15-Oct-2005  (yacht cruise)

• 'The Orphalese (Luxist)
The Orphalese is a ship that will be both a residential ocean liner like Residensea and a cruise ship. The new ship has 200 private permanent residences, as well as 265 suites for cruise passengers. The Orphalese will take passengers to high-profile events like the Cannes Film Festival, the Olympics, Chinese New Year in Shanghai and the Running of the Bulls. The residences are two to four
• 'Report: Lottery Company Wrote Parts Of N.C. Law (NBC 17 Raleigh)
A company that told State House Speaker Jim Black it wanted to block other businesses from running North Carolina's lottery was allowed to write part of the state's new gaming law.
• 'Lottery firm wrote part of N.C. law (The Charlotte Observer)
Lottery company Scientific Games wrote parts of North Carolina's new law that outline how companies will win multimillion-dollar contracts to run the state's gambling operation.
• 'Flash mob (Boston Globe)
Before there were armies of paparazzi trailing lightweights like Lindsay Lohan around Los Angeles, Ron Galella was toting his long lens around the world shooting real stars, icons like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, and, of course, the incomparable Jackie O, whom Galella photographed over and over and over. Last week, we called America's master paparazzo to ...
• 'Newspaper: Lottery company wrote parts of N.C. law (Winston-Salem Journal)
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• 'Weekend Beat/ Cocktail cruises bring a bubble to Tokyo Bay (Asahi.com)
It could have been a tableau from Japan's gilded age: ladies in mink stoles and sequined gloves, men manicured and in trim tuxedos, all feasting on Cantonese delicacies as a live band played the bossa nova.
• 'Company had input on lottery law (News 14 Charlotte)
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A company that hopes to land the multimillion-dollar contract to run North Carolina's gambling operation used a link to House Speaker Jim Black to have the new lottery law written to its liking, The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Friday.
• 'Mercedes R-class: It's a great... thing (CNN Money)
'Land yacht' is such an ugly term. It brings to mind the pointy-fendered Kojak-mobiles of the 1970s with swimming pool-sized hoods. But it really is the best term I can think of to describe the new Mercedes-Benz R-class.
• 'Vikings? cruise allegedly turns into lewd sex party (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
MINNEAPOLIS ? Minnesota Vikings players are being investigated in connection with a lake cruise that turned into a wild sex party last week on Lake Minnetonka.
• 'Investigators say strippers were flown in for Vikings' party (The Charlotte Observer)
Strippers flew in for the party. Football players pulled up in limos. As a pair of chartered boats eased onto Lake Minnetonka, booze started flowing and, according to crew members, a sex party began.