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Wynn Resorts sees 3Q profit in Las Vegas down

Oct. 13, 2008
Wynn Resorts Ltd. said it expects earnings in the third quarter at its Las Vegas properties will be down from the same period last year, and the division could post a loss as big as $2 million, the casino operator said Monday. That decline will be offset,...
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LAS VEGAS, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Illusionist Roy Horn said he was determined not to disappoint Las Vegas stargazers by skipping this year's Great Santa Run.

Report: Adelson's Freedom's Watch closing

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The conservative activist group Freedom's Watch may be on the verge of shutting its doors, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday.

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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Hip-hop icon Suge Knight has been charged with battery in an alleged incident involving his girlfriend in Las Vegas.

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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Las Vegas police allege an armed man went on a bizarre crime spree in which he attempted to kidnap children, ultimately killing himself when cornered.

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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A future hotel-casino on the Las Vegas main strip may be modeled after the adult men's magazine Penthouse, the publication's head officer says.
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Madame Tussauds renders Efron in wax

Madame Tussauds renders Efron in wax

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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A woman believed to be a friend of the family has been arrested in connection with the abduction of a 6-year-old Las Vegas boy, authorities say.

Kidnapped boy found in Las Vegas

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Amber Alert ended for missing boy

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Governor sued over alleged sex assault try

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A former Las Vegas cocktail waitress has sued Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, claiming that he tried to rape her in a parking garage and arranged a coverup.

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler