Atlantic City

By Wayne Parry ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Atlantic City casino workers successfully fought off a management demand that they take pay cuts and contribute for the first time to their health benefits and pension costs. Members of Local 54 of the Unite-HERE casino union on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ...

By Wayne Parry ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Since coming to this country from the Dominican Republic, Marcos Vidal has scratched and clawed his way up to a lower-middle class existence, a status to which he is tenuously clinging. He has not had a raise in seven years at his housekeeping job at Resorts Casino ...

By Wayne Parry ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Lightning struck three workers who were finishing concrete at an Atlantic City casino project in one of the state's tallest buildings on Thursday, killing one and injuring the others. The accident happened around 3:30 p.m. during a brief but intense storm that ...

By Veronica Dudo Performing over a dozen different routines (complete with props and costume changes), applying full makeup, styling hair, entertaining the audience and interacting with the crowd: It's just another night on the job for Amy Toliver. This is a day in the life of a burlesque dancer. ...

By WAYNE PARRY After two bad years in which gamblers either stayed home or held onto their wallets more tightly, the nation's casinos began to slowly rebound last year, with revenue increasing slightly even as the number of jobs declined. ...