DJ Steve Aoki sprayed champagne on attendees before selecting some to surf the crowd on an inflatable raft during opening week of the Hakkasan night club in Las Vegas last month. The five-story, $100 million-plus addition to the MGM Grand...
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The Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Staycations Yield to Vegas, Margaritaville: Sure Rebound Signs
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Sen. John McCain during a news conference supporting a pardon for boxer Jack Johnson, shown in stand up photo at right, in this file photo. Behind McCain are referee Richard Steele, left, a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, and Iran Barkley, a former WBB boxing champion.
Harry Reid, Mike Tyson: In the Same Ring for Jack Johnson (Bell)
Harry Reid was a boxer in his time (amateur lightweight). Mike Tyson was a boxer in his days (heavyweight champion). The late Jack Johnson remains a boxing legend. Now the Senate majority leader from Searchlight, Nevada, and the tattooed darling...
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Prince Harry makes early morning checks as he sits on an Apache helicopter at the British controlled flight-line at Camp Bastion on December 12, 2012 in Afghanistan.
Prince Harry Does Jersey Shore
Prince Harry, who has demonstrated that the “what-happens-in-Vegas-stays-in-Vegas” thing doesn’t apply to a buck-naked heir to the British throne, is heading to New Jersey in May for a tour of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. No word on whether the prince, 28,...
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Undocumented Guatemalan immigrants are body searched before boarding a deportation flight to Guatemala City at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona.
Obama: ‘Genuine Desire’ on Immigration
President Barack Obama, calling the proposal for an immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators “very much in line” with his own goals, says he sees “a genuine desire” in Congress to accomplish this soon. “The good news is...
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Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, in July 2011. Photograph by Peter Foley/Bloomberg
Christie’s Vegas Get-Away: Comparing Sandy-Katrina Notes
Chris Christie will head outside of New Jersey tomorrow for the first time since superstorm Sandy ravaged the state last month, with the governor attending a meeting of the Republican Governors Association in Las Vegas. “I’m the vice chair and...
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A "welcome to Las Vegas" sign inside the MGM Resorts International casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Las Vegas, Denver See Most TV Ads in Record Presidential Campaign Run
In Las Vegas, presidential campaign advertising has been as ubiquitous as the gaudy neon on the Strip. A study out today by the Wesleyan Media Project at Wesleyan University found that the presidential campaigns and their allies aired 8,057 ads...
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President Barack Obama jogs up the stairs of the stage as he arrives at a campaign event at Veteran's Memorial Park, on Oct. 18, 2012, in Manchester, N.H.
Obama’s Two-Day `Extravaganza’ — With a Stop at Jay Leno’s
And so begins what President Barack Obama has dubbed the two-day “fly-around, campaign marathon extravaganza.” Obama launched his final sprint to Election Day with an eight-state blitz across the country, stopping for rallies, meet-and-greets with supporters and an appearance on...
Read more »Steve Wynn: What Plays on Sesame Street Stays on PBS
Big Bird has found a new advocate in a place far from Sesame Street: Las Vegas. Casino mogul Steve Wynn promised today to protect the Public Broadcasting Service in a statement in which he supported both PBS programming and one...
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks at an event at the University of New Hampshire October 3, 2012 in Durham, New Hampshire.
Bill Clinton to ‘Moderate Mitt’ — ‘Where Ya Been, Boy?’
Bill Clinton has his own explanation for Mitt Romney’s debate performance. “I had a different reaction to that first debate than a lot of people did,” Clinton told an audience of 2,000 in Las Vegas yesterday. “I thought, ‘Wow, here’s...
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Elvis impersonator Tony Gallardo, left, dances outside a casino along The Strip with tourist Leigh Moorhead of Hampton, Va.
What Obama Practices Around Vegas Won’t Stay in Vegas: Debate Camp
There was a time when presidents and presidential candidates didn’t spend much time in Las Vegas — flying in and out for events like an American Legion or Veterans of Foreign Wars convention — but not spending the night in...
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