by Michael Beller | Jun 9, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON–Sports gambling may be illegal in nearly every state, but just like alcohol cascading through the streets during Prohibition, billions of dollars each year flow illicitly from bettors to bookies and online casinos. If the state of New Jersey gets its...
by Michael Beller | Jun 7, 2010 | National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON–The name “West Point” stirs up emotion in military men and civilians alike. The officers who received their commissions there remain forever bound by the ties of brotherhood, the legacy of Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower and the shared...
by Michael Beller | May 27, 2010 | Education, Politics
The Duke men’s basketball team was honored at the White House Thursday. WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama welcomed the Duke Blue Devil men’s basketball team to the White House Thursday to congratulate the team on its 2010 National Championship, the...
by Michael Beller | May 24, 2010 | Topics
If you’ve seen “Iron Man 2,” and judging by the movie’s $238.8 million take at the box office in its first three weeks there’s a good chance you have, you saw a lot of crazy special effects. Like plenty of movies, you had to suspend reality because about 97 percent of...
by Michael Beller | May 20, 2010 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON—During his presidential campaign, then-candidate Barack Obama repeated a familiar refrain on small businesses, calling them, “the engine of our economy.” He was right. According to a 2009 Small Business Administration report, small businesses created 64...
