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Dem senators from 4 states ask NOAA to address whale deaths
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senators from four states want federal environmental officials to address a spate of whale deaths on both coasts, urging “transparency and timeliness” in releasing information about whale deaths and their causes. The call late Tuesday...
Boutier 1st at Superstition Mountain as Jutanugarn struggles
GOLD CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — Celine Boutier of France had an eagle and six birdies in a round of 7-under 65 and moved atop the leaderboard when Moriya Jutanugarn of Thailand stumbled down the stretch in Saturday's third round of the LPGA Drive on Championship. Boutier, a 29-year-old...
New Jersey casino, sports revenue was up 10.4% in February
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's casinos, horse tracks that take sports bets and the online partners of both types of gambling saw their revenue increase by 10.4% in February. But what the industry considers to be its core business — money won from in-person gamblers —...
MGM to renovate, rename Water Club hotel in Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The owners of Atlantic City's top-performing casino are renovating and renaming its stand-alone non-casino hotel. MGM Resorts International said Tuesday it is spending $55 million to renovate and rename the Water Club hotel next to the Borgata casino...
Powerful boss of casino union leaving post in Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — He's led Atlantic City casino workers through three strikes, been arrested at protests nearly 10 times, and won workers including housekeepers, cocktail servers and others the best contract they had ever had. Now Bob McDevitt is stepping down as president...
Where child cancer rose, some want polluted land left empty
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The former Ciba-Geigy chemical plant poisoned the ground and water in Toms River, New Jersey, where the rate of childhood cancer cases rose significantly in the 1980s and 1990s. It was one of the nation's worst toxic waste sites, was added to the federal...
Iona secures 2nd straight NCAA Tourney bid beating Marist
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Daniss Jenkins scored 22 of his 27 points in the second half and Walter Clayton Jr. scored 17 points and Iona beat Marist 76-55 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament championship game on Saturday night and clinched an automatic bid into the NCAA...
Camilion, Athias' triple-double lead Iona to MAAC title
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Juana Camilion scored 22 points, Ketsia Athias had the first triple-double in program history, and Iona defeated Manhattan 73-60 on Saturday to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament for the second time. Iona (26-6), the top seed in the...
Clayton has 22, Iona knocks off Niagara 71-59 in MAAC
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Walter Clayton Jr. had 22 points in Iona's 71-59 victory over Niagara on Friday night in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament. The top-seeded Gaels will face No. 11 Marist in Saturday's championship game. Clayton had six...
Marist beats Saint Peter's 69-57 in MAAC semifinals
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Patrick Gardner had 18 points in Marist's 69-57 win over Saint Peter's on Friday in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament semifinals. The Red Foxes, the No. 11 seed into the tournament, will face top-seeded Iona in Saturday's championship...
