County Outlaws Casino Vessels: Horry Council Gives Two Boats 5 Years to Leave
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By Travis Tritten, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Jun. 20--All casino boats must leave Horry County in five years, county lawmakers decided Tuesday.
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By Leon Fooksman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 25--WEST PALM BEACH -- The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office has identified the two people who died when a boat capsized in a canal behind a mobile home park Sunday night.
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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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By Kathryn Thier, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 21--Iredell County will take over erosion control permitting and enforcement from the state July 1.   Silted coves pose hazards to boaters and swimmers and can diminish property values.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 17--An environmental group is asking a court to throw out a state decision that aided Newport News' plans to develop a $235 million reservoir in King William County.
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Dreaming Creek, one of more than 15 boats in the 22nd annual James River Batteau Festival, approached Maiden's Landing in Powhatan County yesterday after an eight-day, 120-mile journey from Lynchburg. Tom Hasenfang (right) poled the bateau while Captain Bob Shortridge manned the sweep.
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By Phillip McGowan and Andrea F. Siegel, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 18--County cracks down on illegal building   Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold will submit legislation Tuesday that would impose fines of $500 a day on those who live in homes built without permits.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 15--El Dorado Irrigation District board members followed up a call for banning personal watercraft on Silver Lake with a request to limit boat speeds, a move that would effectively eliminate water skiing as well.
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By Howard Decker, Desert Dispatch, Barstow, Calif.  Sep. 14--BARSTOW -- A vote in the House of Representatives on a bill to  ban "reservation shopping" that would have kept two American Indian tribes  from building a casino resort here failed to pass Wednesday.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 8--HANCOCK COUNTY -- A federal appeals court listened to arguments Thursday from lawyers whose clients hope to dance past new ordinances and build strip clubs in Hancock County.   The 5th U.S.
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By Dave Munday, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb. 16--SUMMERVILLE, S.C. -- Dorchester County's proposal to limit the  number of houses that can be built near Charleston's historic plantations  along S.C. Highway 61 is a long way from a done deal.
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By Roddy Stinson, San Antonio Express-News  Feb. 20--FORGET GOLD, BUY H2O RIGHTS: Roddy's Rangers never sleep:    RANGER: "Roddy, a fellow I know is buying and selling water rights in  Medina County, and he tells me that other speculators are doing the same  thing.
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The mayor of Pitcairn Island, Steve Christian, leaves court in Adamstown after being convicted on five counts of rape. Photograph: AP.
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By Linda Golz, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 12--The fight over access to water in southern Medina County has been waged for years.
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By Anthony Mccartney, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 7--TAMPA -- Facing a standing-room-only crowd, county commissioners postponed a decision Wednesday on an ordinance that independent trash haulers say would put them out of business.
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By Robin Fitzgerald, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 6--GULFPORT -- An Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation of the March 21 drowning of two construction workers in a storm-damaged casino barge could result in fines exceeding $85,000.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  May 31--If you're heading to Horsethief, leave your big boat behind.   The Idaho Department of Fish and Game drained the reservoir last fall to remove illegally stocked yellow perch, and it hasn't refilled enough to make the boat ramps useable.