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A gambler adds money to a slot machine at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City NJ on Aug. 8, 2022. Figures released on Feb. 15, 2023 by the American Gaming Association show the U.S. commercial casino industry won over $60 billion from gamblers in 2022, its best year ever. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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US casinos top $60B in revenue in 2022, their best year ever
By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press
Wed,02/15/23-10:46AM , 186 Reads
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Commercial casinos in the United States won more than $60 billion from gamblers in 2022, the best year in the industry's history.
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In this Oct. 31, 2012 photo, Peter Green surveys the wreckage of an oceanfront home in Bay Head N.J. two days after Superstorm Sandy hit. Ten years later, government officials and residents say much has been done to prepare for future storms but caution that much more still remains to be done in an era of rising sea levels and a changing climate. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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US storm survivors: We need money faster, less red tape
By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press
Sat,10/29/22-12:16AM , 171 Reads
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Survivors of storms that pounded several U.S. states say the nation's disaster aid system is broken and that they want reforms to get money into victims' hands faster, with less red tape.
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An amusement park sits next to the ocean in Seaside Heights, N.J., Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. The Jet Star roller coaster, whose collapse into the ocean at Seaside Heights, N.J. during Sandy provided an iconic image of the storm's destruction, has been replaced with a new ride, built on the beach instead of over the water like its predecessor. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Will post-Sandy repairs be enough for the next big storm?
By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press
Thu,10/27/22-11:21PM , 62 Reads
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — After Superstorm Sandy struck the northeast U.S. in 2012, an unprecedented effort began to fortify the densely populated coastline against the next big storm.
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Workers place bags of shells containing baby oysters into the water in Beach Haven, N.J. on Aug. 19, 2022 as part of a project to stabilize the shoreline by establishing oyster colonies to blunt the force of incoming waves. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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Tiny oysters play big role in stabilizing eroding shorelines
By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press
Sun,08/28/22-6:47AM , 109 Reads
LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Denise Vaccaro bought her home on the Jersey Shore over 20 years ago, charmed by the little beach at the end of a sandy spit on Barnegat Bay where she could sit and read while listening to the waves and enjoying the cool breezes.
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