Posted: 05 Feb 2010 11:18 AM PST

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(RTTNews) - Penn National Gaming Inc. (PENN: News ) said that it has completed the purchase of 123 acres at the site of the former General Motors/Delphi Automotive plant located on the west side of Columbus on Georgesville Road near the intersection of West Broad Street.

The brownfield site is the alternate location for the development of the company's planned development of the Hollywood Casino Columbus, which is now budgeted at about $400 million.

Penn National agreed to seek a state constitutional amendment to relocate the authorized Columbus casino to the former Delphi Automotive plant, pending voter approval on the May 4 statewide ballot.

Hollywood Casino Columbus, which is expected to open in the second half of 2012, will be a 180,000 square foot casino with up to 4,000 slot machines at opening, up to 100 table games and 25 poker tables, a 4,000 space parking garage, plus food and beverage outlets and entertainment lounge.

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Lear 2010 sales estimate misses analyst mark - MSN Money

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 08:26 AM PST

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) - Automotive parts supplier Lear Corp. on Friday issued a 2010 sales forecast below analyst expectations.

The company projected sales between $10.2 billion and $10.7 billion. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters call for $10.87 billion, on average, for the year.

The parts supplier also said it turned a profit in the last three months of the year, largely due to big gain related to its emergence from bankruptcy in November.

Suppliers like Lear took a beating from last year's downturn in auto sales as carmakers idled production and slashed their orders.

The company also said it expects 2010 operating earnings of $250 million to $250 million. It expects restructuring costs of $110 million.

Shares of Lear fell 58 cents to $70.64 in morning trading.

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Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:31 PM PST

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39 prisoners on fast track to deportation - Arizona Daily Star

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 11:35 PM PST

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A group of state prisoners who faced deportation once their sentences ended got an early start on their departure Friday.

Thirty-nine non-violent criminal aliens, as the Department of Corrections classifies them, were transferred from the state prison complex south of Tucson to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Phoenix.

The move was part of a mandate from Gov. Jan Brewer to ease prison congestion and save money.

The prisoners, all men from Mexico, had been convicted in Arizona of crimes such as drug possession, burglary and auto theft, and were within 90 days of their scheduled release dates, deputy director Charles Flanagan said.

The men would have been transferred to ICE at the end of their sentences, Flanagan said. But in December Brewer ordered the Department of Corrections to move deportation-eligible prisoners earlier.

About 50 Phoenix-area prisoners were transferred to ICE last week, Department of Corrections spokesman Barrett Marson said.

The departure of the Tucson busload, made up of prisoners that had been housed throughout Southern Arizona, will save the state about $2,500 per day, Flanagan said. Their average remaining term was 73 days, translating to a savings of more than $180,000.

"These are people for whom the federal government has responsibility," Flanagan said. "We had assumed that responsibility."

Flanagan said about 15 percent of the roughly 42,000 prisoners in the state system are criminal aliens and eligible for the early transfer. It is expected up to 1,000 of them will be transferred to ICE within the next 18 months, he said.

Once in the hands of ICE the inmates' deportation eligibility will be reviewed by a federal judge before a decision is made on whether they are to return to Mexico, ICE spokesman Vincent Picard said.

Approximately 80 percent of such inmates transferred to ICE from Arizona have been deported within 24 hours, he said.

Inmates deemed not eligible for deportation will be sent back to the state prison to complete their sentences, Flanagan said.

Despite the presence of armed guards, arm and leg shackles and several rounds of frisking, the inmates transferred Friday appeared to be in good spirits, said Flanagan, who chatted in Spanish with some of them before they boarded the bus.

"Most of these guys are very happy to be released," Flanagan said. "They know it means they're going to be processed back to their home country a lot more quickly than they normally would be."

Contact reporter Brian J. Pedersen at bjp@azstarnet.com or call 573-4224.

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