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Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, wants Congress to repeal a law that effectively bans online gambling by making it illegal for credit card companies to process online gaming receipts. The World Trade Organization rejected the law, enacted in 2006.Online Gambling Law May Be Bad Bet (NPR)

When I started looking into challenges teens and kids were faced with on the Internet a year and half ago, I found that many of the same trappings for kids were also the same for adults.Online Sports Gambling & Me (Northern Express)

Morning Edition , April 16, 2007 Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, wants Congress to repeal a law that effectively bans online gambling by making it illegal for credit card companies to process online gaming receipts. The World Trade Organization rejected the law, enacted in 2006.Online Gambling Law May Be Bad Bet (NPR)

Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr pulled his six ministers out of Iraq's beleaguered coalition government on Monday as he pushed his demand for a rapid withdrawal of US troops from the country.Sadr bloc pulls out of Iraqi government (AFP via Yahoo! News)

LODI -- A Lodi-based religious organization wants the City Council to not only reject a card rooms proposed move, but to rescind last years ordinance that allows more gambling in Lodi.Christian group in opposition to Lodi card room (11:36 a.m.) (The Record)