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Japanese court dismisses lawsuit against Wynn Resorts

A defamation lawsuit filed last year by Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada against Wynn Resorts Ltd., company CEO Steve Wynn and some of its executives has been dismissed by a Tokyo District Court.

The court ruled Okada’s lawsuit should not be handled by the Japanese legal system because the dispute between Okada and his former business partner Steve Wynn and Wynn Resorts is technically based in District Court in Las Vegas.

The ruling was made on Monday, Reuters reported.

Wynn Resorts executives in Las Vegas declined to comment Tuesday. A spokesman for Okada’s Universal Entertainment Corp. was unavailable.

The case, which was filed in August 2012, centers on the release early last year of a 45-page report by Wynn Resorts alleging misconduct by Okada in South Korea and the Philippines. Okada had sought $114 million in damages from Wynn Resorts, Wynn and other executives.

The report by former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh accused Okada of paying $110,000 to Philippine gaming regulators. Freeh argued the payments were a violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Wynn policy that say its illegal to give cash payments and gifts to foreign officials.

Wynn Resorts also redeemed 24.54 million shares in the gaming company owned by Aruze USA Inc., a company control by Okada. Wynn Resorts agreed to pay Okada $1.9 billion over 10 years for his 20 percent stake in the company.

Okada helped finance the gaming company that became Wynn Resorts. His companies are under investigation in the United States for potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in relation to a $2 billion casino project in Manila Bay.

Wynn Resorts will announce its third-quarter earnings on Thursday after the stock market closes. Analysts surveyed by Yahoo Finance expect earnings of $1.65 per share on revenue of $1.36 billion.

Shares of Wynn Resorts hit a new 52-week high Tuesday of $173.38 before closing down $3.10, or 1.79 percent, to $170.03 on above average volume of 1.54 shares traded on the Nasdaq. The company’s shares rebounded in after-hours trading, gaining 62 cents, or 0.37 percent, to $170.65.

Contact reporter Chris Siertoy at csiertoy@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3893.Follow @sierotyfeatures on Twitter.

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Miracle Needed: Here’s how the U.S. can survive the World Cup’s Group of Death

The Group of Death. It sounds like something Stephen King might title a horror novel, although you can bet Jurgen Klinsmann wouldn’t mind a few of his soccer players owning psychic abilities to see what will happen on the pitch before their opponents.

It might be the only thing that will allow the United States to advance out of group play at the World Cup.

Supernatural forces sure would benefit the Americans right now.

So would a more talented back line.

Soccer’s grandest spectacle takes center stage again Thursday, when the World Cup begins with a match between host and favorite Brazil against Croatia. For the next five weeks, across South America’s largest country, from Rio de Janeiro to thousands of miles up the Amazon River and deep into a tropical rain forest, the 32-team tournament will be contested in and around 12 cities.

Through riots and traffic jams and violent demonstrations and policemen armed with tear gas, meaning things are status quo in Brazil.

I’m not sure relying on mere consistency will create much success for the U.S. national team, whose odds most believe of advancing from Group G rival those of the nation’s 1980 Olympic hockey team before playing the Soviet Union in a historic semifinal.

Hey, miracles happen.

It might not require an event not ascribable to human power or the laws of nature for the Americans to make the Round of 16 in Brazil — well, it probably would for them to defeat Germany in group play — but the journey is hardly an unruffled one.

But there is a way for the U.S.

There is a chance.

Here’s how:

Game 1 vs. Ghana, Monday, Natal

Fact: If the Americans can’t discover a way to beat Ghana, the side that has eliminated the United States in the past two World Cups, reading any further is a waste of time. You would be better off settling in for a “Seinfeld” marathon, which probably would be more entertaining anyway.

But if the scheduling gods weren’t kind to the U.S. with its placement in this group, they at least did right by the Americans here. African teams have a way of easing into even the most significant of events. There are often issues with players not being paid bonuses. They have more behind-the-scenes drama than a beauty pageant. You never really know what the mindset of players is before a tournament begins.

That the U.S. gets Ghana first could prove invaluable to getting a win and three coveted points.

The problem is, Ghana’s leading strengths — speed, skill, creativity — are the sort of things that could most expose the weak back line of the U.S.

That can’t stop the Americans. They must beat Ghana, must hope that the motivation of being knocked out by the Black Stars in the past two Cups and playing them first in the draw this time is enough.

There is no other way for our secret plan to work.

Game 2 vs. Portugal, June 22, Manaus

Remote with a capital R.

Manaus is actually closer to Lima, Peru, than it is Rio. But this is where, smack in the middle of the Amazon rain forest, the Americans will meet the world’s fourth-ranked team and its star, Cristiano Ronaldo.

But the troubled left knee of Ronaldo makes you wonder if the Americans can stay close and perhaps gain a draw and a point.

Never has a soccer team more enjoyed the words “patellar tendinitis” about an opposing player than the U.S. team has entering the World Cup.

It’s sort of the perfect storm — a potential loss to Germany in the first round that makes Portugal press against the U.S. and leave itself vulnerable, Ronaldo’s questionable health, the match being in the middle of a jungle with the temperatures and humidity befitting such a locale — that could provide the U.S. an opportunity few believe it has.

Game 3 vs. Germany, June 26, Recife

At this point, the Americans must hope German coach Joachim Low pulls a Gregg Popovich and rests his stars. If so, Germany would have already clinched a spot in the Round of 16 and wouldn’t want to risk injury in a meaningless match.

But it won’t be pointless for the Americans.

Klinsmann is a German soccer legend who will sing both national anthems before this game and who led Germany to its third and last World Cup title 24 years ago. But he coaches the U.S. now, and while there are few scenarios you can imagine that would have the Americans winning or getting a draw here, the old don’t-really-care angle from Germany could be one.

If not, and the other matches play out as we believe they can, the U.S. would have four points after group play. It probably wouldn’t be enough to advance them without going to a tiebreaker.

I would think the U.S. would take such a placement today and hope for the best. It can happen. The Americans can advance. There is a blueprint for it.

They’ll just need a mini-miracle, is all.

That, or Jim Craig willing to defend a different type of goal.

Las Vegas Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney can be reached at egraney@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4618. He can be heard from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday on “Gridlock,” ESPN 1100 and 98.9 FM. Follow him on Twitter: @edgraney.

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Cast shines in 'Twelve Angry Men'

Can’t we all just get along?

Long before Rodney King uttered that rhetorical question — and long before contemporary politicians answered a defiant “No!” — “Twelve Angry Men” pondered the crucial difference between getting along and going along.

That theme emerges with crackling energy in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Twelve Angry Men.”

Reginald Rose’s jury-room drama began as an Emmy-winning drama during television’s 1950s Golden Age, then became a movie.

But the immediacy of the stage gives the drama a visceral impact that helps offset the play’s neat-and-tidy structure, with the “Twelve Angry Men” representing a cross section of 1957 America. (White male America, that is.)

From the dignified stockbroker (A. Bryan Humphrey) to the in-your-face salesman (James Newcomb), these “Twelve Angry Men” squabble, shout — and almost come to blows — as they debate the fate of a teenage slum dweller accused of murdering his abusive father.

Not that there’s much debate at first, with 11 jurors convinced of the defendant’s guilt.

But Juror No. 8 (Martin Kildare) maintains that anyone facing the death penalty deserves more than a let’s-get-it-over-with show of hands, forcing his fellow jurors to wrestle with their prejudices — and, in some cases, their inner demons — as they debate the evidence.

Director David Ivers maintains a brisk yet deliberate pace, using the play’s built-in claustrophobia to ratchet up the tension. (Jo Winiarski’s retro set, Jaymi Lee Smith’s lighting and Joe Payne’s sound designs augment the charged atmosphere.)

Ultimately, however, it’s up to the “Twelve Angry Men” themselves to make their case. And the veteran cast members acquit themselves honorably.

As embittered Juror No. 3, Max Robinson captures his character’s hostility — and the heartache behind it. Roderick Peeples, meanwhile, seethes as blustery Juror No. 10, railing against “those people” threatening America’s future. (The more things change ...)

And Kildare (as he did in last season’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”) radiates quiet integrity without a trace of plaster sainthood, providing a still-timely reminder that one man can indeed make a difference. Especially when he’s demonstrating the courage of his convictions.

Contact reporter Carol Cling at ccling@ reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0272.

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"State of the Revs" debuts on CSN tonight

Revs’ 30-minute midseason report hosted by Kevin Walsh premiers tonight at 9:30 p.m.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – A new, 30-minute midseason show dedicated to the New England Revolution – “State of the Revs” – debuts tonight, Thursday, July 28, at 9:30 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet New England. The show will also re-air eight other times.

Hosted by Comcast SportsNet anchor Kevin Walsh, “State of the Revs” looks at the first half of the 2011 season and what’s ahead in the final months of the campaign.

Tonight’s episode includes:

  • a behind-the-scenes introduction to members of the Revs squad by rookie defender A.J. Soares
  • an analysis of the first half of the season and upcoming schedule with Revolution play-by-play man Brad Feldman and color analyst Jay Heaps
  • a look back at the excitement surrounding the Revolution match against Manchester United, and
  • a review of the top plays from the 2011 season so far.

Comcast SportsNet is available on cable and satellite systems throughout New England. Check local listings for the specific channel listing for your area.

"State of the Revs" will re-air on:

  • Friday, July 29 at 12:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 30 at 8 p.m. (immediately preceding the Revs’ match at Kansas City)
  • Monday, Aug. 1 at 12:30 a.m.
  • Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 8:30 p.m.
  • Thursday, Aug. 4 at 3:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Aug. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Aug. 6 at 9:30 p.m. (immediately following the Revs’ match against Chivas USA).