With No Champagne or Celine, Vegas Casino Opens and Closes in 1 Day

Apr 28th 2011 – 8:52 AM |AOL News

Steve Friess for AOL News

LAS VEGAS -- The last time a casino opened around here, the champagne flowed freely, the women wore jewels, "Nightline" taped a segment and Brandon Flowers jammed in the lobby bar. This time, a guy...

Will Donald Trump's Same-Sex Stance Alienate Gay Travelers?

Apr 22nd 2011 – 2:45 PM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- Donald Trump's bluster may be raising the would-be GOP presidential candidate's poll numbers and ginning up ratings for his reality-TV show, but his remarks about same-sex marriage are...

Conspiracy Theory: Why, Really, Did Nevada Remove Geocaches?

Apr 22nd 2011 – 8:06 AM |AOL News

Charlotte Observer / MCT

RACHEL, Nev. -- This lonely stretch of road in central Nevada draws conspiracy buffs from the world over who ponder such unknowables as whether aliens have landed on Earth and what the feds really do...

King Trumps 5 as Card Flip Settles an Election Tie in North Las Vegas

Apr 21st 2011 – 7:36 PM |AOL News

Steve Friess

LAS VEGAS -- The cards were unsealed, jokers removed. The deck was spread out on a green felt table for inspection. The man overseeing the proceedings even made an amateur flub, telling the women to...

Gloves Off After Vegas Mayor's Wife Wins Round 1 of Election

Apr 6th 2011 – 7:28 AM |AOL News

Julie Jacobson, AP

LAS VEGAS -- This city famed for its boxing matches may want to start selling tickets now, because Tuesday night the crowded mayoral race became a two-woman match that's already showing signs it'll...

Who Will Replace a Boozing, Gambling Mayor? In Vegas, Maybe His Wife

Apr 3rd 2011 – 8:35 AM |AOL News

Mike Stotts, UPPA / ZUMA Press

LAS VEGAS -- The outgoing mayor portrays himself as a boozing, compulsive gambler who has spent a dozen years making bizarre remarks that have, at one point or another, offended just about everybody....

States Hustle to Legalize Online Poker Despite Federal Roadblocks

Mar 31st 2011 – 10:02 AM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- First it was medicinal marijuana use. Then immigration reform. And now at least six states, most notably Nevada and California, are on the brink of taking action where they believe the...

The Sahara Casino, a Vegas Classic, Will Close in May

Mar 11th 2011 – 4:16 PM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- The venerable Sahara Hotel & Casino, the place where everyone from Johnny Carson to Cher has performed and the scene of countless landmarks in Vegas and show business history, will close...

Mob Wars Return to Vegas in Competing Attractions

Mar 5th 2011 – 9:01 AM |AOL News

Steve Marcus, Las Vegas Sun

LAS VEGAS -- It took decades to wrest control of this city's casinos from the mob, a bloody and drawn-out battle between law enforcement and its prey that left countless gangsters in jail, in witness...

Vegas Casinos May Soon Take Real Bets on Oscars, 'DWTS'

Feb 26th 2011 – 10:43 PM |AOL News

Weinstein Co. / AP

LAS VEGAS -- Vegas bookie Johnny Avello shows up across the media this time of year providing his odds for the Oscars, stressing that his numbers are "for recreational purposes only." But it's...

Real Fakes Take Over Vegas at Celebrity Impersonator Convention

Feb 24th 2011 – 7:04 AM |AOL News

Amy Turner

LAS VEGAS -- "Sarah Palin" is a little wigged out at the moment in more ways than one. She's darting around her hotel room frantically searching for her drop earrings, which, she says, she simply...

The Will and Kate Tour: Dash of Gossip, Dollop of Diana

Feb 13th 2011 – 12:28 PM |AOL News

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LONDON -- "Is this breaking news?" the woman to my left asked with great relish. The odds were slim. Hana Umezawa, the cigarette-smoking guide on William and Kate's Royal Wedding Walk, hardly seemed...

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