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2012/01/05 10:04
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LeBron James
NBA star LeBron James is officially engaged to longtime girlfriend Savannah Brinson. At his 27th birthday slash New Year's Eve party, the Miami Heat star dropped to his knee after ringing in the New Year whilst a number of teammates and close friends cheered him on. A shocked Brinson, James' highschool sweetheart, said yes. She and James have two sons together.
"It was beautiful," Heat teammate Chris Bosh said. "I told him, 'Good luck.' It was nice. It was real nice."
Miami Heat teammate Dwyane Wade was in charge of holding the ring until it was time. Then about 50 guests were on-hand to toast the couple. A few hours after close friend Chris Paul and Heat owner Micky Arison began tweeting about the big proposal.
"My girl, she's very excited," James said Sunday night after he and the Miami Heat beat Charlotte 129-90. "She would love to answer more questions about it than me. But she's happy, my family's happy and that's what it's about."
"It should be a surprise for any woman anytime something like that happens," James said. "She was surprised. It was great that all the friends and family were there to bring in a new year. Even my kids were happy about it, so that's good. I feel good. I feel good. It's a good point in my life right now."
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State Sen. Raymond Lesniak said on Monday that he'll try to get a bill through the Legislature and on Gov. Chris Christie's desk by next week. The goal is to make New Jersey the national leader in online gambling, now that the federal government says in-state bets do not violate the law.
"We can be the Silicon Valley of Internet gaming," said Mr. Lesniak, a Democrat from northern New Jersey. "It's the wave of the future. It's going to come and we can be in the lead on it."
Last month, the Justice Department opened the door for cash-strapped states and their lotteries to bring online gambling to their residents, as long as it does not involve sports betting. The department said the federal Wire Act only prevents gamblers from wagering on sports outcomes online, and said other in-state bets would be OK.
Nevada is already moving fast to capitalize on the ruling. Late last week, the state's gambling regulators approved rules that allow companies in the state to apply for licenses to operate poker web sites. Caesars Entertainment Corp., which owns four of Atlantic City's 11 casinos, and Boyd Gaming Corp., which owns half of the city's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, have already submitted proposals to be licensed in Nevada.