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Sheldon Adelson plays as stubbornly in politics as he does in business. So the criticisms that he’s trying to personally buy the presidential election for Newt Gingrich are met with a roll of the eyes. “Those people are either jealous or professional critics,” Adelson tells me during his first interview since he and his wife began funneling $11 million, with another $10 million injection widely expected, into the former speaker’s super PAC, Winning Our Future. “They like to trash other people. It’s unfair that I’ve been treated unfair—but it doesn’t stop me. I might give $10 million or $100 million...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today: September 28, 2004 at 11:07:54 PDT Tourists' stay ends in murder-suicide Police say man killed girlfriend in room at Treasure Island, then leapt from dam By Jen Lawson LAS VEGAS SUN A tourist committed suicide this morning by jumping off Hoover Dam after calling 911 and reporting that he had killed his girlfriend in a room at Treasure Island, Metro Police said. The names and hometowns of the deceased had not been released by authorities this morning. Police said they are from another state. A spokesman for the coroner's office said an autopsy was being performed on the...

BOSTON, Mass.— When Bill Richardson and his entourage move through Boston— the site of next month's Democratic National Convention— people notice. On Wednesday, Richardson, chairman of the convention, arrived for a quick visit to prepare for next month's event. The city's notorious rush-hour traffic jams relented, if only for a moment, to make way for the New Mexico governor's Massachusetts state police-powered motorcade. And when Richardson, a former minor league baseball pitcher, arrived at historic Fenway Park for a sold-out Red Sox game, team officials hustled him through the players' entrance to a second-row seat on the first baseline, where...

ELKO, Nev. (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean is flying from campaign stop to campaign stop with a distinct Nevada flair. His campaign booked his flights through a charter booker and the booker signed up with Casino Express. The Elko-based carrier normally carries gamblers from a variety of cities to the Red Lion Inn and Casino in Elko, but it had a plane free. The flights started on Saturday, when Casino Express picked Dean up in Washington, DC, and flew him to Milwaukee, then on the following day to Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon, and Seattle. Casino Express provides the...