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  21-year-old Wins the WSOP Main Event

  By Marc Hertz | Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:21 PM ET

  you unaware of the phenomenon that is the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, it's the culmination of more than a month of poker tournaments in Las Vegas. There are 57 events over the course of 50 days, with each winner taking home a bracelet along with quite a bit of coin. The Main Event i Read More

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  World Monopoly Championship Crowns a Winner

  By Sarah Parsons | Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:32 PM ET

  the total amount of money in every Monopoly game's bank.This particular World Monopoly Championship was held at Caesar's Palace hotel and casino in Las Vegas. The two-day competition began on Wednesday, Oct.21st. Even though the tournament's competitors traveled from 41 different countries, th Read More

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  Mars Looks a Lot Like Las Vegas

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:34 PM ET

  world we would want to spend many billions of dollars sending astronauts there.We could save a lot of money by sending them to the badlands outside Las Vegas. Isn't that a casino and a 7-11 in the background?This image was taken on Spirit's "2,052nd Martian day," according to NASA, not tha Read More

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  A View to a Kill(er)

  By David Jenison | Thu Oct 1, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  fans, which are at least exciting for the people who participated in them.For more information, visit the band's website.Image by Tore Read More

  More like this in: London, Film, The Killers, Royal Albert Hall, Entertainment, Music
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  Take Heart - Even Wax Figures Age and Fail

  By Kirk Bromley | Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:00 PM ET

  wax figures" somewhere, full of botched Joe Namaths and gnarly Tina Turners. Renderings that cause a celebrity to say something quite counter to Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman's reaction to being goopily mimed: “It’s awesome to be a part of Las Vegas history and to be enshrined with Fran Read More

  More like this in: Times Square, Bette Midler, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Madame Tussaud's, Tina Turner, Life & Style, Celebrity, Culture
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  How Much Is That Dino in the Window?

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:27 PM ET

  species with its sharp teeth and strong jaw.Whoever bids on this beast will also have to crush the competition. Photo courtesy of Wikimedi Read More

  More like this in: Associated Press, South Dakota, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Tom Lindgren, World, Science, Life Sciences
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  Catching Some Zs

  By David Jenison | Fri Sep 4, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  of America's best DJ. The competition, sponsored by DJ Times Magazine and Pioneer Pro DJ, will celebrate the win next week at the ABDJ Awards in Las Vegas. The L.A.-based scratcher will receive a gold-plated Pioneer mixer at the Sept. 12 press event at The Palms Hotel and Casino and the Read More

  More like this in: Eminem, Music, Hollywood, Hip-Hop, Rolling Stone, The Rolling Stones, Moby, Rolling Stones, Paul Oakenfold, Palms Hotel, Steve Porter
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  Hotel Stays for Service

  By David Jenison | Tue Sep 1, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  the Courtyard in Monrovia and San Diego in California, The Hilton Garden Inn and JW Marriott in Denver, Sheraton Chicago NW, the Fairfield Inn Las Vegas and dozens more. There are also several more hotels, like the Courtyard Los Angeles and Chicago's Essex Inn, offering 50 percent off th Read More

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  Paging Dr. Spirtos... To the Closet

  By Lisa Germinsky | Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:02 PM ET

  out of options, until Dr. Nick Spirtos came along.The oncologist is spearheading a pro bono treatment center – in a converted storage space in a Las Vegas medical center. He's also managed to get the generous people of Clark County to pay for the chemo drugs, which can run as high as $10,00 Read More

  More like this in: Health, Cancer, fundraising, insurance, Chemotherapy, Healthcare, Health Insurance, Toys R Us
• Greening Sin City

  By Ben Corbett | Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:00 AM ET

  green. Last week, MGM Mirage and Dubai World unveiled their joint venture, CityCenter, an $8.5 billion, 67-acre "city within a city," located on the Las Vegas Strip between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo resorts. CityCenter's developers plan to roll out featured sustainability designs of the urba Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Sustainability, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Living, Landscaping, MGM Mirage, National Clean Energy Summit