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NHTSA: Ford's Chinese Tire Troubles; Kerkorian Selling Ford; Unsafe Knock-Offs; Americans Driving Less

Steve Parker | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Lincoln MKX, Taiwan, Chrysler, Ford Mustang, Cars, China, 2008 Beijing Olympics, China Products, Mercury Grand Marquis, Daimler, Los Angeles Auto Show, Specialty Equipment Market Association, Chinese Exports, Munich, Nhtsa, Ford Focus, Nbc, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Toyota, Gm, Ford F-150, Shanghai Baolong Automotive, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cerberus, Las Vegas, Ford Motor Co, Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, Ford Escape, Kirk Kerkorian, Big Willie Robinson, Ford Fusion, Harry Reid, Ford Edge, Taiwanese, Sema, Automechanika, Frankfurt, Business News

There's good news, bad news and -- finally -- some smart, encouraging news by and for American drivers.

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Smells Like Republican Schadenfreude

Kamala Lopez | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, John McCain, Actors, Election Fraud, Latino Voters, Latino, Breaking Politics News, Obama, Voting With the Stars, Las Vegas, Hispanic, Democrat, Barack Obama, Republican, Independent, Voter Fraud, Politics News

I feel very very ashamed of what we, as Americans, have come to accept as "all's fair" in this craven fight to win.

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Early Voting Begins In Las Vegas

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, Nevada, John McCain, Early Voting, Battle for the West, March, Republicans, Democrats, Barack Obama, Las Vegas, Voting, Home News

LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- In the shadow of a statue honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., members of the majority African-American West Las Vegas community stage...

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Battle For The West: The ACORN Raid and Obama's 'Thug Thizzle'

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Nevada, Acorn, Battle for the West, Voter Registration, Raid, Voter Fraud, Barack Obama, Las Vegas, Thug Thizzle, Home News

(AP photo) Nevada authorities raided the Las Vegas offices of a group registering voters in low income communities seeking evidence of voter registr...

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Banana Peels

Jan Herman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Photography, 9/11, Newspapers, Banana Republic, Headlines, Las Vegas, Terrorism, Media News

The excuse for running the photo was an FAA warning that the city's building boom could complicate Southern Nevada flight traffic 10 years from now. Uh-huh...

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The McCain Gambling Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gambling, Lobbyist, Craps, John McCain, Las Vegas, Politics News

Two really quick thoughts on the NYT article about McCain and gambling. (1) Wes Gullett, one of the key lobbyists in the article, is an old gambling b...

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Battle For The West: NV Feeling Blue

Ryan Rivera | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Battle for the West, Latino Vote, Voter Turnout, Nevada Republican Party, Nevada Democrat Results, Nevada Registration, Las Vegas, Barack Obama, North Korea, Home News

In Nevada, Bush bested Kerry by 21,000 votes in 2004, when Republicans held a 5,000 voter advantage in registrations. Today, Democrats command a 76,000 lead in registered voters.

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OJ Simpson's Attorney Speaks Out

Graham Bensinger | Posted 10.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Football, Trial, Conversation, Prison, OJ Simpson, Nfl, Yale Galanter, Interview, Las Vegas, Alfred Beardsley, Bruce Fromong, Radio, Tom Riccio, Court, Tmz, Murderer, OJ Simpson Robbery, OJ Simpson Jail, OJ Simpson Trial, Entertainment News

OJ Simpson is standing trial after being charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, robbery, assault, and kidnapping with a deadly weapon. Simpson's Attorney Yale Galanter spoke exclusively with me.

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OJ Simpson's Baggage

Diane Dimond | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Diane Dimond, Nicole Brown Simpson, Throat Slashing Murder, Never Saw So Much Blood in My Life, o.j. Simpson Trial, Ron Goldman, Las Vegas, Audio Tape Evidence, Justice, OJ Simpson Trial, Media News

The shoulder-shrug position will be that Simpson's celebrity attracts trouble, not the other way around.

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Reversing Churchill's Blunder

Carl Pope | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Clean Energy, T Boone Pickens, Al Gore, National Clean Energy Summit, Las Vegas, Michael Bloomberg, Green News

It's getting hard to follow the proposals for a clean energy future without a scorecard, so here's my summary of the big ideas I've heard brought to the table.

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National Clean Energy Summit: Business Leaders Encourage Cheap, Renewable Energy

AP | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green

Read More: National Clean Energy Summit, Bill Clinton, Clean Energy Summit, Las Vegas Energy Summit, Environment, Green News, Green, Bill Clinton 10-Point Energy Plan, T.Boone Pickens, Bill Clinton Energy Speech, Pickens Plan, Las Vegas, Green News

Las Vegas: Representatives from Google Inc. and General Electric Co. said Tuesday that widespread use of renewable energy in United States would be po...

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The (Lounge) Lizard King: Happy Birthday, Buddy Greco

Tony Sachs | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment

Buddy Greco's been counted out more times than a punch-drunk boxer, and he bounces back every time. And even in 2008, he's still one of the best jazz pianists around, and a hell of a singer, too.

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Las Vegas Green Guide: Sin City Cleans Its Act

Planet Green | Sean Fisher | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Clean Tech, Las Vegas, Clean Technology, Las Vegas Green, Green Energy, Vegas Green, Sin City Green, Green News

There was a time, not too long ago, when the only thing green about Vegas was the Emerald City-themed MGM Grand. Now, however, the city is going throu...

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Street Racing Kills -- Help Me Stop It

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: LA Times, Green Beret, San Diego, Nitrous Oxide, Bloods, Santa Monica, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Rodney King, Lapd, Otis Chandler, Mayor Tom Bradley, Phoenix, Long Beach Grand Prix, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hulk Hogan, LA County Sheriff, Nbc, Maryland, National Hot Rod Association, Christmas Trees, Illegal Street Racing, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Crenshaw Boulevard, Orange County, Environment, Big Willie Robinson, Vietnam, Crips, Brotherhood Raceway, Mustang, Ventura, Whipnotic, Nhra, Living News

San Diego counts so many bodies and seriously injured people from street racing they say it is at "epidemic" levels and is a public health problem.

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Top Poker Pros Talk Poker Strategy and Politics

Caroline Presno | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Mizrachi, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Michael Mizrachi, Politics, Barney Frank, Jennifer Harman, World Series of Poker Winner, Libertarian Party, Marco Traniello, Las Vegas, Vanessa Rousso, Poker, Barack Obama, Eric Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, World Series of Poker, Chad Brown, Internet Gambling Ban, Richard Nixon, Alfonse D'Amoto, Hillary Clinton, Daniel Negreanu, World Series of Poker 2008, Jamie Gold, Politics News

The majority of poker pros I interviewed believe Obama's got "the nuts"-- meaning he's holding a better hand than McCain.

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Artificially Low Interest Rates, Pre- and Post-9/11

Max Keiser | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Las Vegas, Fannie Mae, US Economy, Credit Crunch, Fannie Mae Loss, Economy, Business News

The rogue ship I mentioned four years ago, Fannie Mae, has finally capsized and the results are seeping into inflationary expectations for the dollar (bad) and gold (good).

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John McCain's Gambling Problem -- and Ours?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gambling, 2008 Campaign, John McCain, Las Vegas, John McCain Gambling, Politics News

Only recently have McCain's aides urged him to pull back from the pastime. They stopped him from playing craps in Vegas last spring, fearing a public relations disaster.

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The New Workers Uniting Union Means Global Solidarity

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Uk, Multinational Corporations, Titanium Metals Corp., Economy, Alcoa, Workers Uniting, International Paper, Amicus Section, China, Georgia Pacific, Dick Cheney, Kimberly Clark, Unite the Union, Don Imus, Derek Simpson, Ireland, Dubai, Corporate Globalization, Halliburton, United Steelworkers, Justice Department, Las Vegas, Kuwait, Ceo, Global Union, Securities and Exchange Commission, Alcan, Timet, Pilkington, Rexam, Kbr, Business News

Global corporations have set up a situation in which they are herding workers in a stampede to the bottom. So we created the first global union to face off unregulated multinational corporations.

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Disneyland-Las Vegas Levitating Train Just $12B Away

BloggingStocks.com | Tom Barlow | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Train From Disneyland to Las Vegas, Levitating Train, Monorail, Las Vegas, High-Tech Train, High-Speed Train, Disneyland, High Speed Rail, Business News

File this under Only in America; the recently-passed national transportation bill includes $42 million to fund further research on a proposed Anaheim ...

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My Spiritual Journey...To Vegas

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 06.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Thrillist Jet Vegas, My Spiritual Journey, Thrillist JetVegas, Thrillist Party Las Vegas, Thrillist Las Vegas, Las Vegas, 36 Hours in Vegas, Mirage, Jetblue, 40 Years in the Desert, Spirit and the City, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Living News

So, I don't know if you heard (because I'm kind of a big deal), but I went to Vegas this past weekend. Yup, somehow, through some strange rip in the f...

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Kevin Federline Named Father Of The Year By Vegas Nightclub

Us | Posted 06.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Brithey Spears, Kevin Federline, Mark Vincent Kaplan, Las Vegas, Prive, Entertainment News

Kevin Federling has been named Father of the Year by Las Vegas club Prive. "I'm surprised," Federline said when asked how it felt to win the title. ...

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Trouble In Vegas: Owner Of Tropicana Files For Chapter 11

AP | WAYNE PARRY | Posted 05.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Tropicana Casinos, Las Vegas, Business News

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The owner of Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, nearly five ...

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MGM Mirage Cuts 440 Jobs

Reuters | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

Read More: MGM Mirage, Unemployment, Las Vegas Casinos, Job Cuts, MGM Job Cuts, Las Vegas, Mgm, Business News

Las Vegas casino operator MGM Mirage has said it is cutting 440 jobs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, signaling the effect of a slowing e...

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Casino Billionaire Wins Libel Damages After Being Called "Cut-Throat, Ruthless and Despicable"

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Daily Mail Libel, Forbes Richest Man, Las Vegas Sands, Sheldon Adelson, World's Richest Men, Daily Mail, Dail Mail Lawsuit, Sheldon Adelson Libel Suit, Las Vegas, London High Court, Business News

American casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson won damages in London's High Court Wednesday after a newspaper accused him of "cut-throat, ruthless and de...

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Conservative Watchdog Group Files Complaint Over Nudity On NBC's "Las Vegas"

Hollywood Reporter | James Hibberd | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Las Vegas Nudity, NBC Las Vegas, Las Vegas Naked, Las Vegas Naked Women, Josh Duhamel Naked, Parents Television Council, Las Vegas, Josh Duhamel, Las Vegas Nude, Naked Women, Media News

On the heels of the FCC attempting to fine ABC affiliates for airing a shot of naked buttocks (which, incidentally, CNN aired by accident during the S...

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