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Google, Apple CEOs in secret patent talks| ReutersSome Mississippi coast casinos could reopen Thursday after Isaac lashing
Source: www.foxnews.com - Thursday, August 30, 2012
Mississippi coast casinos could reopen Thursday evening, with Hurricane Isaac having done little physical damage to the engine of the coast's tourism industry. Casinos and other business owners say they hope business might bounce back over the Labor Day weekend, giving them some revenue. Workers scurried to clean up at casinos and downtown Biloxi restaurants Thursday morning, with storm surge having receded from U.S. Highway 90 The Mississippi Gaming Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, and is likely to vote then to lift its closure order, allowing the 12 coastal gambling halls to turn on the slots. "We have targeted to have all back in operation by noon tomorrow (Friday)," Allen Godfrey, the commission's executive director, told WLOX-TV. He said casinos could reopen at different times depending on their "unique circumstances." Thursday was back-to-work day in Harrison County -- the Mississippi coast's most populous. Traffic flowed and restaurants and stores reopened, even though rain still squalled at times, many traffic signals weren't working and rivers continued to swell. The other two coast counties could be slower to rebound. Jackson County was experiencing flooding driven by heavy rain, and storm surge was still receding Thursday in Hancock County. Spokeswoman Jill Alexander said the Isle of Capri casino, which is furthest out on the point where Biloxi Bay flows into the Gulf of Mexico, hadn't been damaged. That's in p
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