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The Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, May 20, 2013 - 3:57pm

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In this April 30, 2013 photo, Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar sits closed after more than 30 patrons reported food poisoning symptoms. A new report on Friday, May 10, 2013 shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a decade. (AP Photo/The Las Vegas Sun, Sam Morris)

200 sickened at popular Vegas restaurant

Michelle Rindels The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, May 10, 2013 - 5:40pm

LAS VEGAS — A new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas’ most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a decade.

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Herbert won't sign water deal for Vegas

Michelle L. Price The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 2:15pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has rejected an agreement with Nevada that would allow Las Vegas to pump massive amounts of groundwater from the states' shared border.

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NASCAR overpolicing in case of Denny Hamlin?

Jenna Fryer The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 11, 2013 - 2:11pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — What a great NASCAR race that was at Las Vegas! The new Gen-6 car sure put on an amazing show, one for the ages, for sure.

That’s the kind of effusive praise we should expect to hear from drivers the rest of the year, right?

Anything short of that could lead to another shut-up-and-drive fine like the one levied last week against Denny Hamlin, who was popped for $25,000 for having the audacity to give an honest answer when asked to assess NASCAR’s new car after its second race.

Hamlin is digging in his heels for this fight, though, saying he’ll be suspended before he’ll pay the fine. In reality, he’ll first go through an appeals process, and if NASCAR is smart, it will quietly make this whole mess go away.

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Matt Kenseth gambles, holds off Kahne to win in Vegas

Greg Beacham The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 6:42pm

LAS VEGAS — Matt Kenseth decided not to replace any tires during the final pit stop under caution, and the calculated risk put him in the lead.

Kenseth knows a bit about risk after his offseason move to Joe Gibbs Racing, and this latest gamble paid off with his third victory in Vegas.

Kenseth won on his 41st birthday in just his third start for his new team, barely holding off Kasey Kahne at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for his 25th career victory Sunday.

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Police rope off the scene of a shooting and multi-car accident on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas early Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Authorities say at least one person in a Range Rover shot at people in a Maserati that then crashed into a taxi cab. The taxi cab burst into flames, and the driver and passenger were killed. The male driver of the Maserati also died, and his passenger was shot. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Sun, Steve Marcus)

3 killed, 6 injured in shooting, crash on Las Vegas Strip

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 8:41pm

LAS VEGAS — Bullets were flying from a black Range Rover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light on the Las Vegas Strip.

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This July 28, 2012 photo provided by Bob MacDuff shows Lindsae MacDuff holding an automatic weapon at the Gun store in Las Vegas after her "shotgun wedding." One Las Vegas shooting range is selling “take a shot at love” packages that include 50 submachine gun rounds. Another is offering wedding packages in which the bride and groom can pose with Uzis and ammunition belts. And a third invites lovebirds to renew their vows and shoot a paper cutout zombie in the face. (AP Photo/Bob MacDuff)

Gun promotions of all kinds shooting up in 'Sin City'

Hannah Dreier The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 10:26am

LAS VEGAS — One Las Vegas shooting range is selling “take a shot at love” packages that include 50 submachine gun rounds. Another is offering wedding packages in which the bride and groom can pose with Uzis and ammunition belts. And a third invites lovebirds to renew their vows and shoot a paper cutout zombie in the face.

Never known for its understatement or good taste, Sin City is bucking the national trend of avoiding flippant gun promotions after the Newton, Conn., elementary school shooting. Instead, it is embracing tourists’ newfound interest in big guns the only way it knows how: by going all in.

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Mayor Mike Caldwell speaks during a celebration of the first Allegiant flight from Mesa, Ariz., to the Ogden-Hinckley Airport on Sept. 20, 2012 in Ogden. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Allegiant Air to expand fleet; Ogden-to-Vegas flights may become reality

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 28, 2013 - 1:18am

OGDEN — The airline that provides commercial jet service to Ogden-Hinckley Airport is expanding — and an expansion of Ogden’s service could be right behind it.

The Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Company recently announced it will purchase nine A320 aircraft to integrate into their fleet of MD-80 and A319 aircraft.

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In this photo taken Dec. 16, 2012, Armen, left, and his brother Rodney relax on top of their den at the Lion Habitat Ranch in Henderson, Nev. The habitat used to provide lions to the lion habitat at the MGM Grand but is now open to the public. The MGM's lion habitat closed in January 2012. (AP Photo/The Las Vegas Sun, Steve Marcus

Nev. lion habitat features big cats from MGM Grand

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 11:38am

HENDERSON, Nev. -- Dozens of lions that used to entertain tourists at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas now have a new day job.

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In preparation for her Dec. 12 wedding, Bethany Wood of Jackson, Mich., tries on a wedding gown with the help of Linda de Marre, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. These “once-in-a-century” wedding dates have become more important each year as people increasingly look outside of Vegas for nontraditional wedding. Once known as the wedding capital of the world, Vegas' share of the U.S. wedding market has fallen by a third since 2004. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Vegas gambling on popularity of 12-12-12 quickie weddings

Hannah Dreier The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 2:49pm

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas, land of the quickie wedding, is in the midst of a serious love recession, and chapels in a city accustomed to playing the numbers aren’t about to let the latest money-making opportunity pass — Dec. 12, 2012.

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Benjamin Hawkins stands in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas at his trial for involuntary manslaughter for hitting a man on the Las Vegas Strip continues, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Hawkins told police he was defending himself when he punched Massie following derogatory comments about his race. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jerry Henkel)

Jury finds Fla. man guilty in Vegas punching death of Roy man

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 8:47am

LAS VEGAS — A former Florida high school football coach and teacher was convicted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a Utah man he knocked down with a single punch after the two men exchanged words in a Las Vegas casino men’s room.

Benjamin Gerard Hawkins stood still and stared straight ahead while his wife and other family members wept as the verdict was read in Clark County District Court.

The case stemmed from the July 2011 death of John Massie, 46, of Roy.

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This undated artistic rendering provided by Las Vegas Railway Express shows the interior of the X Train, a proposed luxury Òparty train that would run from Fullerton, Calif., to downtown Las Vegas. For $99 each way, passengers would get food, drinks, access to two on-board "ultra lounges" and other amenities. The company signed an agreement last week with Union Pacific Railroad allowing them to use a set of tracks that leads to downtown Las Vegas but hasn't seen passenger traffic in 15 years. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Railway Express)

Calif.-Vegas party train could hit tracks in 2013

Michelle Rindels The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 23, 2012 - 10:12am

LAS VEGAS — As if a weekend in Las Vegas isn’t wild enough for Southern Californians, a Nevada entrepreneur is about to add five more hours of party to either end.

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Retired ’Cowboy Sheriff’ of Las Vegas still holds sway

John M. Glionna Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 9:23am

LAS VEGAS - The first thing you notice about Sheriff Ralph Lamb is that voice - the low, gravelly growl of a former five-pack-a-day Marlboro man. Even at age 85, Lamb still uses the plain-spoken utterances of an old-school lawman.

On his disdain of firearms: "Sometimes we had to use our guns, but sparingly. If a guy shot at me, I’d shoot back."

And on his public image: "The church-goin’ people in town, the good people, they liked my brand of law and order - keepin’ things cleaned up."

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Lawyer Richard Wright speaks about a plaque containing moon rocks in his law office at Wright, Stanish & Winckler Friday, May 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. The plaque and moon rocks were originally presented as a gift to the people of Nicaragua by President Nixon. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Ronda Churchill)

Vegas casino mogul sends moon rocks to NASA

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:02am

LAS VEGAS -- It's been a long, strange trip for what appears to be several tiny chips of lunar rock that found their way into a casino mogul's hands after being collected by the first men on the moon.

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From left, Nate Sackett, 25, of Salt Lake City, Utah, friend Andy Kunz, 35, of Las Vegas, Nevada, brother Connor Sackett, 22, of Brooklyn, New York, and friend Dylan Jones, 22, of Salt Lake City, Utah, strike a pose while having their photograph taken by a friend in front of the sign welcoming visitors to Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 21, 2012. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Vegas sign a tourist attraction in its own right

John M. Glionna Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:43am

LAS VEGAS -- It sits along a stretch of median on the less-glamorous south end of this city's glitzy gambling Strip, a stubborn holdover from another era. Yet, as the days turn to night and back into day, it beckons as many tourists, human tumbleweeds and adventure-seekers as any newfangled casino.

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