The changing face and fortunes of Las Vegas
The recent unveiling of a heralded new landmark on the Las Vegas Strip was quintessential Vegas. The 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena opened with a performance by the American rock band, The Killers, and...
View ArticleBooks about Las Vegas: readers' picks
Winning in Las Vegas makes a good story, but losing sometimes makes an even better one. Here are our readers’ favourite books about Sin City...
View ArticleJeffrey Sachs on the Future of Economic Development
Photo Credit: Katarina Price Photography “Conversations with Tyler” is a new event series in which Tyler Cowen hosts thought leaders from across the spectrum — economists, entrepreneurs, authors and...
View ArticleVegas Uncork'd by Bon Appetit Features the World's Finest Epicurean Talent...
(Source: LVCVA - Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority) LAS VEGAS - Recognized as one of the country's top food, wine and spirits festivals, Vegas Uncork'd by Bon Appétit returns April 27-30,...
View ArticleWynn Resorts, Limited's (WYNN) CEO Steve Wynn on Q3 2016 Results - Earnings...
Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) Q3 2016 Results Earnings Conference Call November 02, 2016, 04:30 PM ET Executives Steve Cootey - Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Treasurer Steve...
View ArticleMovies: ‘The Bye Bye Man’, ‘Elle’, ‘Live by Night’
OPENING FRIDAY “The Bye Bye Man” “Elle” “Live by Night” “Monster Trucks” “Patriots Day” “Sleepless” Not reviewed Jamie Foxx stars as an undercover police officer in Las Vegas who battles corrupt...
View ArticleThe celluloid legacy of Las Vegas, NM
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Romaine Fielding, the original auteur, came here to test the boundaries of an emerging medium. Tom Mix, the original cowboy, established an American archetype that would endure...
View ArticleSurvivors of the carnage in Paris: What they saw, what they felt, and what...
Paris (CNN)One woman curled into a fetal position and held her breath as bullets flew. Another took the hand of a stranger dying in a pool of blood. A man pulled a blanket up to warm a young girl's...
View Article'The life of all flesh is the blood'
Discover David Rives’ “The Heavens Declare the Glory of God” on DVD from the WND SuperStore! Published: 1 min ago ... Comments Note: Read our discussion guidelines before commenting. David Rives About...
View ArticleSecede to Succeed
Marcus Ruiz Evans is author of California’s Next Century 2.0: Economic Renaissance, a leader of the YesCalifornia campaign for independence, and has lived throughout California including in LA, the Bay...
View ArticleProcter & Gamble's (PG) CEO David Taylor Hosts Analyst Day Meeting 2016...
Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) Analyst Day Meeting 016 November 18, 2016 08:30 AM ET Executives David Taylor - Chief Executive Officer Jon Moeller - Chief Financial Officer Yannis Skoufalos -...
View ArticleIs America Any Safer?
Fifteen years ago this September 11, 19 terrorists, using four jetliners as guided missiles, killed 2,977 people—and enveloped the country in fear. It was the first sustained attack on American soil...
View ArticleReview: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 2DS
Pokemon X and Y. Image © Nintendo Lace up your roller skates and turn your hat backwards; it’s time to go out on another Pokemon adventure. Pokemon X and Y for the Nintendo 3DS continues the wildly...
View ArticlePress Releases: Remarks at India Institute of Technology Delhi (US Department...
(Source: US Department of State) SECRETARY KERRY: Swati, good morning. Thank you very, very much. Thank you very - you guys all deserve an award for being able to get here today. (Laughter.) I don't...
View ArticleFree Comic Book Day 2016: Even Archie Has Something New To Say
i Legendary Batman Writer Scott Snyder signs autographs for DC Comics' Free Comic Book Day Special Issue at Fourth World Comics in 2015 in Smithtown, New York. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for DC...
View ArticleHas Dak been in town long enough to qualify as Texan of the Year?
With the Dallas Cowboys boasting a string of victories not seen around these parts since 1977, it's no surprise that QB Dak Prescott received more than a few votes among this week's nominations for the...
View ArticleLas Vegas residents seem happy to get NHL team
Jason Zucker learned how to play hockey in a casino. Growing up in Las Vegas, the Minnesota Wild forward would drive to a rink located about 20 minutes off the popular strip where you have to walk past...
View ArticleA long weekend in... Las Vegas
Rex Features Entertainment / Travel A long weekend in... Las Vegas By Max Williams 04 November 15 "If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time." - Tony Curtis Las Vegas. Sin City....
View ArticleLas Vegas ghost towns — where boom went bust
Here, in the desert, nothing moves. Nothing but the dust in the wind. Oh, and maybe the occasional lizard, like a little guy doing push-ups on a rock in the shade of a mesquite bush. Lizards, and...
View ArticleJORDAN YOUNG, 37, from Syosset
(Credit: Jordan Young) THE GIG He is a television writer-producer. HIS STORY Young, who graduated from Manhattan's School of Visual Arts, worked as an animator on "The Simpsons" for three years. "I...
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