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Priest from Vegas with $650K gambling habit
A Roman Catholic priest from Las Vegas surrendered Friday at a federal prison in Texas to serve his sentence for siphoning $650,000 from his northwest Las Vegas parish to support a video poker and casino gambling habit.
TEXT-S&P summary: Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Additional risk factors we are monitoring are related to LVSC being subject to multiple lawsuits and investigations, including the following: — An action filed by the former CEO of Sands China alleging the company’s breach of his...
Allegiant Begins Fresno, Vegas to Honolulu Flights
Allegiant announces the company will begin new, nonstop air service from the mainland to Honolulu. The carrier will offer introductory fares as low as $174 one-way, including taxes and fees……
Fitch lowers outlook on Las Vegas to negative
Debt rating agency Fitch Ratings has lowered its outlook on Las Vegas to negative, saying the city will have trouble balancing its budget and controlling rising police costs.
Muscular Dystrophy Association Show Leaving Vegas
A year after the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon split with comedian and longtime host Jerry Lewis, the Labor Day weekend show is leaving Las Vegas.
Vegas locals mock GSA spending spree scandal
Some people think the government can’t get it right even when it’s doing wrong. Take, for example, a group of federal employees encouraged to go “over the top” on a five-day conference in 2010 in Las Vegas. They blew...
Tarkanian expected out of Vegas hospital Friday
Jerry Tarkanian’s son says the former UNLV basketball coach is expected to be out of the hospital Friday, more than two weeks after suffering a heart attack.
A costly GSA convention at Las Vegas resort
In this case, the General Services Administration’s new, eyes-alert mantra of “If You See Something, Say Something” clashed with the old play-and-party wink-wink of “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”
Lotto means biggest bet is 40 miles south
Thousands of people wait in line to buy tickets for the Mega Millions Lottery jackpot at the Primm Valley Casino Resorts Lotto store in California near Primm, Nev. Thursday, March 29, 2012. The Mega Millions Lottery jackpot has reached a record...
Lotto means biggest bet is 40 miles south of Vegas
In some states, buying a chance to win the record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot means a road trip. More than 1,200 people were lined up by 9 a.m. Friday to buy their lottery tickets at the Primm Valley Casino Resorts Lotto Store, which...
