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Nevada Supreme Court ruling disrupts pipeline plans

source: MSNBC

Steve Crupi reportingThe Nevada Supreme Court made a stunning decision Thursday concerning our state’s most precious commodity: water. The court tossed our access rights to water that would have been piped to Las Vegas from up north. Pipeline protestors are not happy with our insatiab...

Published Fri, Jan 29

Convicted Luxor bomber facing life in prison

source: MSNBC

A 29-year-old convicted bombmaker from Nicaragua is due to be sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a hot dog stand vendor with a bomb hidden in a coffee cup outside a Las Vegas Strip casino in 2007.The Nevada jury that convicted Porfirio Duarte-Herrera already decided hi...

Published Thu, Jan 28

Area performance artist ends long-running piece

source: Las Vegas Gleaner

Sad. There was always some tiny glimmer of, if not hope, at least curiosity about what a loose cannon like Goodman might have actually said on the gubernatorial campaign trail. No Republican or Democrat running for governor will tell the truth about Nevada taxes -- that Nevada businesses a...

Published Sun, Jan 24

Harrah's Takes Over Management Of Planet Hollywood

source: Luxist

Planet Hollywood defaulted on an $860 million loan last fall. While there isn't an official deal for Harrah's to take over Planet Hollywood yet it has applied with Nevada gambling regulators for a license to run the property. Planet Hollywood has a prime location next to the Paris Las Vegas...

Published Fri, Jan 15

Harry Reid Finally Apologizes for Spectacularly Dumbassed "Negro" Quote Bound to Unseat Him [Racism]

source: Gawker

• Sue Lowden, former Nevada Republican Party chairwoman, would get 50 percent of the vote to Reid's 40 percent with 10 percent undecided. • Danny Tarkanian, a businessman and former UNLV basketball star, would gain 49 percent of the vote to Reid's 41 percent. Wait, Danny who?

Published Sat, Jan 9

Nevada State Bank robbed in downtown Las Vegas

source: Las Vegas Sun

A bank was robbed this morning in downtown Las Vegas. Metro Police responded at 9:19 a.m. to the Nevada State Bank branch at 230 S. Las Vegas Blvd.

Published Wed, Dec 30

In Las Vegas, Sports Books in a Pocket

source: New York Times

Not surprisingly, casino operators like it. They are always trying to make their books more profitable. While annual casino revenue in Nevada hovers around ... and more »

Published Sun, Dec 27

Silver Club casino sells for $2.5 million at auction

source: Reno Gazette Journal

Last week, the Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved an unrestricted casino license for 777 Gaming Inc. of Las Vegas and Nevada Asset Holdings to ... and more »

Published Wed, Dec 23