Four senators control fate of smoking ban - 2003-04-06
Four members of the Delaware Senate will decide the fate of a bill that would allow smoking to return to casinos, bars, taprooms and special smoking rooms for residents in nursing homes.

A survey of senators last week showed 10 are opposed to House Bill 15, seven are in favor and four are undecided. The Senate is scheduled to vote Tuesday on the bill, which was approved by the House 21-19 last month.

The outcome is so uncertain that Senate Majority Leader Harris B. McDowell III, D-Wilmington North, said the decision could come down to a tie-breaking vote from Lt. Gov. John C. Carney Jr. Carney said he would vote against the bill.
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Twenty-eight Awards Handed Out at Snowy JUNO Gala and Awards Ceremony In the National Capital Region - 2003-04-06
Amid a late winter snowstorm, twenty-eight JUNO Awards were awarded at this evening's gala event hosted by JUNO nominee Molly Johnson and Montreal hip-hop artist, Spek, and attended by more than 1,000 members of the Canadian music industry, nominees and local dignitaries. The impressive setting of the Casino du Lac Leamy served as an elegant background to performances by JUNO nominees Bet.E and Stef and Leela Gilday.

Avril Lavigne was the big winner of the evening walking away with two awards -- New Artist of the Year (Sponsored by FACTOR) and Pop Album of the
Year for "Let Go."
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