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Steve Wynn: Businesses 'Frightened to Death' of Obama

Casino owner says that's why no one's hiring or investing

(Newser) - Why aren’t businesses hiring more people with the piles of cash at their disposal? Casino magnate Steve Wynn thinks it’s because they’re scared of Barack Obama. “I'm telling you that the business community in this company is frightened to death of the weird political philosophy...

Starving Performers Swarm Vegas Streets

Tough times drive costumed impersonators to Strip, challenging big hotels

(Newser) - Nevada's woeful economy has inspired dozens of jobless and under-employed men and women to dress up like celebrities, movie characters, and cartoon heroes in pursuit of a buck. But the gratuity-driven performances have created tension between Las Vegas' mighty gambling industry and free-speech advocates who defend the constitutional rights...

Brit Marine Leaves Pals $150K for Vegas Extravaganza

David Hart liked to have a good time

(Newser) - A British marine killed in Afghanistan left 32 of his closest friends a hefty parting gift: $150,000 for a Las Vegas vacation, reports the Huffington Post . Before David Hart left for duty, he took out a life insurance policy for roughly $400,000, and gave strict instructions that a...

Las Vegas to Lose No. 2 Gambling Spot to...

...Singapore

(Newser) - Asia will be home to the world's two biggest casino markets as early as this year, with Singapore set to take the No. 2 spot from Las Vegas, a US gambling industry group said today. Singapore raked in $5.1 billion in gaming revenue last year and could bring...

Stamp Honors Lady Liberty ...Using Vegas Replica

Photo of casino replica used to mark statue's 125th anniversary

(Newser) - A sharp-eyed collector spotted a small problem with the US Post Office's new stamp celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty: Officials used a picture of the wrong statue. The Lady Liberty that graces the stamp is actually that of the replica that stands outside the New...

Japan Radiation Hits Las Vegas
 Japan Radiation Hits Las Vegas 
Mar 27, 2011 5:59 AM CDT

Japan Radiation Hits Las Vegas

What happens in Fukushima does not stay in Fukushima at all

(Newser) - The amounts are tiny, but radiation from Japan's crippled nuclear plant has reached all the way to Las Vegas, reports the AP. Minuscule amounts of iodine-131 and xenon-133 reached a monitoring station in Sin City, though scientists emphasized it posed no health risks. "Unless you have an accident like...

Paris Hilton Drug Prosecutor Nabbed for Crack

David Schubert caught buying coke on Vegas street: police

(Newser) - A top Las Vegas drug prosecutor is getting a view from the other side: He's been arrested for allegedly buying crack cocaine, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. David Schubert, who has prosecuted the likes of Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars, was spotted buying the drug from a street dealer on...

Jilted Fiancée Sues Over Vegas Fling

Man had 'fiduciary duty of implied fidelity,' lawsuit states

(Newser) - What happened in Vegas has ended up in a Chicago court: A woman accused her fiancé of cheating on her in Vegas, and then was jilted weeks before they were due to marry. Now she's suing him for $62,000 to cover the cost of wedding and honeymoon preparations, ABC...

Time to Take Back Battered Las Vegas
 Time to Take Back 
 Battered Las Vegas 
Meghan McCain
Mar 16, 2011 10:49 AM CDT

Time to Take Back Battered Las Vegas

Meghan McCain says the city needs us to have some fun

(Newser) - You have to love Las Vegas. Meghan McCain sure does. “For me growing up, it was a town of many firsts, where I enjoy a level of anonymity,” she writes in the Daily Beast . “Trust me, for a young, rebellious senator’s daughter, this isn’t something...

Camera-Wielding Baccarat Cheaters Fleece Casinos

Vegas prepares for 'cutter' scam

(Newser) - Las Vegas casinos are readying their defenses against a group of baccarat cheaters, the Las Vegas Sun reports. The group, known as "cutters" and described by police as "extremely well-organized," are thought to have stolen tens of millions from casinos worldwide. They take advantage of the baccarat...

Tourist Sues Vegas Escort Service for 'Illegal Act'

Says stripper could have gotten him arrested

(Newser) - A bizarre, litigious story from the Vegas sex industry: A weekend tourist from New York is suing Las Vegas Exclusive Personals because the stripper it sent to his hotel room did something that exposed him to arrest, the Las Vegas Sun reports. From the beginning: College student Hubert Blackman paid...

Girl in Coma Gets Jaywalking Ticket

Takara Davis' mom handed citation as daughter rushed to surgery

(Newser) - Getting hit by a car apparently isn't punishment enough for jaywalking in Las Vegas. After 13-year-old Takara Davis was struck by a car while walking home from school earlier this week, police handed her mother a jaywalking citation as her daughter was being rushed to emergency surgery. The 8th-grader remains...

Electronics, Porn Expos Bring Life to Vegas Hotels

Two conventions begin tomorrow, drive up room rates

(Newser) - Mash up the ultimate geek-o-rama with the awesomest porn-o-rama and who wins? Las Vegas hotels. Room rates are 10 times what they were last week, and some Vegas hotels are getting more this coming weekend than they did on New Year's Eve, reports IndyPosted via the Las Vegas Review-Journal . The...

After Heist, Bellagio Kills the $25K Chip

Thief will likely have a hard time cashing in

(Newser) - The Las Vegas motorcycle bandit who made off with $1.5 million in casino chips may not be able to cash them in himself , but he did accomplish one thing: making life difficult for a lot of high-stakes gamblers. Thanks to the thief, MGM Resorts—which owns the Bellagio, scene...

Police Searching for Missing Las Vegas Dancer

Ex-boyfriend was last to see her

(Newser) - Police have issued a “critical missing persons alert” for Debbie Flores-Narvaez, a Las Vegas showgirl who disappeared without a word last week. Police have found her car, which had her purse inside it, and say they have some leads. They’re likely to question her ex-boyfriend, who was the...

$1.5M Chip Bandit Can't Cash in Casino Loot

Bellagio robber escaped with too-hot-to-handle chips

(Newser) - The bandit who robbed Las Vegas' Bellagio casino this week went to a lot of trouble to get his hands on some mostly worthless plastic chips, security experts say. The helmet-wearing gunman made off with $1.5 million in casino chips ranging in value from $100 to $25,000—but...

Vegas Casino Bandit Flees With $1.5M—in Chips

Bellagio heist might have been his second

(Newser) - Not quite the panache of Ocean's Eleven, but not bad for one guy on a motorcycle, either: Las Vegas police are looking for an armed bandit who entered the Bellagio casino still wearing his helmet, took at least $1.5 million in chips from a craps table, then zipped back...

Madame Tussaud's Goes Gaga
Madame Tussaud's
Goes Totally Gaga
Dec 10, 2010 5:04 AM CST

Madame Tussaud's Goes Totally Gaga

8 Gagas take their posts in Madame Tussaud Museums around the world

(Newser) - You know you've arrived when you have a wax replica at Madame Tussaud's famous wax museum in London. So Lady Gaga has arrived spectacularly because she now has a version of herself at London's showplace of frozen celebrities—and 7 other dopplegangers at Madame Tussaud museums around the world, from...

Vegas Hotel 'Death Ray' Burns Tourists

Design flaw bounces sunlight, scorches swimmers

(Newser) - Guests have been getting scorched by a phenomenon that staff at Las Vegas' new Vdara hotel have nicknamed "the death ray." The glass skyscraper magnifies the sun's rays into a shifting hot spot around the hotel's pool area strong enough to burn skin, singe hair, and melt plastic...

Kill the Spangles: Liberace Museum Closing

Sputtering economy, dwindling crowds kill glitzy superstar showplace

(Newser) - Goodbye, glitz. Las Vegas is shutting its spangly Liberace museum after dwindling Sin City crowds lost interest in viewing artifacts from the life and times of the show-off pianist who brought "over the top" to a new level. What will happen to the Baby Grand covered with rhinestones and...

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