ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City heads into 2020 with some optimism , buoyed by an expanded casino market with more jobs and more revenue. But there is also some concern over whether all nine casinos will make it to the finish line of 2020, and whether nearby states will eat into Atlantic City’s main […]
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TOKYO — Nissan’s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn said Tuesday from Lebanon that he was not fleeing justice but instead left Japan to avoid “injustice and political persecution” over financial misconduct allegations during his tenure leading the automaker. Ghosn had been released on bail by a Tokyo court while awaiting trial but was not allowed to
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Image copyright Getty Images Artist Syd Mead, who was best known for his designs on the sci-fi film Blade Runner, has died in California at the age of 86. The dystopian 1982 classic, directed by Ridley Scott, was loosely-based on a Philip K Dick novel. Mead worked as a concept designer on the film, as
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Ryan might have used a synopsis of “Force Majeure” as an in-class case study, because shame and denial inhibit the reporting of human-triggered avalanches, which subsequently reinforces a culture of silence and impedes the sharing and disseminating of instructive stories in which the main characters do not choose wisely. Instead, during the second half of
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Atlantic City heads into 2020 with some optimism , buoyed by an expanded casino market with more jobs and more revenue. But there is also some concern over whether all nine casinos will make it to the finish line of 2020, and whether nearby states will eat into Atlantic City’s main
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Month after month, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. led national polls in the Democratic presidential primary race. But in early October, someone else seemed to crack the code. Lifted by her bevy of policy plans and grass-roots momentum, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts joined Mr. Biden in a statistical tie atop the party’s
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ÖHRINGEN, Germany — Öhringen lies deep in automaking country, homeland of Germany’s biggest industry and a source of national pride. And by most appearances, life is pretty good. The unemployment rate in Öhringen is a mere 2.3 percent. Restaurants, nursing homes and kindergartens are begging for workers. The city government is using bulging tax receipts
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A woman who had a double hand transplant nearly a year ago says she is making “constant progress” every day. Corinne Hutton, from Lochwinnoch in Renfrewshire, lost her hands and feet in 2013 after suffering acute pneumonia and sepsis. The 48-year-old says being able to do the smallest of things, like unlocking the door or
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The picks also included songs by international musicians Angélique Kidjo, KayTranada and Rosalía: From hip-hop to country to The Boss, here are my songs of the year. If you’re looking for something to keep you company on a long drive or help you turn up a workout, I hope there’s a track or two in here
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When Le Thi Bich brought her soon-to-be husband, Ben Mitchell, to visit her parents’ village of Phong Nha in 2007, tourism essentially consisted of day-tripping Vietnamese exploring a government-run cave by boat. In the narrowest part of Vietnam between Laos and the sea, the region is a captivating, almost prehistoric landscape of sweeping valleys and
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