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Casino offers refunds on Seattle-Green Bay game
A Las Vegas casino took an unusual step Wednesday and offered refunds to gamblers who lost money when the Seattle Seahawks beat the Green Bay Packers ...
Mayweather, Pacquiao settling defamation case
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are settling a federal defamation case in Las Vegas, clearing a key hurdle to a long-awaited bout between two ...
Vegas books: $300M+ changed hands with NFL call
Las Vegas oddsmakers say $300 million or more changed hands worldwide on a controversial referee call that decided the Monday Night Football game ...
Romney campaign trails in crucial ground game
Richard and Jessi Constantine were alone recently as they wheeled their 1-year-old son in a stroller around a Las Vegas subdivision, knocking on doors ...
NFL replacement officials affecting Vegas bets
Las Vegas casinos think this weekend's NFL games will be the highest-scoring ever thanks to the league's replacement officials. Oddsmakers say casinos ...
Mayweather told to pay $114,000 in Pacquiao case
A federal judge has ordered boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to pay about $114,000 for avoiding questioning from rival fighter Manny Pacquiao's lawyers in ...
Martinez dominates to win title from Chavez Jr.
For 11 rounds, Sergio Martinez did everything he wanted, including giving Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. the beating he promised. Then came a wild 12th round ...
Vegas bus stop crash kills 4, injures 8
A car went out of control near a Las Vegas intersection and rolled as it slammed into a bus stop, killing four pedestrians and injuring several other ...
Pacquiao fight with Marquez almost set
Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring Dec. 8, almost surely in a fourth fight against Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez. Promoter Bob Arum said final ...
Intense systems of thunderstorm soak Southwest
Wild summer thunderstorms slammed parts of the Southwest, stranding residents in Navajo Nation in their homes in northern Arizona and leaving an ...
Storms cause flooding in Nev., Southern Calif.
Intense thunderstorms drenched parts of the Southwest on Tuesday, delaying flights and stranding motorists in the Las Vegas area and flooding two ...
Jury awards casino mogul $20M in slander case
A jury on Monday awarded casino mogul Steve Wynn $20 million in his slander case against "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis, who claimed the ...
Las Vegas tries to clean up X-rated litter
Some tourists try to dissuade them by directing icy glares their way. Others stare, zombie-like, into the Las Vegas Strip's ubiquitous video screens ...
Madrid chosen for EuroVegas gambling resort
The decision by Las Vegas Sands to choose Madrid for a big "EuroVegas" casino project was welcomed by city officials Saturday, but potential obstacles ...
Sands picks Madrid for 'EuroVegas' project
Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. has chosen Madrid over Barcelona for a multi-billion dollar gambling resort project dubbed "EuroVegas." The Spanish ...
Quincy Jones denies casino mogul made threats
Music mogul Quincy Jones testified Thursday that he never told "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis that casino mogul Steve Wynn had threatened to ...
Taped MDA fundraiser set for 3 hours on Sunday
No tote board. No Jerry Lewis. And not from Las Vegas. An annual Muscular Dystrophy Association television fundraiser goes a new way Sunday, with a ...
Mediator assigned to help in 'Pacman' Jones case
The Nevada Supreme Court is enlisting a mediator in an attempt to resolve a former Las Vegas strip club doorman's renewed effort to collect damages ...
Las Vegas burlesque star Holly Madison pregnant
Holly Madison, the blonde burlesque performer who worked at Playboy and on reality TV before starring in a Las Vegas Strip show, says she'll be adding ...
US home prices show consistent 12-month gains
U.S. home prices are finally starting to increase consistently. A gauge of national home prices rose in June compared with the same month last year, ...
Mayweather associate gets prison in Vegas shooting
An associate of Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced Tuesday to two to five years in prison for shooting at two men in a car after they argued with the ...
NTSB: Trim tab failure caused 2011 Reno race crash
The World War II-era P-51 Mustang hurtled over the race course in Nevada at more than 500 mph, its skin wrinkling and canopy separating from the sheer ...
Nevada teen missing after Southwest flooding
A teen was swept away in a drainage wash in the Las Vegas area and remained missing, and two people were rescued from a van stranded in high water in ...
Executor is cool under Jackson family pressure
While family members squabble in public over Michael Jackson's money, the man who holds the purse strings of the estate is a calm center of the storm.