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  • July 2008

    • In Gloomy Economy, Even Vegas Is Down on Its Luck

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 1, 08 11:14 AM CDT

      In Gloomy Economy, Even Vegas Is Down on Its Luck

      The economic downturn is hitting Las Vegas casinos with a one-two punch: Gamblers have less money to spare, and investors are less willing to shell out for glamorous new projects. Several casino companies have recently filed for bankruptcy protection, the Wall Street Journal reports. "This is the toughest environment we've faced," says one gaming exec. More »

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      recession  • Las Vegas  • casino

  • June 2008

    • Retirees Scoop Up Bargains in Housing Slump

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 27, 08 2:05 AM CDT

      Retirees Scoop Up Bargains in Housing Slump

      Retired Americans who can afford new bargains are enjoying the drop in housing value in once-exorbitant sun havens where prices have plunged as much as 25%. Miami, Phoenix and Las Vegas—formerly at the forefront of soaring prices—are now leading the decline, the New York Times reports. Homebuyers who waited to purchase took a risk because prices could have surged, but were rewarded with more than $100,000 in savings. More »

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      housing market  • Las Vegas  • real estate  • Miami  • Phoenix

    • Rock, Paper, Scissors Champ Wins $50K in Vegas

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jun 25, 08 6:47 AM CDT

      Rock, Paper, Scissors Champ Wins $50K in Vegas

      A Massachusetts systems analyst covered, cut, and smashed his opponents to win the USA Rock, Paper, Scissors championship in Las Vegas. Sean Sears, 23, is now headed to China to play for the world title. He beat out 300 opponents to win the $50,000 championship purse. More »

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      Las Vegas

    • Home Prices Take Steepest Tumble Since 2000

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 24, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Home Prices Take Steepest Tumble Since 2000

      US home prices tumbled in April at the fastest rate since the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index started keeping track in 2000, with all 20 metropolitan areas surveyed posting annual declines for the first time. The index fell by 15.3% in April versus a year ago, according to today's report. Prices nationwide are at levels not seen since August 2004. More »

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      Las Vegas  • home prices  • Miami  • Case Shiller price index  • Charlotte

    • Cities' Sewage Serves as Giant Drug Test

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 23, 08 4:38 PM CDT

      Cities' Sewage Serves as Giant Drug Test

      Across the world, raw sewage is being analyzed for clues to illegal drug use. Environmental scientists are testing waste from US and European cities to gather data, which reveals everything from what's popular to which days see the greatest use of which substances. "Every sample has one illicit drug or another, regardless of location," a chemist tells the LA Times. More »

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      London  • drugs  • Las Vegas  • cocaine  • heroin  • methamphetamine  • Milan  • drug test  • sewage

    • Ventriloquists Speak Up for Themselves

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 20, 08 3:03 PM CDT

      Ventriloquists Speak Up for Themselves

      Ventriloquism has been on the outs since the '70s, but its fortunes are starting to turn, the Wall Street Journal reports. Symbolizing the resurgence of the vaudeville favorite is Terry Fator, a winner of NBC’s America’s Got Talent competition, who recently picked up a yearlong headlining gig at the Las Vegas Hilton. More »

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      NBC  • Las Vegas  • comedy  • documentary  • documentary film  • puppet

    • Player Denies Vegas Run-In Led to Mugging

      newser  |  TheDirty.com  |  Jun 18, 08 5:40 PM CDT

      Player Denies Vegas Run-In Led to Mugging

      Disputing reports he was mugged after a Las Vegas run-in with boxer Floyd Mayweather, Javon Walker tells TheDirty.com's Nik Richie (who claims the NFL wide receiver is a "very close friend") that three armed men entered his hotel room early Monday, knocked him out and took his valuables. Walker, recently signed by Oakland, was released from hospital today after suffering facial injuries. More »

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      football  • Las Vegas  • Floyd Mayweather Jr.

    • Iconic Sign Is Fabulous Indeed

      newser  |  Las Vegas Weekly  |  Jun 14, 08 10:25 AM CDT

      Iconic Sign Is Fabulous Indeed

      It's been nearly a half-century since the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign went up on the Strip, and Betty Willis is still as sharp as she was when she designed it, Las Vegas Weekly reports. Willis created the neon design back when the Strip still intersected dirt roads, but she never doubted "fabulous" was the best word for her hometown. More »

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      Las Vegas  • Nevada  • architecture  • design  • Las Vegas Strip  • icons

    • Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 13, 08 12:30 PM CDT

      Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs

      Siegfried and Roy welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip yesterday. Siegfried Fischbacher said the new arrivals would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was partially paralyzed when a 380-pound white Bengal tiger sank his teeth into Horn's neck five years ago and crushed his windpipe. The two illusionists plan a one-night-only comeback in February. More »

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      Las Vegas  • tigers  • Siegfried and Roy  • Siegfried Fischbacher  • Roy Horn

    • Investors Throw Dice on Jacko's Vegas Comeback

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 13, 08 8:46 AM CDT

      Investors Throw Dice on Jacko's Vegas Comeback

      A Las Vegas comeback could be in the cards for Michael Jackson if a private equity firm has its way, the Wall Street Journal reports. A firm that owns the Las Vegas Hilton and a big stake in a casino company bought $23 million of Jackson's debt last month and is now in talks with the singer about an Elvis- or Celine-style residency on the Strip. More »

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      Las Vegas  • private equity  • singer  • Michael Jackson  • private equity firms  • comeback  • Neverland

    • Harrah's Rolls Dice on Surface

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 12, 08 12:27 PM CDT

      Harrah's Rolls Dice on Surface

      A Las Vegas casino has become the first to roll the dice with the much-touted Microsoft Surface, a touch-screen table that lets gamblers order drinks, watch YouTube videos, and even flirt. Harrah’s Rio hotel yesterday installed 6 of the tables, which start at $10,000, the AP reports. “Of all the goodies up our sleeves lately, this is one of the most dramatic,” said a Harrah’s spokesman. More »

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      Microsoft  • Las Vegas  • software  • casino  • touch-screen technology  • Microsoft Surface  • Harrah's

    • Sin City Opens Arms to Gay Scene

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 9, 08 5:36 AM CDT

      Sin City Opens Arms to Gay Scene

      Once known for its Rat Pack-style homophobia, Las Vegas has become a getaway hotspot for gays and lesbians—even more popular than San Francisco, one study says. Among its  gay attractions are a bar on the Strip, a mayor who marches on Gay Pride Day, and a slew of fabulous shows from Bette Midler to Elton John to Cirque du Soleil, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »

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      San Francisco  • Las Vegas  • gay  • Lesbian  • Elton John

  • May 2008

    • Guggenheim Vegas Failure a Rare Stumble

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 13, 08 5:54 PM CDT

      Guggenheim Vegas Failure a Rare Stumble

      Now that the shutdown of the Guggenheim Museum's Las Vegas satellites is complete, many in the art world are faulting museum leaders in New York for not understanding the realities of the Strip. But for one LA Times critic, it's not just the Guggenheim that misread Vegas. Rem Koolhaas, the musem's designer and perhaps the world's most lauded architect, deserves some of the blame. More »

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      Las Vegas  • architecture  • Las Vegas Strip  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  • Venetian  • Rem Koolhaas

    • Even Vegas Is Down on Its Luck

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 6, 08 8:46 AM CDT

      Even Vegas Is Down on Its Luck

      Tougher times are starting hit the Sunset Strip, the New York Times reports. Las Vegas has been mostly immune to downturns in decades past, but this time the gambling mecca is feeling the pinch as consumers tighten their belts. Hundreds of casino workers have already been laid off, and a long downturn could mean a glut of hotel rooms as boom-time projects are completed. More »

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      recession  • Las Vegas  • gambling  • casino  • downturn

  • April 2008

    • Jacko Jacked to Cut Jackpot Album

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Apr 25, 08 11:10 AM CDT

      Jacko Jacked to Cut Jackpot Album

      Michael Jackson is depending on his next album to stave off encroaching financial ruin. That’s why, 2 days ago, he banned his kids from his Las Vegas studio, swore off women (did he ever like them?) and recruited music masterminds RedOne and Akon to produce a money machine, the New York Post reports. More »

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      celebrity  • Las Vegas  • music industry  • Michael Jackson  • album

    • Vegas Ricin Man Arrested After Hospital Stay

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 5:05 PM CDT

      Vegas Ricin Man Arrested After Hospital Stay

      Roger Bergendorff, hospitalized in February for exposure to the toxin ricin, was charged today in Las Vegas in what authorities say was an "exotic idea" to strike at foes—and not a terror plot, the AP reports. Bergendorff, 57, faces charges including possession of a biological toxin, traces of which were found in his hotel room Feb. 26—while he was in a coma. More »

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      Las Vegas  • ricin  • Roger Bergendorff

    • Mills on Paul's Gals: 'Better Them Than Me'

      newser  |  Sun (UK)  |  Apr 11, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      Mills on Paul's Gals: 'Better Them Than Me'

      Heather Mills went back on the attack today, turning a televised sitdown on a European morning news program into a bitter rant about her "David versus Goliath" divorce from Paul McCartney and the former Beatle's current romances, the Sun reports. She also copped to dousing his attorney with water in court to "cleanse and baptize" her. More »

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      Las Vegas  • celebrity divorces  • Paul McCartney  • Heather Mills  • divorce settlement

    • Guggenheim's Vegas Gallery Craps Out

      newser  |  Las Vegas Sun  |  Apr 11, 08 10:42 AM CDT

      Guggenheim's Vegas Gallery Craps Out

      The Guggenheim Museum's second venue on the Las Vegas Strip is closing its doors after 7 years. The nonprofit satellite gallery, which presented works from both the New York museum and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, was housed in the decidedly for-profit Venetian Hotel. A larger space folded only 18 months after opening in 2001 because of lack of funds and poor attendance, the Las Vegas Sun reports More »

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      art  • Las Vegas  • art museum  • Las Vegas Strip  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  • Thomas Krens

    • Braxton Rushed to Hospital With Chest Pains

      newser  |  Access Hollywood  |  Apr 9, 08 4:07 AM CDT

      Braxton Rushed to Hospital With Chest Pains

      Singer Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Las Vegas after suffering chest pains, Access Hollywood reports. She was taken in for tests and will likely be released today after an overnight stay, said a spokesman for the Famingo hotel-casino, where Braxton has been performing since 2006. The six-time Grammy winner suffers from a heart disease known as pericarditis. More »

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      Las Vegas  • heart disease  • singer  • hospitalization

    • Slump Stings Vegas McMansion Owners

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 8, 08 2:13 PM CDT

      Slump Stings Vegas McMansion Owners

      The housing crisis has caused the number of homes for sale across the country to grow, but in Las Vegas, brokers are dealing with an unusual aspect of swelling inventory—an excess of $1 million-plus listings. Although they're luxury properties with pools and excesses of polished marble, those constructed more than a few years ago are tough to sell because they're considered outdated. The LA Times goes house-hunting. More »

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      housing market  • housing crisis  • Las Vegas  • real estate  • Nevada  • inventory growth  • luxury homes

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