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Originally published in The Palm Beach Post on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008.
By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
WEST PALM BEACH - When Charles Infantolino drew a losing hand in a game of seven-card stud Sunday, he won a record poker jackpot at the Palm Beach Kennel Club.
Infantolino’s losing hand of four queens won him $116,700 [...]

Originally published in The Palm Beach Post on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008.
By KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Outgoing Juvenile Justice Secretary Walt McNeil said Thursday that he did not see any problem with allowing three employees of his state agency to work on a juvenile justice reform project in Texas - in partnership with a [...]