State trying to tax hotels that offer 'free' breakfasts

The state wants to tax the lodging businesses for the food that they offer as free breakfasts as part of their room rate.
The budget-strapped state hopes to get an estimated $10 million for its coffers from the sweet rolls, coffee and such that hotel patrons enjoy at no charge from the Smoky Mountains to Graceland.

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Troopers raid popular bars for unlicensed beers

More than a dozen armed State Police officers conducted simultaneous raids last week on three popular Philadelphia bars known for their wide beer selections. The cops confiscated hundreds of bottles of expensive ales and lagers, now in State Police custody at an undisclosed location.

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Billionaire robbed at Oscar hotel

Billionaire Pepe Fanjul was robbed at his suite at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel at the height of Oscar week. The Cuban-born sugar baron -- one of the world's richest men -- and his wife, Emilia, were robbed by a man posing as a hotel worker Friday night. A source told us, "They were riding up in the elevator when a man in a blue uniform with 'hotel' written on his shirt started to talk Spanish to Pepe

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