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Supporters of Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss can attribute their candidate’s re-election Tuesday night to any number of factors.

It could have been a fear of a filibuster-proof upper house with Democrats behind the wheel. Or it could have been former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin who drew thousands to events she attended in Georgia this week.

Local Republican Party Chairman Josh McKoon thinks it’s a bit of both.

“Middle of the road voters don’t like the idea of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama passing anything willy nilly,” McKoon said as he watched the returns at the Columbus Government Center. “We need Saxby to be this kind of firewall.”

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - An offer of $500 in free slot-machine playing credits was accidentally mailed to 55,000 gambling customers, leaving a Pennsylvania casino scrambling to placate customers and figure out how the mistake happened.

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course decided to partially honor the offer on Monday after frantically calling tens of thousands of customers over the weekend.

The mistake was reported by WGAL-TV, which said some confused and angry customers began trying to take advantage of the offer that took effect Monday.

The U.S. Senate yesterday failed yet again to approve a measure that would extend solar tax credits, which are due to expire at the end of 2008.

As Reuters notes, a measure which would have extended the tax credits for eight years failed a key procedural vote.

In a statement, Solar Energy Industry Association president Rhonse Resch warned that a failure to extend the tax credit could damage the domestic solar industry:

State officials have approved tax credits for NetJets Inc. and its sister company as the aviation business readies for a $200 million expansion in Columbus.

The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved the tax credits for the New Jersey-based private aviation company, which are tied to creating and retaining nearly 2,800 jobs in the region. NetJets and FlightSafety International were awarded 75 percent credits for 15 years to help them expand their Columbus operations.