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Slots-A-Fun, Las Vegas Blvd. reopened after suspicious package

20 Nov 2009 14:28:00 PST

Patrons were able to return to the Slots-A-Fun casino this afternoon and Las Vegas Boulevard was reopened after a suspicious package was found earlier today at the Las Vegas Strip casino.

Original story at Las Vegas Sun .

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Harrah's Launches Total Experiences Program

18 Nov 2009 05:02:00 PST

Written by Deidre Woollard
Each group is connected with their own Total Experiences Specialist (one of the friendly faces shown above) who handles all details of the group's itinerary both before and during their stay, booking all reservations, offering insider recommendations, and arranging VIP privileges....

Original story at Luxist .

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Planet Hollywood's financial outlook worsens

16 Nov 2009 14:42:00 PST

The owner of the 2,518-room Planet Hollywood hotel-casino on Monday reported another quarterly loss and disclosed that its lenders are now in control of its finances. BH/RE LLC, the Las Vegas Strip resort's parent company, said that for the quarter ended Sept. 30 it lost $17.5 million vs. a l...

Original story at Las Vegas Sun .

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"Stripper-mobile" Proves Every Las Vegas Stereotype Correct [Distracted Driving]

11 Nov 2009 18:34:31 PST

Written by Adrian Chen
Just read an article about a truck that drives around Las Vegas with a stripper dancing in it, and boy are my preconceived notions about that place tired (from being completely confirmed.) Whatever happens in Vegas, is ridiculous in Vegas. Viva Las Vegas!

Original story at Gawker .

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NV gubernatorial candidate vows to start arms race with America

10 Nov 2009 12:18:37 PST

Written by Hugh Jackson
For years, North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon has shilled for the problem gambling industry, er, neighborhood casinos and also served as a reliable yes-man for the sprawl lobby. Naturally he thinks he should be governor. But it turns out... For years, North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon ha...

Original story at Las Vegas Gleaner .

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UFC CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC 106

09 Nov 2009 04:55:00 PST

Las Vegas, NV (USA) - With the return of UFC® superstar Tito Ortiz engaged in a rematch with former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin and two of the welterweight class' most exciting knockout artists, Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson, ready to trade hands, the Ultimate Fi...

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Las Vegas news and blogs - November 21, 2009

21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Las Vegas news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Who Makes the Best Career Decisions in Hollywood? Actor Edition -- from Oh No They Didn't!
• E! Weekly Spoiler Chat -- from Oh No They Didn't!
• Mr. Las Vegas Wayne Newton answers readers' questions -- from Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
• What to Watch: November 16 - 22 -- by David Knox from News from TV.com
• Distinctive Assets Celebrated a Decade of Gift Giving During the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards -- by Michelle Mitchell from LA's The Place - Los Angeles Magazine
• The Week We Declared Victory Over the Moon [Week In Review] -- by Pareene from Gawker
• Top Chef: Padma Would Like to See You In Bed -- by Richard Lawson from News from TV.com
• Emmerich’s '2012’ proves to be a perfect disaster, in a good way -- from Star-Telegram.com: Entertainment
• Vegas is inspiring, but not buying, ideas for tourism ads -- from Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
• Chef Geno Benardo Unveils Fall 2009 Menu for Las Vegas’ Nove Italiano -- by Lanee Neil from LA's The Place - Los Angeles Magazine

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Podcast: Top Chef's Bottom Line Effect

29 Oct 2009 21:57:25 PDT

Four years ago, a San Francisco chef took a gamble and opened up his San Francisco kitchen to the first challenge of a new Bravo TV show called “Top Chef.” At the time, Hubert Keller came across as tough and grouchy but the show was a hit and his Fleur de Lys in California became a place of intrigu...

Original story at The Strip .

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Nevada judge reviewing warrants in Michael Jackson case

20 Oct 2009 20:19:00 PDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge said Tuesday she'll decide after a closed-door review with a Los Angeles prosecutor and police detective whether to release documents stemming from search warrants issued in Las Vegas in the Michael Jackson...

Original story at Reno Gazette Journal .

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CSI(more like Langston alone) Follows a Killer from Miami to New York and Las Vegas

14 Oct 2009 13:03:53 PDT

When a severed leg is discovered in the Everglades belonging to a girl who went missing from Las Vegas a week earlier, Horatio Caine (David Caruso) sends for Dr. Ray Langston (Laurence Fishburne).This launches a crossover that begins on "CSI: Miami," moves to "CSI: NY" and finishes up in La...

Original story at Oh No They Didn't! .

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Slash and Friends perform in Las Vegas

05 Oct 2009 16:07:16 PDT

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash was joined by all-star lineup of musicians — including VELVET REVOLVER bandmates Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, plus Joe Perry (AEROSMITH), Rick Nielsen (CHEAP TRICK), Courtney Love (HOLE), and Franky Perez (SCARS ON BROADWAY) — for a s...

Original story at Oh No They Didn't! .

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Las Vegas casino entrepreneur Bob Stupak dies

25 Sep 2009 16:25:00 PDT

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that Bob Stupak, the man behind the towering Stratosphere Casino on the Vegas strip has died.

Original story at Reno Gazette Journal .

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Podcast: Hal Prince: The Las Vegas Spectacular!

10 Sep 2009 14:00:25 PDT

Welcome to a special interview edition of The Strip. The first-ever Phantom Fan Week is coming to Las Vegas in mid-September, so Steve decided it was time to check back in with legendary Broadway producer and director Hal Prince. That event marks the first time Prince has returned to Vegas s...

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Opinion: Live Blogging Top Chef: Las Vegas Week 2 [Top Chef]

26 Aug 2009 18:00:00 PDT

Written by MisterHippity
Although I like to call it Top Chef Minors, the bores at Bravo actually call this show Top Chef: Las Vegas. The live blog takes place in the comments section below, where all are welcome to participate, and the show gets underway on Bravo at 10 pm Eastern.

Original story at Gawker .

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Podcast: A Tony Winner And An Oscar

18 Jun 2009 00:39:41 PDT

This week, on the Strip: We spoke to her nearly two years ago and she was hinting at a comeback she didn’t want to jinx. And, in fact, Broadway legend – and Steve’s gayest obsession – Patti Lupone did have a trick up her sleeve: A few months later, she returned to the Great White Way in the title ro...

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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Tinoco's Kitchen - Las Vegas Review

12 Jun 2009 08:50:38 PDT

Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV Now he's off again, to the Las Vegas Club, a venerable but not particularly storied downtown spot. And let's just say I think Tinoco's will bring more to the Las Vegas Club than the Las Vegas Club brings to Tinoco's. The negatives are that the casino ...

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Opinion: Struggling market of Las Vegas gets a sigh of relief

02 May 2009 12:30:49 PDT

The 4000-room Aria hotel and casino, 500000 square feet of retail and some 2700 condos would be featured in the mixed-use project on the Strip. Now that everything between the developers is fine and financing is in place too, CityCentre is being ...

Original story at TopNews .

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Cher Las Vegas on ET Video

27 Feb 2009 04:05:29 PST

Written by webmaster
Cher’s show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace is an ultra-glitzy, 90-minute production spectacular that leaves audiences breathless and wanting more, performing her hits from across the decades backed by breathtaking choreography and all the Vegas-style trimmings.

Original story at cherworld.com . Related stories include: Bring on CHER Las Vegas in 2009 - cherworld.com , Vegas has Cher, babe - cherworld.com

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Opinion: The Vegas Casino Room Glut

31 Dec 2008 15:09:14 PST

Still. a recent review of the Encore in the Los Angeles Times concludes: "That dry desert floor outside town is littered with the corpses of pundits who have proclaimed that Las Vegas is overbuilt. And there's probably a special section in that cemetery for people who underestimated Steve...

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Opinion: In libertarian Vegas, ACLU keeps finding battles to fight

22 Sep 2008 02:00:00 PDT

A look back on its accomplishments and growth since its launch in 1966 offers perspective on the evolution of the Las Vegas Valley. “Las Vegas is no different from anywhere else,” says Lichtenstein, the ACLU of Nevada’s general counsel since 1996.

Original story at Las Vegas Sun .

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Opinion: This time, history may not be kind

11 Sep 2008 02:00:00 PDT

“Less is a bore,” proclaimed the little book about Las Vegas architecture. It’s time for a new look at Las Vegas. What Venturi and Scott Brown did, Schwarz says, was take a look at Las Vegas and ask, “What does the rest of the world have to learn from what’s happened in Las Vegas?”

Original story at Las Vegas Sun .

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Podcast: Ochoa/Hills Golf Design, Tucker on Rio Secco in Las Vegas, Frank Thomas' new putting studio near Orlando

18 Aug 2008 08:58:32 PDT

Written by TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner
Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Rio Secco Golf Club is a bruiser of a Las Vegas golf course, says TravelGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker. Former USGA Technical Director Frank Thomas of FranklyGolf.com talks about his new putting studio near Orlando.

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Live Cher At Ceasars Palace Review

07 May 2008 14:04:27 PDT

Written by webmaster
LAS VEGAS — Like the temples of the ancient Roman world that it simulates, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas is an environment suited to extravagant immortals. The artists who’ve graced its huge stage have all achieved that status in which one name not only serves but also explai...

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Podcast: The Iron Curtain Golf Trail, Dr. Fox on his "Beat the Bogey Man" series, part II of a conversation on golf fitness

14 Apr 2008 04:18:02 PDT

Written by TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner
This podcast is supported by Walters Golf in Las Vegas, Scottish Golf Holidays and San Diego Golf Central. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. Golf is blossoming in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. In this week’s podcast, host Dave Berner talks to TravelGolf.com’s Br...

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Podcast: PowerBuilt's new FZ-1 golf clubs, Rio Secco shines in Las Vegas, reviewing the PGA Merchandise Show

29 Jan 2008 01:21:53 PST

Written by TravelGolf.com - Dave Berner
This podcast is supported by St. Andrews Golf Tours, Premiere Golf and MyrtleBeachGolf.com. Hear this latest episode of TravelGolf.com This Week. In this week’s podcast, Equipment Editor Kiel Christianson talks to host Dave Berner about PowerBuilt’s new FZ-1 line, which has Fuzzy Zoelle...

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Fanfiction: SPN story: To Live and Die in Las Vegas by Stormy Stormheller

15 Nov 2007 18:39:30 PST

Written by supernaturalfic@gmail.com
Title: To Live and Die in Las Vegas Rating: R Pairing/Characters: Sam/Dean (also Sam/Dean/Crossroads Demon) Warning: There’s Wincest, and het sex that is actually demon sex and also threesome sex. Something for the whole family. None of it particularly graphic. Oh, and not a death story.

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