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Katrina Markoff, the founder of high-end Chicago chocolatier Vosges Haut-Chocolat, is nearing completion on two high-profile projects: a winery-style chocolate facility in Logan Square and an education center at a cacao plantation and eco-lodge in Belize....

She was bright, vivacious and in love with with her ship, the HMS Bounty. Claudene Christian, the former USC song girl who died at sea Monday when the tall ship on which she was sailing sank off the North Carolina......

Roy Arnold resigned as president of Arlington Park, citing his desire to his desire to “explore new challenges and opportunities,” track officials announced Monday. “I …...

Watch out, America. More bosses will be going undercover. CBS has ordered a second season of its hit freshman reality show, "Undercover Boss." The series shows hot-shot executives spending time in the trenches, pretending to be low-level workers as they.....

Something is missing from Calder Race Course's Memorial Day weekend agenda. Memorial Day. For the first time, Calder will not offer live racing on Memorial Day, a major occasion on the national racing calendar. Monday is normally a dark day for live...

Mike Haridopolos, current executive vice president of The Stronach Group and former Florida Senate president, will deliver the Keynote Luncheon Address at the Eighth Florida Gaming Congress, Monday and Tuesday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in...

Monday: -- Earnings: Basic Energy Services Inc.; Churchill Downs Inc.; Cogent Communications Group Inc.; Jo-Ann Stores Inc.; Rockwood Holdings Inc.; Spartech Corp. Tuesday: -- February retail sales -- January business inventories -- Earnings: Boston Beer...

A Canadian-based conglomerate intent on rewriting the economic rules of thoroughbred racing agreed yesterday to buy Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park. Magna Entertainment Corp. will acquire a 51 percent stake in the Maryland Jockey Club, the umbrella...

A task force examining electronic wagering on thoroughbred races met yesterday and agreed to hire a firm that specializes in information technology security. The task force was formed last week by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association to restore...