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-- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board may have to intervene if the owners of Pittsburgh's new casino can't settle a dispute over when they must begin annual $7.5 million payments toward a new arena for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Police are investigating the death of a California man at the Indiana Live Casino in Shelbyville.

A white male with curly light hair robbed Lisac's Tri-Stop and Casino, 2544 Harrison Ave., early Thursday, police said.

The Federal Government is rejecting reports it has struck a deal to use a casino on Christmas Island to house asylum seekers.

MACY, Neb. -- The Omaha Tribal Council on Friday indefinitely suspended its council treasurer after tribal members demanded his removal over the closing of a tribal-owned casino.

A medical clinic and surgery center that once served Ybor City's Cuban community has taken on a new life as a gay-oriented hotel and men's club. The Ybor Resort & Spa opened last month on Eighth Avenue in the heart of the GaYbor District. Owners Vince Pawlowski and Fred Schwartz wanted to create a place where people visiting bars, restaurants and other gay businesses could stay for a weekend, a night or even a few hours.

At the tranquil Four Seasons Resort Aviara north of San Diego, a heated struggle for control of the deluxe hotel's future is playing out in a rare public spat. The increasingly nasty tussle at the Carlsbad resort is indicative of tensions throughout the higher end of the hotel industry, as travelers cut way back on spendingAt issue is the very definition of luxury. The real estate investors who own the hotel say Four Seasons, which manages the property, is spending too much money keeping up appearances. They want to eject the fancy hotelier and bring in an operator they control.