By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAKESIDE, Calif. (AP) — A casino gaming commissioner killed by a former employee was about to leave his job and move back to Arizona because he didn’t like being ordered to fire people, his wife said.

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by hunwut
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Discrepancy surfaces in former worker’s exit
By Matthew T. Hall, Onell R. Soto, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
A day after a murder-suicide at the Barona Gaming Commission office, investigators and the two dead men’s friends and families strung together more pieces of what happened but struggled with the question of why.

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by hunwut
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MEXICALI, Mexico, (UPI) — A pair of earthquakes measuring 5.9 and 4.9 struck Baja California Wednesday, seismologists reported, and were felt north of the border in the San Diego area.
The U.S. Geological Survey said in a written statement that the twin temblors were centered 20 miles southeast of the border city of Mexicali, Mexico, and [...]

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Peter d’Errico
We sometimes hear that science is different from traditional knowledge. Typically someone criticizing a traditional worldview says this. From what I’ve seen, most traditionalists don’t put much effort into criticizing science. Some of them even encourage science as a partner with traditional knowledge. One of the best books in this genre is A. [...]

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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Shooter was fired from position with gaming authority
By Matthew T. Hall, Anne Krueger, Onell R. Soto, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
A man who was fired from a job with the Barona Gaming Commission last month shot and killed a manager in a commission office and then himself yesterday, authorities said.

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Christina Good Voice, Staff Writer
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Cherokee speakers are starting to use popular Web sites to translate words, phrases and other parts of the language on the sites into Cherokee.

Posted on December 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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The Acjachemen quietly marked the win against the Foothill South toll road by honoring land that will not be disturbed.
- Karin Klein
On the chilly morning of the winter solstice last Sunday, the sun was just cresting the ridgeline of San Mateo Canyon as the Acjachemen talking circle started. Twenty or so people stood around a [...]

Posted on December 27th, 2009 by hunwut
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Allies take both houses of the legislature
By Rick Kearns, Today correspondent
In a victory for both the candidate and his allies, President Evo Morales of Bolivia won the presidential election and the allied MAS Party (Movement Towards Socialism) took control of both the Senate and Lower House of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, the successor to the [...]

Posted on December 20th, 2009 by hunwut
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By Gale Courey Toensing
SAN FRANCISCO - The Indian gaming industry experienced the slowest growth in its history in 2008.
But, despite decreases in the number of visitors, double-digit drops in gaming revenues, layoffs, and the postponement or cancellation of expansion projects, the $26.8 billion generated at Indian casinos was 1.5 percent more than 2007 revenues of [...]

Posted on December 19th, 2009 by hunwut
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Traditional Cocopah Wake
5:00pm
Friday, December 18th ~ Saturday, December 19th
Cocopah Cry House County 15 and Avenue G
West Cocopah Reservation, Somerton, Arizona

Posted on December 18th, 2009 by hunwut
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