Court allows casino vote that may boost Obama
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A federal judge on Thursday allowed Nevada Democrats to hold presidential voting in casino hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, potentially helping Sen. Barack Obama in the next round of the campaign on Saturday.
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About seven in 10 Maryland residents favor legalizing slot-machine gambling, but just as many oppose a sales tax increase that Gov. Martin O'Malley is pushing to close a looming $1.7 billion budget shortfall, a Washington Post poll has found.
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In Nevada, a state of mostly  desert, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is quickly  nurturing a grass-roots campaign, with a rally on Thursday  showing such efforts are generating enthusiasm.
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With Gov. Eliot Spitzerâs backing, plans to build a $600 million casino for the St. Regis Mohawk tribe took a major step forward.
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Presidential candidate Barack Obama has won the support of the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union in Nevada, a coup for the Democrat that could boost his candidacy against Hillary Rodham Clinton in the state's nominating contest.
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By a 5-0 vote Thursday, MaineÂ´s Gambling Control Board granted Penn National Gaming Inc. a conditional license to operate slot machines at BangorÂ´s harness racing track.
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A last-minute federal court battle over caucus rules underlines the importance Saturday's vote in Nevada has assumed as a potential momentum-builder in the Democratic presidential campaign.
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Forget Hillary vs. Obama. There's another question in the Democratic presidential race: Does what happens in Vegas really stay there, or can Sin City set the course for the nation?
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Barack Obama rebounded from a close  loss to Hillary Clinton and won the support of the heavily  Hispanic union representing Las Vegas casino workers on  Wednesday ahead of the next Democratic presidential contest.
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A Beverly Hills reception for  Barack Obama on Tuesday night brought in $1.3 million for the  Illinois senator's White House bid in the first major show  business fund-raiser of the 2008 presidential campaign cycle,  organizers said.
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By Katie Mulvaney; Journal Staff Writer  A political advocacy group plans to push the state's congressional leaders to rebuff attempts by the Narragansett Indian tribe to have repealed a federal law that requires the tribe to seek voter approval for any gambling halls on their land.
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Barack Obamaâs success at fund-raising is tempting him to back away from accepting public financing in the general election.
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By Deb Gruver and Fred Mann, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 13--A casino in Sedgwick County would not draw many tourists but instead would pull money away from residents and businesses, opponents told a crowd of about 150 people Tuesday night.
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The gambling and the glitter was out front, but the political action at casinos on the Las Vegas strip was back in the kitchens and employee cafeterias as Democrats scrambled for last-minute support before Saturday's presidential caucuses.
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Barack Obama's triumph in the 2004 U.S. Senate race earned him a memorable send-off from his friends in the Illinois legislature &#151; they emptied his wallet in a take-no-prisoners night of poker.
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Nevada representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union are hailing a federal judge&#39;s ruling against part of the Patriot Act that the FBI used to get casinos and airlines to turn over records of thousands of Las Vegas visitors.
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Hours before the polls opened in Illinois and minutes before Barack Obama glided into the ballroom of a downtown hotel, his supporters already