NFL Forces Vegas Station to Spike Super Bowl Ads for Casino

Feb 7th 2011 – 1:55 PM |AOL News

LAS VEGAS -- The NFL forced the Fox affiliate station here to dump $360,000 in advertisements for a casino conglomerate minutes before Sunday's kickoff for Super Bowl XLV, the latest maneuver in an...

NFL Wants Vegas to Stay in Vegas During Super Bowl

Feb 2nd 2011 – 10:48 AM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- If Cowboys Stadium in Dallas is completely filled with spectators on Sunday, there will be more than 100,000 people on hand for Super Bowl XLV. That could be the largest attendance ever...

Mary Jo Buttafuoco Has Felt Gabrielle Giffords' Pain

Jan 17th 2011 – 10:00 AM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- The nation's second most famous female survivor of a gunshot to the head was both inspired and dubious when President Barack Obama proclaimed last week that U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords...

There She Is, Miss America, Back on Network TV

Jan 14th 2011 – 11:17 AM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- There she is, Miss America. The question is, will anyone notice? Those in charge are convinced that this is the year that the iconic but long-beleaguered beauty pageant re-establishes...

Porn Industry Sweats Recession, Piracy

Jan 9th 2011 – 10:39 AM |AOL News

Karl Polverino, ZUMA Press

LAS VEGAS -- The atmosphere is festive, and how could it not be when scores of naked or almost-naked women are turning the place into a real exhibition center and banners promote upcoming porno...

Vegas' Newest Gimmick: ATM That Dispenses Gold

Jan 8th 2011 – 8:33 AM |AOL News

Erik Kabik, Retna

LAS VEGAS -- The key difference between the tall yellow machine and the row of video poker consoles next to it is that the yellow machine will definitely give you something if you stick enough money...

The Non-Geek Guide to the Consumer Electronics Show

Jan 7th 2011 – 10:07 AM |AOL News

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LAS VEGAS -- The trek across the plain of taupe carpet was so treacherous and full of distractions that it could be the premise of a video game. From every direction I was accosted by the noise of...

Struggling Vegas Gets Yet Another Mega-Resort

Dec 15th 2010 – 11:59 PM |AOL News

Isaac Brekken, AP

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 15) -- The economy here is a bona fide wreck. Unemployment's never been higher. The foreclosure rate tops the nation. And hotel room rates, a crucial barometer of the health of a...

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Foe Dan Choi Involuntarily Committed

Dec 15th 2010 – 4:13 PM |AOL News

Bebeto Matthews, AP

(Dec. 15) -- A leading activist fighting to end the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military was involuntarily committed to a Veterans Affairs psychological ward this weekend after a...

How Did TruTV Get Jail Access for 'Hot Blond Tina' Video?

Dec 4th 2010 – 7:50 PM |AOL News

Steve Friess for AOL News

LAS VEGAS (Dec. 4) -- At first blush, it seems like a trivial matter, a lawsuit by a buxom blonde from Sin City who is outraged that a cable TV show broadcast footage of her flirting and trying to...

Real Classmates of 'Glee' Creator Named in Show

Nov 30th 2010 – 10:55 AM |AOL News

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(Nov. 30) -- David Karofsky wants you to know he's not now and never was a bully who beats up gay Ohio high school kids in a twisted effort to cope with his own same-sex attractions. That's just the...

Canadian Wins $8.9M Prize in World Series of Poker

Nov 9th 2010 – 7:24 AM |AOL News

Isaac Brekken, AP

LAS VEGAS (Nov. 9) -- Oh Canada! Jonathan Duhamel, a 23-year-old college dropout from Quebec, has captured the World Series of Poker Main Event -- an $8.9 million jackpot. Duhamel bested Tampa,...

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