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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 11 BRISTOL, Va. - Sonya Ratliff and about a dozen friends put on sparkly clothes and left early on a Tuesday morning to celebrate another mom's birthday. In years past, that might have meant brunch. Now, in this Bible Belt town on the edge of the Appalachian Mountains, it means slot machines, blackjack and other games of chance at the newly opened Bristol Casino. How long would the women gamble? "Until we have to pick up our kids from school," Ratliff, 42, said to roars of laughter from her friends gathered around a roulette table. Since July 8, Virginia's first casino has been doing big business in a former abandoned shopping mall near the Tennessee line. More than 25,000 people from 49 states visited in just the first three weeks of operation, raising visions of economic salvation in a city that's been desperate for it. "It's … [Read more...] about Coal jobs are almost gone. Could a casino help rescue southwest Virginia?

The Wortham Theater's Green Room is a crush of nervous little girls, well-dressed men and slightly flushed women clutching programs and nudging themselves closer to Carlos Acosta, the man in white tights signing autographs. They're on a tingly, post-performance high, having just watched him dance Basilio in Houston Ballet's Don Quixote, where a good number in the packed house gasped, grabbed their armrests and finally launched themselves from their seats to bellow "Bravo!" Some of them cried. The ballet neophytes say they've never seen anything like it. The aficionados begin their assessment with these three words: "Not since Baryshnikov." "You've heard of Air Jordan? We call him Air Acosta, " Daisuke Sato, Acosta's friend from Cuba, is telling a young fan. Opera has its Pavarottis. Classical music has its Midoris. But the closest thing to a pop star the ballet world has now is an aging Mikhail Baryshnikov, who passed his pyrotechnic prime a decade ago. … [Read more...] about They call him ‘Air Acosta’

Tim Johnson stood on a rooftop in downtown Houston, surrounded by skyscrapers and wearing a fox and coyote loincloth he had made himself. "It's amazing. When you look for roadkill, it's unbelievable how much there is, " said the man from Bisbee, Ariz. "On the trip down I saw a lot of good hides but didn't have time to stop." It's not every day that a nearly naked man can stand on a rooftop in a big city, looking like an urban Tarzan and talking about roadkill, and not attract much attention. But this is late April in Houston, which means that the high holy days of funkiness are upon us. Art Car-related events have been attracting the freaky, the funky, the folksy and their followers for a week already. Today the major obligation of the faithful is to attend the Art Car Parade at 1 p.m. The rest of the country may have the nation's fourth-largest city pegged as a conservative chunk of the Bible Belt, but what other place devotes nearly a month to the celebration of the … [Read more...] about Road Show: Art Car fans celebrate the surreal

Most of the country remembers where they were on June 17, 1994, as they witnessed the first surreal moments of the infamous O.J. Simpson Bronco chase . Houston fans remember it as the night they nearly lost their minds as NBC switched its broadcast of the Rockets-Knicks NBA Finals to show the former NFL star evading police as they pursued him down a Los Angeles freeway. Read more about Houston in the 1990s With the series tied 2-2, the teams were locked in a tight Game 5 battle with 6:39 left in the second quarter at Madison Square Garden when the broadcast suddenly cut away to offer an update on Simpson. Five days earlier, his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman had been brutally stabbed in the doorway of her Brentwood, Calif. home. Now the hall-of-famer was in the back of a white Ford Bronco, driven by college teammate Al Cowlings, as LAPD followed behind. NBC returned to the Rockets after just 42 seconds of game action elapsed. NBC stuck … [Read more...] about How O.J. Simpson’s Bronco chase stole the Rockets’ NBA Finals glory

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 14 ISTANBUL (AP) — Vladimir Putin’s military draft “changed everything” for the tens of thousands of Russians who have fled their country since the Russian leader's mobilization was announced last month, according to recent arrivals in Istanbul. Niki Proshin, 28, left St. Petersburg last week, part of a torrent of Russian men escaping their homeland following Putin's Sept. 21 declaration of a “partial mobilization” for the war in Ukraine. The Russian military call-up came as some Russian troops have been forced to retreat amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive. “Last week changed everything for hundreds of thousands of other people who decided to leave Russia,” he said. “The main reason is the danger of being drafted into the Russian army.” Turkey, which has maintained air links with Russia while other countries blocked … [Read more...] about Fleeing Russians follow path of 1917 refugees to Istanbul

More than two decades removed from the final baseball game played in the Astrodome, memories of the stadium still evoke an emotional response from Houston Astros players, employees and fans that had the chance to see a game under its iconic roof. A once seemingly impossible architectural feat , the building became the first multi-purpose domed stadium in the world when it first opened in 1965, and proceeded to pioneer sports concepts that became commonplace, from the implementation of artificial turf to animated scoreboards . For Houstonians, however, it was a proud epicenter that embodied the spirit of a city that dared to test the limits of what others deemed possible. The Astrodome hosted events throughout the early 2000s before finally shutting its doors in 2009. But for the Houston Astros, their final chapter in the stadium came to a close on a fly ball to centerfield on Oct. 9, 1999. Read more about Houston in the 1990s This final game, a 7-5 National … [Read more...] about ‘The fans wouldn’t leave’: The Astros’ last days at the Astrodome

Listen to this article France's answer to the Porsche Cayman is about to spawn its most hardcore derivative to date as Alpine is a day away from unveiling the A110 R. It will retain the turbocharged 1.8-liter gasoline engine of the S version, a four-pot mill inherited from the Renault Megane RS hot hatchback. A previous teaser revealed the output won't change as the mid-engined coupe will pack the same 300 hp and 251 lb-ft (340 Nm). Even so, it'll be quicker in terms of acceleration while having a higher top speed. Indeed, Alpine has already revealed the A110 R will hit 177 mph (285 km/h) and a new teaser shows getting there will take a few ticks earlier than before. While the S is advertised with a 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) sprint in 4.2 seconds, the R will drop below the four-second mark. Published on social media, a short clip shows the spicy coupe on a dyno completing the sprint in 3.9 seconds. It makes it only half a second slower than a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS . … [Read more...] about Alpine A110 R Teased With 0 To 62 MPH Acceleration In 3.9 Seconds

Listen to this article Akio Toyoda, the grandson of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda, is more than just a business executive. The 66-year-old president is a true enthusiast, having been the driving force behind some hot cars like the Yaris, Supra, and Corolla in GR flavor. The 86 is alive and well while the Super Sport hypercar is (hopefully) still coming. At the same time, Akio Toyoda is a race car driver and took part in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring several times. When he's not on the track or green-lighting sports cars, he looks at sales numbers as any president of an automaker does. During a roundtable interview with reporters last week, Akio Toyoda made a rather juicy confession. After finding out Toyota outsold General Motors last year in the United States, the head honcho "did a little happy dance" in his office. He went on to say that "thankfully, nobody saw it." 2023 Toyota Tundra 6 Photos … [Read more...] about Toyota Boss Did Happy Dance After Outselling GM In The US Last Year

Listen to this article The Singapore Grand Prix weekend was awash with speculation that two F1 teams have broken last year’s circa $145 million budget cap limit and could face sanctions from the governing body. Confirmation of what has actually happened will come this Wednesday, when the FIA plans to issue teams that were under last year’s cost cap with their compliance certificates. Any squads that bust the limit, in either a minor or material way, will then find out they are likely subject to a hearing where punishments will be handed out. The focus of the potential rules breaches centred around Aston Martin and Red Bull, although both teams have been crystal clear that they reckon they have done nothing wrong. Red Bull found itself particularly in the firing line, as wild rumours suggested it could be over by as much as $10 million – and rivals Mercedes and Ferrari called for strict action and penalties from the FIA for wrongdoing. But despite what its main … [Read more...] about Red Bull “absolutely confident” ahead of crunch FIA F1 decision