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Las Vegas stories: 147 news summaries

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Player Denies Vegas Run-In Led to Mugging

NFL's Walker says thugs, not boxer's associates, to blame

Jun 18, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. • Las Vegas • football • Javon Walker

 Iconic Sign Is Fabulous Indeed 

Nearly 50 years later, designer discusses her creation

Jun 14, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs 

Five new arrivals will help with Roy's recovery, says his partner

Jun 13, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(AP) - 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... More »

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

Investors Throw Dice on Jacko's Vegas Comeback

Investment firm pushing for a start to Michael Jackson: the Vegas Years

Jun 13, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Harrah's Rolls Dice on Surface 

Microsoft's touch-screen tables debut at Rio

Jun 12, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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. “... More »

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

Travel

 Sin City Opens Arms
 to Gay Scene 

Las Vegas now tops SF as gay, lesbian getaway

Jun 9, 08 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

US Casinos
Dotting Macau
Can't Cash In

Gambling's red hot,
but local middlemen take a huge cut

May 22, 08 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Casinos on the Chinese island of Macau create more gambling revenue than the ones in Las Vegas and Atlantic City combined, but US operators—permitted to set up shop there since 2004—are decidedly not rolling in the money. The Wall Street Journal looks at the bumps in the road... More »

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China • Macau • Las Vegas • MGM Mirage • casino • Steve Wynn

ANALYSIS

Guggenheim Vegas Failure
a Rare Stumble

Starchitect Koolhaas bears some blame for museum's woes: critic

May 13, 08 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

 Even Vegas Is Down on Its Luck 

Downturn starts to hit formerly recession-proof city

May 6, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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gambling • Las Vegas • recession • casino • downturn

 Jacko Jacked to Cut
 Jackpot Album 

King of Pop knows his financial future relies on a chart-topper

Apr 25, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Vegas Ricin Man Arrested After Hospital Stay

'Exotic idea' to poison foes, not terror, believed behind toxin

Apr 16, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Las Vegas • ricin • Roger Bergendorff

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

She goes on the offensive against McCartney and his romances

Apr 11, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Guggenheim's Vegas Gallery Craps Out

Art doesn't play on the Strip; museum outpost folds after 7 years

Apr 11, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Braxton Rushed 
 to Hospital With 
 Chest Pains  

'Unbreak My Heart' singer undergoing tests

Apr 9, 08 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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heart disease • Las Vegas • singer • hospitalization • Toni Braxton

 Slump Stings Vegas 
 McMansion Owners 

Curious aspect of swelling home inventories: unsold palaces

Apr 8, 08 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Pam Bares All for
 Hef's Birthday 

Ex-bunny's naked surprise makes turning 82 just fine for Playboy honcho

Apr 7, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pamela Anderson's birthday present to Hugh Hefner might have killed your average 82-year-old: The bottle blonde double-D surprised the "stunned" Playboy founder in his hotel room Saturday night with a private, naked lap dance, the Las-Vegas Review-Journal reports. More »

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Las Vegas • nudity • celebrity • birthday • Pamela Anderson • Hugh Hefner

movie review

 Is 21 Bad? Bet the Bank on It 

Take your money and run away from the theater

Mar 28, 08 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a problem with 21, a movie based on a true story (and the book it inspired) about some MIT math nerds who set up an elaborate system to beat the house in Las Vegas. “None of the main stars is remotely convincing as a smart person,”... More »

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gambling • Las Vegas • movie review • Kevin Spacey • Kate Bosworth • Jim Sturgess • Blackjack

 Spas Get the Vegas Treatment 

Relaxation is another of Sin City's pricey pastimes

Mar 26, 08 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Las Vegas' go-big-or-go-home attitude runs from its slots to its spas, which now rival the Dead Sea as the world's favored soaking grounds, W reports. But what separates Sin City from Baden-Baden is the de-emphasis on escaping it all: At these luxury bathhouses, seeing and being seen is equally important... More »

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travel • Las Vegas • Bellagio • spa • luxury travel • Palms • Wynn Las Vegas • Venetian

Man Says
He Had Ricin
for Self-Defense

He admits having it in hotel, says he did not plan to hurt anyone

Mar 18, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Las Vegas man hospitalized by exposure to ricin in his hotel room told his brother he  did not intend to hurt anyone with it, the AP reports. Roger Bergendoff, who regained consciousness last week after a month, admitted possessing the biological agent but said it was for self-defense. "... More »

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FBI • Las Vegas • toxin • Nevada • Poison • suspected terrorists • biological weapons • ricin • Roger Bergendorff • Erich Bergendorff

 Diddy Denies Tupac Claim 

Calls newspaper story 'beyond ridiculous'

Mar 18, 08 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs has vehemently denied claims that he, the Notorious BIG, and other rap figures were involved in an attack on Tupac Shakur in 1994. Shakur was shot outside a New York recording studio, triggering the East Coast-West Coast rap wars in which Shakur and others were murdered.... More »

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FBI • New York • Las Vegas • Diddy • hip-hop • Tupac Shakur • James Sabatino • Notorious B.I.G. • Interscope Records • East Coast West Coast wars • rap rivalry

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