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A young woman plunged hundreds of feet to her death from the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near the Shropshire border. A young woman plunged hundreds of feet to her death from the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near the Shropshire border.

Source: http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2010/09/06/woman-falls-to-her-death-from-pontcysyllte-aqueduct/

Los Angeles obtains about half of its drinking water from the Owens River and Mono Lake through the Los Angeles Aqueduct, with additional supplies from Lake Havasu through the Colorado River Aqueduct. to 101 gallons (382 liter) per capita per day, and 42% is used indoors, corresponding to 60 gallons (226 liter). The arid West has some of the highest per capita residential water use because of landscape irrigation. Indoor use falls into the following categories:

Source: http://www.ezarticles.info/?p=102854

HESPERIA • Authorities were looking for a woman who reportedly fell into the California Aqueduct near Main Street but managed to get out. A man called 911 at about 3:02 pm Friday to say that his wife had fallen into …

Source: http://hesperia.paperboyo.com/2010/08/woman-falls-into-aqueduct-caller-says-victorville-daily-press/

Meantime, Kien Huat has been involved in such Indian gaming operations as Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut and the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, N.Y.. Genting initially didn't participate in the decade-long bidding Genting plans to have 1625 gaming machines open within six months of closing the deal. Executives say they're in no hurry to expand Aqueduct into a full casino but believe that will likely happen in 10 to 20 years given national gaming trends

Source: http://www.yogonet.com/english/2010/08/24/genting-bets-big-on-resort-casino-at-aqueduct-racetrack-in-us

Maybe the Aqueduct deal will happen after all.The Democratic majority in the State Senate today issued a statement saying that it supports the selection of Genting New York to develop slot machines at the Aqueduct racetrack.From Senate Democratic leader John Now, the ball falls into the court of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who also must give his approval before Genting can be granted the development rights. Not to say it's exactly time to break out the Champagne.

Source: http://www.observer.com/2010/real-estate/state-senate-green-lights-genting-aqueduct

State Senate Democratic leadership is in no hurry to approve the Genting New York bid to operate the long-delayed Aqueduct "racino." Senate Dem spokesman Travis Proulx said counsel is reviewing the proposal. UPDATE: (In fact, universities, parks, and sports facilities; and Jem Associates, a food services consulting firms, with experience at casinos in Yonkers, Buffalo, Finger Lakes, Niagara Falls, Connecticut, Atlantic City, and many other locations.

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/08/senate-dems-in-no-rush-to-appr.html

In a 28-page report recommending Genting, the lottery agency said its pick for the franchise has proposed opening an initial VLT facility at the track, with 1600 VLTs, within six months of signing a deal with the state. Besides Monticello, Genting helped finance Indian-owned casinos in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Connecticut. The decision comes less than a week after Aqueduct Entertainment Co., which won, and then lost, a previous bidding round for Aqueduct,

Source: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/58217/genting-ny-to-run-aqueduct-casino-project

The 2010 Aqueduct Fall meeting starts on Friday, Nov. 5 and goes through New Year's Eve, Friday Dec. 31, with 36 live racing days scheduled. The premier day of racing is on Saturday, Nov. 27, featuring the Grade 1 Hill 'n' Dale Cigar

Source: http://tracksideview.org/racetrack-reports/nyra-announces-belmont-aqueduct-fall-stakes-schedule/

Paterson shamelessly moved this deal through only to see it crash and burn as soon as the deal and the process was scrutinized. — Nancy H. 6. March 11, 2010 2:26 pm Link. I told you that these crooks would not be approved. Connecticut would fall apart, Governor Paterson is a loser and chose corruption and has now been stopped one more time. — ralph Petrillo. 7. March 11, 2010 2:29 pm Link. Shelly Silver is finally getting his way, which also seems like the right way.

Source: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/aqueduct-casino-deal-is-dead/

The state's been counting on a proposed casino at Aqueduct Raceway -- or, as the board of horrible neologisms dubbed

Source: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/03/aqueduct_racino.php