September 2022

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos and their online partners saw their collective profits decline by nearly 1% in the second quarter of this year, and five of the nine casinos failed to exceed their pre-pandemic profit levels, according to figures released Monday by New Jersey gambling regulators.

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Robbidean Carolyn Gruver

(April 15, 1941 August 29, 2022) Robbidean Carolyn Gruver (Robbie), age 81, of Plano, Tx, passed away peacefully at her residence on Monday, August 29, 2022. Robbie was born on April 15, 1941 in Sherman, TX to Robin F.

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Lindsey Graham’s riot prediction

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham on Sunday said that if the Justice Department prosecutes former president Donald Trump for mishandling classified information, there will be “riots in the street.” A few minutes later, he said it again. There is no excuse for this irresponsible rhetoric, which not only invites violence but also defies democratic norms.

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At the movies: Three Thousand Years of Longing is a flawed, but grand exploration of storytelling

Special to the Herald Democrat Three Thousand Years of Longing may hinge its plot on wishes, but this is primarily a cinematic ode to the power of stories. The way we tell them or the types of characters who inhabit them may change over the centuries, but human beings are always entranced by a good story.

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Moments with the minister: A zeal for God’s house

By Brian Taylor “For zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me”. Psalm 69:9 At the beginning of Christ’s ministry, he turns water into wine in Cana of Galilee, but his first act in Jerusalem, before anyone knew who he was, was to flip over some tables in the temple, and to chase the Passover lambs right out the temple doors as Christ cleared the Court of the Gentiles in Herod’s Temple.

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