaders give OK for direct Palestinian talks with Israel

Arab leaders gave the Palestinian Authority on Thursday the green light for direct talks with Israel, a move that prompted the Israeli prime minister to say his country is ready for the face-to-face talks as well.



Lou Gehrig's victim: Kill me for my organs

A Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.



Body identified as NBA's Lorenzen Wright, police investigate homicide

A body found in southeast Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday has been identified as that of former professional basketball player Lorenzen Wright, Memphis police said Thursday.



Arizona governor files appeal to immigration law injunction

The legal battle over a tough Arizona immigration law entered its next stage Thursday when Gov. Jan Brewer filed an expedited appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.



Mexican drug lord killed in raid, officials say

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was killed Thursday during a military raid in a suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico's defense department said.



Police say missing California woman may be alive in Las Vegas

A California woman missing for nearly a year and declared dead by a court may still be alive and living in the Las Vegas, Nevada, area, detectives from Los Angeles said Thursday.



Al-Shabaab spokesman denies the group is in Puntland

A spokesman for the militant group Al-Shabaab denied Thursday that it has been involved in recent fighting in northeastern Somalia's semiautonomous region of Puntland, but said the group supports it.



Crews fight damage from abandoned leaking well off Louisiana

An abandoned well struck by a barge in southeastern Louisiana early Tuesday is still spewing a mixture of oil, gas and water, and it could take 10 days before it is capped.



Obama shares 'View' on media, family, even Snooki

President Obama wasted no time in an interview on ABC's "The View" to pounce on the media for providing a culture that "loves conflict."



Protests over Iran's holding of U.S. hikers begin Friday

A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran's U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one year.



62 cops linked to drug cartels arrested in Mexico

Mexican federal authorities arrested 62 police officers in the state of Baja California Thursday suspected of ties to organized crime and drug trafficking, the state's attorney general said, according to the state-run Notimex news agency.



Feds, parish presidents discuss cleanup at "contentious" meeting

What's next now that the oil stopped flowing, and what will happen when BP's crippled well in the Gulf of Mexico is finally, permanently sealed?



Ethics panel charges Rangel with conduct discrediting the House

The House ethics committee on Thursday accused veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming the credibility of Congress.



Yemeni government says cease-fire remains in place

A spokesman for the government of Yemen said Thursday that a cease-fire remains in place, despite clashes earlier in the week with Houthi rebels as well as the capture of Yemeni soldiers.



Two New Orleans police officers indicted in 2005 beating death

Two officers in the troubled New Orleans Police Department have been indicted in connection with the beating death of a civilian in 2005, according to the U.S. Justice Department.



Painting stolen by Nazi now on display in New York

A demur redhead in a modest black dress is making a brief appearance in New York, before finally returning home to Austria.



Thailand ends emergency rule in 6 provinces, but not in Bangkok

The Thai government has ended emergency rule in six provinces, but not in Bangkok, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.



On WikiLeaks scandal, hacker says he didn't want to be a 'coward'

A California hacker said he doesn't regret going to federal officials to show them alleged confessions an Army private made about leaking more than 90,000 documents that reveal secret information about U.S. war strategy.