SUPREME COURT TAKES OVER CONTROVERSIAL SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE

THE SUPREME COURT GRANTS THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION TO STAY COURT PROCEEDINGS PENDING RESOLUTION OF THE PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS IN THE CASE OF 18-YEAR-OLD GEORGE LANGU.

TYPHOON SOUDELOR STRONGER THAN ORIGINALLY REPORTED

THE NEW CONCLUSION IS THAT OVER WATER INTENSITY WAS 130 MILES PER HOUR SYSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 165 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH MAKE IT A CATEGORY 4 TYPHOON.  SOUDELOR WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS A CATEGORY 3 STORM.

SENATORS WILL SOON TACKLE CASINO COMMISSION LEGISLATION

SENATOR ARNOLD PALACIOS SAYS HE AND A COUPLE OTHER SENATORS HAD INFORMAL MEETINGS WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE CASINO COMMISSION THIS WEEK TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE.