Experts: Timing right for daily fantasy merger

Experts: Timing right for daily fantasy merger

BOSTON (AP) — Boston-based DraftKings and FanDuel are downplaying media reports this week that the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies could team up. But given their swift change of fortune this past year, industry watchers say the timing's right for a deal.

Media reports say the companies have spoken about a merger, though officials at both DraftKings and FanDuel have dismissed the reports as speculation.

Judge drops charge against Planned Parenthood investigator
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Judge drops charge against Planned Parenthood investigator

Catholic News Agency

Houston (CNA/EWTN News) — A county court on Tuesday dismissed a misdemeanor charge against the man responsible for undercover investigations of Planned Parenthood, although a related felony charge is still pending.

"The dismissal of the first indictment today sends a strong message to Planned Parenthood and their political cronies that colluding to suppress the First Amendment rights of citizen journalists will never work," said the Center for Medical Progress, the group founded by David Daleiden.

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