The police could not get the Mafia out of Las Vegas so it was left to Wall Street financiers to clean up the desert gambling resort and turn it into one of the great United States success stories. Las Vegas was once the only place where gambling was legal. The industry took off during the austerity of World War II.
Despite the inherent risks, Nasa said it will resume its space shuttle programme by launching the Discovery before July, more than two years after the Columbia disintegrated on re-entry. Everybody at the United States space agency understands that there are no risk-free shuttle missions, but the only way to improve is to send it back up into orbit.
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/ 31 January 2005
Two United States children’s animated characters, Buster the rabbit and SpongeBob SquarePants, have whipped up a storm, with conservative Christians and the new US education secretary scrutinising pro-gay associations in viewing for young children. ”Many parents would not want their young children exposed to [these] lifestyles,” Spellings said.
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/ 19 September 2004
Pornography and erotica have made their way into mainstream United States bookstores with guides to a better sex life written by adult film stars, seven months after Americans expressed shock over briefly seeing Janet Jackson’s breast on television. Porn queen Jenna Jameson has penned How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale.
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/ 8 September 2004
Hollywood stunt pilots hired by Nasa to catch a capsule carrying samples of the sun were gearing up for a blockbuster ending to their mission on Wednesday over Utah in the western United States. When the Genesis spacecraft re-enters Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, the helicopter pilots are to intercept a capsule from the vessel in midair.
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/ 3 September 2004
The long avenues in West Palm Beach are deserted, stores are closed and shuttered, here and there a man struggles in the damp wind to board up his windows against the impending menace of Hurricane Frances, the worst storm to hit the state of Florida in 10 years. Frances should make landfall in Florida at 8pm local time on Saturday.