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NEWS ABOUT: Las Vegas

Las Vegas stories: 147 news summaries

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Man Opens Fire in Vegas Casino, Wounds Four

Gambling floor stays open during chaos

Jul 6, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A man opened fire at random in Las Vegas's New York-New York casino early this morning, wounding four guests on the floor below him. None of the injuries were fatal, and officers and patrons managed to bring him down before he wreaked further havoc. Another woman was injured in the... More »

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Las Vegas • casino • shooting • guns

Record Highs Scorch West

Sizzling towns open swelter shelters for elderly as heat goes on

Jul 6, 07 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A searing heat wave is likely to continue barbecuing the western U.S. today after record temperatures soared to 127 in Death Valley, 125 in nearby Baker and 116 in Phoenix yesterday. Las Vegas sizzled at 116 degrees with humidity in the single digits, and even northeastern Oregon cracked 107... More »

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weather • California • elderly • West • Arizona • Las Vegas • physician • United States • temperature • heat • heat wave • sun • hot • humidity • Idaho • rain

Top 10 Real Estate Markets

Jun 23, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) -
  1. Riverside/San Bernadino, CA
  2. Orange County, CA
  3. Las Vegas, NV
  4. Orlando, FL
  5. San Jose, CA
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California • real estate • Washington DC • Las Vegas • homes • Riverside • San Bernadino • Orlando • Orange County • San Jose

Tyson Fancies
a Bout in Bollywood

Boxer likes the 'happy and energetic' vibe,
is discussing a role

Jun 4, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mike Tyson got a taste of Bollywood—in Vegas, of course—and liked it enough to want more. After dancing in a music video for "Fool n Final," directed by Ahmed Khan, Tyson told the Times of India he'd like to act in a Bollywood movie because of... More »

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film • Bollywood • Las Vegas • Ahmed Kahn • Mike Tyson • movies

Wall Street Mogul Starts N(ew)FL

Investment banker, Google exec lay groundwork to challenge NFL next year

May 30, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wall Street renegade Bill Hambrecht is taking on one of America's biggest monopolies and launching his own professional football league. The United Football League plans to launch its challenge to the NFL's hegemony in 2008 with eight teams in non-NFL markets, including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Mexico City. One... More »

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Google • Wall Street • NFL • Mexico City • Mark Cuban • Las Vegas • Los Angeles • United Football League • Bill Hambrecht • football

Lazy Gamblers Rent Scooters in Vegas

In the land of easy money,
tourists up the ante on indolence

May 25, 07 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Las Vegas, motorized scooters offer access to expansive casino floors to the elderly, the disabled—and now the lazy. For 40 chips a day, a growing number of young, healthy tourists are renting the scooters so they can hop from the slot machine to the craps table at up... More »

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elderly • gambling • Las Vegas • scooters • laziness • disabled • handicapped • casino

Atlantic City Trumps The Donald

After mogul fires himself as
CEO, casinos still in last place

Apr 11, 07 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Donald Trump's casinos are faltering in Atlantic City, the very seaboard Vegas the flamboyant developer helped build in the 80s and 90s.  The Taj Mahal is still flush, but Trump's two other hotels are last in revenues. And analysts aren't betting on them, thanks in part to the share... More »

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Donald Trump • Atlantic City • New Jersey • gambling • Las Vegas • casino

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