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O’Shea’s casino on Vegas Strip shutting its doors
A 23-year-old Irish-themed casino on the Las Vegas Strip is going dark to make way for a major entertainment district. O’Shea’s Casino is set to close at noon Monday after urging patrons to “drink us dry” over the weekend....
Las Vegas Sands Weighs On Gaming Fund
There’s an exchange-traded fund for casino and gaming stocks, and it’s seeing heavy trading volume after Las Vegas Sands’ (LVS) first-quarter earnings report. Shares in the proprietor of The Venetian are selling off despite a pretty...
Vegas Sands Tops Estimates on U.S., Singapore Growth
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), the casino operator controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, posted higher first-quarter profit, beating analysts’ projections as gambling revenue increased in the U.S. and Asia.
Vegas man wanted wife killed as birthday present
A Las Vegas man wished to have his wife murdered as a birthday present to himself, but wound up pinning his hopes to an undercover Metro police officer.
Did ‘Heart Attack’ burger claim a second victim
That’s a Double Bypass from the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, where a woman – eating a double-patty beef burger mashed between two lard-covered buns – suffered an apparent heart attack. She was unconscious as she was rushed...
Mayweather associate takes plea in Vegas shooting
An associate of Floyd Mayweather Jr. took a plea deal Friday that could get him 18 years in prison for shooting at two men in a car after one of them argued with the championship boxer at a Las Vegas skating center.
Girl in brutal Vegas attack was sexually assaulted
A 10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted before she died in a bludgeoning attack that also killed her mother and left her father with critical head injuries in a blood-splattered Las Vegas home, police said Thursday.
So What Does $823,000 Buy You in Las Vegas?
Lawmakers are taking turns lambasting the General Services Administration for its lavish spending habits, and the agency will endure a third consecutive day of scrutiny Wednesday when two Senate committees review its budget, the Washington Post...
Vegas conference billed as the exception to the rule
Robert Peck, the cashiered commissioner of the Public Buildings Service at the heart of the scandal over lavish conference spending by the General Services Administration, said Tuesday that he is “deeply troubled and disappointed by the excessive...
GSA Official Declines to Testify on Las Vegas Event
A General Services Administration official refused to answer U.S. lawmakers’ questions about the planning of an $823,000 Las Vegas conference.
