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Missouri casinos plan appeal of ruling in unregulated slot machine lawsuit

2 years 9 months ago
An appeals court will be asked to take another look at whether a trade association for Missouri casinos can sue a company that puts video games offering cash prizes in convenience stores and other retailers across the state. The Missouri Gaming Association said in a news release Wednesday that it will appeal the decision that dismissed its claims against Torch Electronics. That same decision, issued Monday by Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green, also dismissed the case raised by Torch and convenience…
Rudi Keller

Gus Kodros Tribute Rock Show Will Honor Late Drummer, Support 988 Suicide Lifeline

2 years 9 months ago
ALTON - The Gus Kodros Tribute Rock Show coming up in Alton on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, at 5 p.m. will see the reunion of several Alton and St. Louis area bands team up for a night of music at The Lodge at The Lovejoy , located at 401 Piasa St. in Alton. The show is held in memory of Gus Kodros, former drummer for the band The Bishops, and benefits the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline . Fritz Beer, vocalist and guitarist for The Bishops, said the band played for about 10 years. Kodros played drums for five of those years, followed by Eric Harnetiaux. Years ago, the band started doing “reunion shows” with both drummers, who would play the songs from their respective era in the band. These shows became an annual occurrence until Gus took his own life before the pandemic. “They’re fun reunions, it’s like a party reunion show for friends and everything too,” Beer said. “We were like, ‘Let's just do one of these a year,’

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A fitting monument for heroic Dred Scott

2 years 9 months ago
Dred Scott, a fighter for freedom who who helped inspire the struggle for Black American legal and civil rights, now has a monument fit for his contribution to the nation’s history. Scott’s wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, will have a new…
Ashley Winters | The St. Louis American

Casinos plan appeal of ruling in unregulated slot machine lawsuit

2 years 9 months ago

An appeals court will be asked to take another look at whether a trade association for Missouri casinos can sue a company that puts video games offering cash prizes in convenience stores and other retailers across the state. The Missouri Gaming Association said in a news release Wednesday that it will appeal the decision that […]

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Rudi Keller

FCC Starts Taking ‘Space Junk’ More Seriously, Fines Dish For Parking Satellite In A Dumb Spot

2 years 9 months ago
While technologies like low orbit satellite can help shore up broadband access, they come with their own additional challenges. One being that services like Space X’s Starlink have cause potentially unavoidable light pollution, harming scientific research. The other being the exponential growth in space detritus, aka space junk, that will make space navigation increasingly difficult. The […]
Karl Bode