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NEWS ABOUT: Las Vegas

Las Vegas stories: 143 news summaries

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 Vagrants Find 'Home' in 
 Tunnels Under Vegas Casinos 

Tunnel dwellers trade danger of drowning for a little comfort

Sep 24, 09 6:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Flood tunnels beneath the casinos of Las Vegas seem an unlikely place to call home. But that’s exactly what they are to an estimated 700, including some who’ve built surprisingly elaborate makeshift dwellings in the 350-plus miles under the city. The Sun describes the “home” of couple... More »

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gambling • Las Vegas • flood • casino • homeless • tunnels

 CityCenter: Las Vegas' 
 $8.5B Stimulus Bet 

Hotel-casino-condo-shopping behemoth brings 12K jobs, optimism to battered state

Sep 23, 09 6:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gigantic addition to the Las Vegas Strip is a one-stop stimulus package for a city and state walloped by the recession and an $8.5 billion bet that happy days are near again. With 12,000 jobs, the CityCenter project—a kaleidoscope of condominiums, boutique hotels, shopping, and, of... More »

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Las Vegas • debt • recession • casino • CityCenter • hotel • credit crisis • condominium • Las Vegas Strip • financial crisis

(Newser) - The many states hoping gambling will revive their troubled budgets are in for an unpleasant surprise, writes Nate Silver for Esquire. Gambling is supposed to be recession-proof, but that hasn’t been the case this time. "The year 2008 was the first time in history that total casino gaming... More »

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California • taxes • gambling • Las Vegas • Pennsylvania • casino • Delaware • Nevada • Nate Silver • state budgets

  Jon Spends Big in Vegas 

Gosselin orders plenty of shots for group of blondes

Sep 3, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Seems like Jon Gosselin has gone from "Daddy" to "Daddy Warbucks." The infamous father of eight reportedly ordered half the menu while at the Stack Restaurant in Vegas on Monday, reports the New York Post. Gosselin, who was there with his mom and a group of friends,... More »

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reality TV • Las Vegas • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin

 Penny Slots Bring In Big Bucks 


Aug 31, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Casinos are making big bank off the tiniest—and oft-most derided—denomination, USA Today reports. Gambling outfits have added penny slots at an amazing rate—in the last 2 years, Nevada has removed 12,000 more costly machines to make room for 7,000 penny slots—and the move... More »

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gambling • Las Vegas • recession • casino • Missouri • Nevada • slot machines • gamblers • penny slots

 Jon Gosselin Parties in Vegas 

Despite members of 'Team Kate,' reality dad gets phone numbers, attention

Aug 31, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Collecting phone numbers, drinking Veuve Clicquot in his cabana, starting a Twitter feed: It was all in a day's work for Jon Gosselin, who hosted a Las Vegas pool party at the MGM Grand on Saturday, People reports. “It looks like we'll have a good time,” the... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • Las Vegas • celebrity divorces • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin

 Jacko Kids Take Vegas 

Kids getting back to normal at hotel that used to be home

Aug 24, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s three children spent the weekend at their old home—the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas, where they lived with the King of Pop briefly last year, People reports. This time around, Prince, Paris, and Blanket were joined by grandma Katherine and three friends, and spent a... More »

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entertainment • Las Vegas • celebrity • Michael Jackson • Jermaine Jackson • Katherine Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • Blanket Jackson • celebrity death • Prince Michael Jackson II

(Newser) - In the latest health care-related video to go viral, a woman at a Las Vegas town hall on health care shouted “Heil Hitler!” at an Israeli man as he spoke to a local TV station about Israel’s “fantastic” national health care program, ThinkProgress reports. “Did... More »

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health care • Israel • Las Vegas • Adolf Hitler • health care reform • town hall meeting • Jewish • Israelis • Pamela Pilger

(Newser) - An escaped tiger ended up roaming the streets of Las Vegas after pulling a disappearing act from its magician owners, AP reports. Police, who heard reports from residents about a wandering tiger, say they recaptured the tame animal without incident after it was found in a back yard. The animal... More »

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Las Vegas • magic • tiger

 DEA Raids Jacko Doc's 
 Vegas Home, Office 

Follows search of Houston office last week

Jul 28, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - DEA agents and police raided the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray this morning after a raid last week on his Houston office, Fox News reports. Murray is a suspect in the manslaughter investigation of Jackson's death; the warrant served last week called for “... More »

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police • Las Vegas • DEA • doctor • Drug Enforcement Administration • raid • Michael Jackson • search warrant • Conrad Murray

(Newser) - May home prices rose month-over-month for the first time in almost three years, according to the S&P Case-Shiller Index, edging up 0.4% from April. That still left them 17% lower than they were a year ago, however, the Wall Street Journal reports, with home prices at around... More »

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Cleveland • housing market • Las Vegas • home prices • Case Shiller price index

(Newser) - Government agencies have been warned not to hold meetings in cities employees might actually enjoy visiting, the Wall Street Journal reports. Places like Reno, Orlando, and Las Vegas are all considered untouchable. “We do have guidance that says avoid locations … that give the appearance of being lavish,”... More »

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Las Vegas • US government • Orlando • Reno • business travelers

(Newser) - Just a year ago, 25% of the country's highest-grossing restaurants were in Las Vegas—where diners ran up $15,000 checks and tipped waiters with wads of C-notes. But now restaurants are closing, new construction languishes half-finished, and more than 5,000 food industry workers have lost their jobs. "... More »

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Las Vegas • restaurant • recession • CityCenter • restaurant industry • waitress • waiter

Old-School
Ping Pong Returns With Vegas Tourney

'Hardbat Classic' nixes sponge-coated paddle

Jul 7, 09 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ping pong purists and TV moguls are hoping old-school paddles can do for table tennis what the pocket cam did for poker, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hence the Hardbat Classic, an annual Las Vegas tournament with an unheard-of—for ping pong—$100,000 grand prize. The catch? Everyone has... More »

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Las Vegas • ping-pong • Hardbat Classic

OBITUARY

 Impressionist 
 Travalena Dead at 66 


Jun 29, 09 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fred Travalena, a master impressionist whose catalog of voices ranged from US presidents to Frank Sinatra doing Boy George, has died at 66 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the Los Angeles Times reports. The actor-singer-mimic, known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces," opened for the likes of... More »

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cancer • entertainment • television • Las Vegas • obituary • comedy • Johnny Carson • Wayne Newton • Tonight Show • impression • Fred Travalena • impressionist • mimic • non-Hodgkin's lymphoma • Shirley Maclaine

Coroner Rules Gans' Death Accidental

Vegas entertainer died from 'toxic reaction' to pain medication

Jun 10, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans' death early last month at the age of 52 was accidental, a coroner ruled yesterday. The longtime Vegas Strip fixture, known as the "Man of Many Voices," suffered from underlying health problems including high blood pressure and chronic pain syndrome and died from... More »

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Las Vegas • accidental death • Danny Gans

(Newser) - With The Hangover hitting theaters today, New York magazine looks at the high points of the insane genre the “Las Vegas movie” has become.
  • Swingers: The blackjack scene is probably the best anti-Vegas-glamour-scene ever.
  • The Amazing Colossal Man: This B-movie features the second-best
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Las Vegas • Johnny Depp • list • movies • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas • showgirls • Elizabeth Berkley • Joe Pesci

(Newser) - The last clothing Marilyn Monroe wore and Elvis Presley's pill bottles are hitting the auction block in Las Vegas next month, reports the BBC. Monroe's bathrobe, believed to be what she was wearing the night she overdosed on sleeping pills in 1962, is expected to fetch some $6,000. Her... More »

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entertainment • suicide • Las Vegas • auction • overdose • photograph • Marilyn Monroe • Elvis Presley • blonde bombshells

(Newser) - President Obama jetted to Las Vegas yesterday for a glitzy fundraiser for Harry Reid, the Washington Post reports. Aides estimate the shindig, which cost revelers between $50 and $2,400, pulled in $2 million for Reid’s contentious reelection battle. Though Obama and Reid haven’t always seen eye-to-eye,... More »

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Barack Obama • Harry Reid • Las Vegas • fundraiser • Nevada • Caesars Palace • re-election

 OJ Appeals Vegas Convictions 

Says jury selection unfair; cites judicial misconduct

May 26, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(AP) - OJ Simpson is appealing to the Nevada Supreme Court to overturn his conviction on Las Vegas armed robbery and kidnapping charges. Today's filing alleges the ex-football star's conviction in a hotel-room confrontation with two sports memorabilia dealers was tainted by judicial misconduct, a lack of racial diversity on the jury... More »

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crime • Las Vegas • kidnapping • appeal • OJ Simpson • Nevada • sports memorabilia • armed robbery

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