(Wichita, KS) — A former top athletics official at the University of Kansas will serve a 57-month prison sentence in a five-year scam involving stolen tickets. Charlette Blubaugh was convicted of conspiracy and will also have to pay over two-and-a-half-million-dollars to the universitys athletics department and the IRS. The Lawrence Journal World reports the scam took place from 2005 to 2010. It centered around thousands of stolen KU basketball and football tickets sold through brokers and others for personal gain. [...]
Daily Archives: April 21, 2011
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Video game analyst: "’Uncharted 3′ could do for 3-D gaming what ‘Avatar’ did …
Naysayers about the importance of 3-D in video games just lost one to the other side: EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich. After spending April 7 at Sonys Analyst Day and seeing updates of upcoming games such as Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception (out Nov. 1), Resistance 3 (Sept. 6), Twisted Metal (Oct. 4), Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One (fall) and Infamous 2 (June 7), Divnich issued a report today announcing his defection to the 3-D side. Ive personally never been fond [...]
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Owner of Skilled Gaming Business Indicted on Tax Evasion
A Canfield man was named Wednesday in a three-count criminal bill of information charging him with tax evasion. Michael G. Malvasi, 48, was indicted in US District Court. The first count of the indictment alleges Malvasi failed to report portions of his income earned in 2005 in his skilled gaming business. The indictment states Malvasi reported $9,035 in taxable income for 2005, but his taxable income actually was $76,987. He owes $24,819 in taxes for 2005. Counts 2 and 3 [...]
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Murder charge upgraded in Wenatchee teen slaying
WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — The charge against a Wenatchee man accused of killing a 17-year-old girl has been upgraded to first-degree murder. Chelan County Prosecutor Gary Riesen amended the charge Tuesday against Christopher Scott Wilson. He has been held since October on a second-degree murder charge. The Wenatchee World reports the prosecutor believes theres enough evidence to prove the February 2010 killing of Mackenzie Cowell was premeditated. The Wenatchee High School student was beaten, strangled and stabbed. If convicted of [...]
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Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out: Barrett-Jackson muscle cars glide into …
That 1966 red Corvette ragtop, the one with the white top and 427 turbo, brought Denny Abbate back to the days of cruisin on Saturday nights. These babies are works of art. We all had love affairs with them. Im a Mustang guy, but I love these guys too, said Abbate, standing back to admire the machine. The 59-year-old video consultant from Chicago is one of about 60,000 car lovers expected to visit the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction this weekend [...]
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Taxpayers eye Sunshine State, Travel Leaders survey shows
A survey by travel agency franchisor Travel Leaders found that 57 percent of respondents who will receive a tax refund plan to spend at least some of the money on leisure travel. When asked which US state they plan to visit, the top response was Florida, followed by California and New York. Another 83 percent said they planned to spend as much or more on leisure trips in 2011 as the year before. The survey was conducted from March 10-April [...]
