<div><p>One of the thoughts that came into my mind after MGM</p><p>Mirage salvaged CityCenter by making a $200 million payment</p><p>was this: Maybe the calls worked. The calls, that is, that Harry</p><p>Ensign made to banks ...

<div><p>Gruel -- the miserable dish slopped out to Oliver Twist in Charles Dickens' 19th century novel -- made a comeback Tuesday, bringing the cuisine of Victorian poverty to credit crunch-hit Britain.</p><p>The Royal Society of Chemistry consulted the 1838 book "Oliver Twist" and historical sources in order to cook up ...

<div id="subtitle">As British chemists concoct Oliver Twist's gruel, request for 'more' will be rejected</div><div><p>Britain's Royal Society of Chemistry says it has perfected the recipe for Oliver Twist's most famous meal — workhouse gruel.</p><p>Members of the society consulted ...