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Mega Millions: Will lotteries and other gambling move to the Internet?In December, the聽US Department of Justice聽announced that it was reversing its position that all Internet gambling was illegal, clearing the way for a potential boom in online gambling.聽
Secret Service probes major credit card breachCredit card breach at an Atlanta card-processor affects Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. The number of accounts affected by the security breach is not yet known.聽
Final Four: What UK vs Louisville means for the Bluegrass stateA Final Four berth means exposure and often major dollars for universities. But two聽Final Four berths? University of Kentucky Wildcats vs. the Louisville Cardinals is a huge boon for the state of Kentucky.聽- Do jobs trump environment? Bucolic Swedish town faces uranium dilemma.The Swedish town of Oviken, whose pristine natural surroundings have made it popular with tourists, has the blessing 鈥� and burden 鈥� of uranium deposits below its soil.
Wall Street closes out best first quarter in 14 yearsWall Street sees dramatic gains for indexes in first quarter of 2012: Dow climbs 8 percent; S&P rises 12 percent; Nasdaq is up 19 percent. 聽
When should you buy brand name clothes?Almost every article of clothing you buy has a brand label on it somewhere. Does paying attention make you a "brand snob" or a discerning consumer?聽
Social media: Is it too feminine?Social media use tilts toward women, who like its sharing aspect. But a handful of entrepreneurs are trying to retool social media for men.
Who'll win the Mega Millions lottery? The states.Mega Millions jackpot is the world's largest. But the chances of winning the Mega Millions are so slim that the only sure winners are the states, which get a little over a third of the take.
Las Vegas taxi drivers face high tech challengeTaxis have long been the main transportation method in Las Vegas.聽Now a San Francisco company called Uber Technologies Inc. wants to challenge their dominance through a transportation service based on smartphones.聽
Dallas Fed: Break up the big banksAccording to the Dallas Federal Reserve, one of the nation's most conservative regional banks, taxpayers will be on the hook for another giant Wall Street bailout, and the economy won鈥檛 be mended, unless the nation鈥檚 biggest banks are broken up.
Best Buy closings: steep cuts. More to come?Best Buy closings involve 50 big-box stores, 400 jobs at headquarters, and probably thousands more retail layoffs. Best Buy closings are the steepest yet for troubled retailer.
GDP report: US economy is expandingThe economy may be growing at a faster rate than initially thought, with the real GDP expanding at聽 an annualized rate of 3 percent from the third quarter of 2011.
Stocks mixed; Dow rallies lateAfter dropping as much as 94 points earlier Thursday, the Dow rallied late in the day to close up 19 points, at 13145.
Student loans: the more you can pay at once, the betterStudent loan bills reach six figures for one married couple, who wonder if they should throw as much money at the loan as possible or stick to the payment plan. Student loans are question 6 in this week's mailbag.
How will the Supreme Court's health-care ruling affect taxes?Obama's leath-care reforms include both tax increases and tax cuts. Even if the controversial individual mandate is struck down, most of those tax changes would survive鈥攗nless, of course, the High Court kills the entire act.
Jobless claims continue to fallInitial jobless claims declined to 359,000 claims from last week鈥檚 revised 364,000 claims, while seasonally adjusted 鈥渃ontinued鈥� claims declined by 41,000 resulting in an 鈥渋nsured鈥� unemployment rate of 2.6 percent.
EU leaders agree on need for more money - just not how muchSome European leaders want to give the permanent bailout fund as much money as possible, but others say that will do nothing to deter a repeat of the current debt crisis.聽
The warm weather job boostThe unusually warm weather in the United States boosted job creation temporarily by allowing things like more construction activity.
JetBlue pilot: Are some jobs too stressful?JetBlue pilot behavior refocuses attention on workplace stress. JetBlue pilot had given no previous indication of trouble, but aviation has seen bizarre outbursts lately.
Why the Simpson-Bowles budget defeat isn't the end of the lineSimpson-Bowles is still the top bipartisan budget deal out there 鈥� and Congress may need it when it faces a showdown in December over the expiring Bush tax cuts and mandated spending cuts.聽
