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COLUMBUS - Legislation proposed by a local lawmaker Wednesday would regulate Internet cafes statewide by putting them under the oversight of the Ohio Gaming Commission, which could charge more than $25,000 a year for licensing fees.

State Sen. Joe Schiavoni, D-Canfield, on Wednesday proposed the legislation for Internet sweepstakes cafes that have popped up throughout the Mahoning Valley. There are an estimated 30 in the area.

The legislation would require an independent laboratory to inspect all gaming software used; require operators to be inspected, licensed and regulated; and require the operators to prominently display the odds of winning on the game terminals, among other regulations.

The 70-page bill also would allow local municipalities to create their own set of regulations and fees.

"The purpose of the bill isn't to shut these businesses down," Schiavoni said. "It's to regulate them like any other gaming facility. If Ohioans want to still go to these places as a form of entertainment and local municipalities decide they want to have them around, then let's continue to have them operate as long they follow the rules."

Schiavoni said he believes his bill will be more appealing to state legislators than a bill proposed in April by Reps. Nan Baker and Marlene Anielski that sought to eliminate cash prizes.

"That would kill their business," Schiavoni said. "If that was the case, they might as well just shut their doors."

That proposal stalled in the House. Schiavoni said he hopes his bill can be passed by the end of the summer.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, who worked with Schiavoni on the bill, has said he believes some Internet cafes constitute gambling. In Akron, he helped investigate an Internet cafe owner who eventually was sentenced 20 days in jail, and helped raid three Internet cafes in Warren last September. The seven owners and operators are facing gambling charges that could land them in jail for up to six months.

The difference between illegal establishments and legal ones, prosecutors say, is the amount of cash prizes a customer can win from playing the sweepstakes game offered by the businesses and if the games they provide are games of chance, rather than skill-based games.

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March 29, 2012

As an independent artist, Sam Brenner has acted as his own manager, booking agent and webmaster, but he still manages to be the type of musician the audience wants to get to know.

Brenner, 24, who will perform at the Student Programming Associations Noontime concert series Friday, said one of his biggest challenges is acting as both a small business owner and a musician.

His performance will begin at 12 p.m. in the HUB-Robeson Center.

Brenner, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., said he began playing guitar when he was 12. He then started singing and writing pop-rock songs influenced by musicians like Paul Simon and James Taylor when he was about 16 or 17.

While Brenner mostly plays original songs, he said he also includes a few covers on songs by artists like Rihanna, Michael Jackson and the Dave Matthews Band in his set list.

Adam Gibson, owner of the Acoustic Moose Caf, 516 Lincoln Ave. in Bellevue, said Brenner recently played at the venue, and his personality is one of his best attributes.

Hes an incredibly talented musician, Gibson said. But what makes him great is that he engages with the crowd. He has a natural stage presence.

The first time Brenner played at the Acoustic Moose was on a Wednesday to a small crowd, but when he returned for the second time, he returned on a weekend to a crowd double the original crowds size.

Gibson said the audience, who was engaged in the musicians show, was hanging on his every word. After the show, Brenner even took the time to get to know his fans by talking and joking with audience members, Gibson added.

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26th MAC Awards Presented March 29; Andrea Marcovicci, KT Sullivan, Eric Michael Gillett Among Nominees

By Michael Gioia 29 Mar 2012

The 26th Annual MAC Awards are presented by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs March 29 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. Jason Graae hosts.

Directed by Lennie Watts, the evening begins at 7:30 PM. Julie Miller produces.

The 2012 ceremony, dedicated to The Year of the Songwriter, honors and pays tribute to five songwriters: Ervin Drake and David Friedman, who will receive MAC's Lifetime Achievement Awards; and Francesca Blumenthal, John Bucchino and Julie Gold, who will receive MAC's Board of Director Awards.

Scheduled to appear are Scott Barbarino, Kenny Bell, Anna Bergman, Liz Lark Brown, Mary Foster Conklin, Scott Coulter, Baby Jane Dexter, Natalie Douglas, Kevin Dozier, Bernie Furshpin, Terese Genecco, Kim Grogg, Sean Harkness, Thomas Honeck, Karen Mason, Sharon McNight, Julie Miller, Sidney Myer, Mark Nadler, Christine Pedi, Don Rebic, Julie Reyburn, Sarah Rice, Ricky Ritzel, Johnny Rodgers, Billy Stritch, KT Sullivan, Steven Ray Watkins, Lennie Watts and Amy Wolk.

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MADRID A Spanish court has dropped a probe into allegations a Saudi billionaire prince raped a model on a yacht in Ibiza three years ago, according to a ruling seen by AFP Wednesday.

The case concerns Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of King Abdullah and one of the world's richest men, who is being asked to respond to a complaint of sexual assault against him in August 2008 by a model who was 20 at the time.

The 57-year-old has denied the allegations. He has said he was nowhere near Ibiza at the time.

A provincial court on Palma de Majorca, the capital of the Balearic Islands, on Monday ordered a stay of proceedings in the case due to the "contradictions and vagueness" of the alleged victim's testimony, the court ruling said.

"In light of recent statements by the complainant, we cannot firmly establish with evidence what happened overnight August 11-12, 2008, on the yacht," it added.

A judge in Ibiza in May 2010 ordered the case to be closed for lack of evidence. But courts later reopened the case and asked the Saudi authorities to take a statement from the accused.

Spanish law firm Oliva Ayala which represents the prince said in a statement that he was mulling legal action against the woman for "making false accusations" against him.

"This has been a grave injustice to His Royal Highness. For this, he has asked our firm to study how to proceed in order to protect other innocent people from facing similar attacks . . . " it said.

The latest ruling "confirms what we have said all along, which is that the allegations against Prince Alwaleed were not only false and outrageous but also impossible as he was not in Spain at the time but was in France with his wife, children, grandchildren and in the presence of dozens of witnesses," it added.

The woman, who has not been named by the court, believes her drink was spiked with a drug in a nightclub on Ibiza after she met the prince.

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