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The Obama Women Are in Vegas
It’s spring break for the Obama daughters and mom has taken them West for the week. Michelle Obama and her daughters visited Mount Rushmore Wednesday to see the monument where four U.S. presidents are immortalized in stone on the soaring...
Car Wash Show leaving Vegas for Chicago
The Car Wash Show will abandon Las Vegas for Chicago in 2014, thanks to labor reforms that cut costs for McCormick Place exhibitors. A news release distributed Wednesday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office described the Car Wash Show as the “world’s...
JetBlue captain’s ‘medical situation’ diverts Vegas flight
A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas landed unexpectedly in Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday morning after the co-pilot took over for the captain, who suffered a sudden “medical situation,” a airline spokeswoman told The Times.
Vegas May Get DesertXpress
On a dusty, rock-strewn expanse at the edge of the Mojave Desert, a company linked to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to build a bullet train that would rocket tourists from the middle of nowhere to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas.
Privately...
Hard Rock Casino in Vegas Loses Labor Appeal
A federal appeals court is telling the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to bargain with a union representing more than two dozen parking valets.
‘Margaritaville’ singer Jimmy Buffett gets gambling license
Nevada gambling regulators have approved a license that will let singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett share in the gambling revenues from his Margaritaville casino in Las Vegas.
Mike Tyson bares soul in one-man Vegas act
The ex-fighter with the famously tattooed face, battered reputation and tortured self-esteem approaches the proscenium of the MGM Grand’s Hollywood Theater. In the darkened showroom, Mike Tyson shifts uncomfortably on a stage, a lonely figure...
Insanity defense planned in Vegas ‘demon’ slayings
A public defender says he plans an insanity defense for a Las Vegas 19-year-old facing two murder charges in the slayings of his young cousin and, later, his jail cellmate.
Carl Guilford pleaded not guilty to murder charges Monday in Clark County...
Mike Tyson wants to take Vegas show to Broadway
Mike Tyson on Broadway? New York theater critics had better keep their ears protected if they’re thinking of panning the athlete who once took a bite out of Evander Holyfield’s right ear.
Playboy Club at Vegas casino to close in June
Officials say the Playboy Club at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas will close in June. Casino and N9NE Group spokesman Larry Fink said Friday that an announcement will be made in coming weeks about a new club in the space at the high-rise...
