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Legislation introduced by Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth), and sponsored by Rep. Valerie Longhurst (D-Bear) and Sen. Anthony DeLuca (D-Varlano), would officially legalize sports betting in Delaware. Full story

View photos from Wednesday afternoon's softball match-up between the A.I. duPont Tigers and the Glasgow Dragons. Full story

View photos from Wednesday afternoon's baseball match-up between the A.I. duPont Tigers and the Glasgow Dragons. Full story

The Glasgow High School Band has begun publishing their music in a podcast format that is downloadable from Apple's iTunes ... Full story

Gannett Co., publisher of the News Journal, will freeze wages for one year and furlough nearly 41,500 employees as a way to avoid more layoffs, according to a memo obtained by the Bear-Glasgow Observer. Full story

A major piece of legislation that would place the Delaware General Assembly under the Freedom of Information Act has cleared its first major hurdle Thursday, unanimously passing the House of Representatives. Full story

Gov. Markell’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a combination of tax increase's, across-the-board salary cuts and the creation of a sports betting lottery to help close a record $750 million shortfall that may increase in coming months. Full story

A Former All-American quarterback for the University of Delaware has been identified as the victim of a fatal drunk-driving accident in Athens, Greece. Full story

New Castle County Executive Chris Coons delivered his FY2010 budget Tuesday night, which proposes the elimination of 75-100 county jobs, saving the county $4.8 million dollars. Full story

Amtrak will receive $1.3 billion in grant funding from the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to expand passenger rail capacity. Full story