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Lochte: Racing prince in Vegas 'the coolest thing'
Team USA's swimming golden boy says it was "the coolest thing" that Britain's Prince Harry challenged him to swim race at a Las Vegas pool party, but ...
Romney in Iowa as Obama greets Las Vegas teachers
President Barack Obama is meeting with teachers at a Las Vegas high school as he promotes his administration's efforts to make higher education more ...
Protesters greet running mate Ryan on Vegas strip
Hundreds of protesters greeted Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan outside Las Vegas' Venetian hotel as the Wisconsin congressman ...
Chimp escapes Las Vegas backyard _ again
A chimpanzee who rampaged through a Las Vegas neighborhood last month made a second escape from her backyard enclosure this weekend, but her caretaker ...
Chimp escapes Las Vegas backyard - again
Police say a chimpanzee who rampaged through a Las Vegas neighborhood last month made a second escape from her backyard enclosure. The Las Vegas Sun ...
Outdoor industry attempts to flex political clout
The outdoor recreation industry is flexing its economic muscle — some $640 billion spent annually by Americans on gear, travel and services — to push ...
Billboard with dummy on noose shocks Vegas drivers
Even by Las Vegas standards, it was a shocking billboard: A mannequin dangling on a hangman's noose below a black sign with the ominous words "Dying ...
Nevada a test ground for campaign economic themes
Look no further than the epicenter of the nation's housing worries — where "for sale" signs dot neighborhoods just off the glittering Las Vegas Strip ...
Conn. tribal gambling company expands into NJ
The tribe that owns the Mohegan Sun casino extended its reach in the East on Tuesday by taking over operations of Atlantic City's oldest casino, ...
Tim McGraw, Faith Hill announce Las Vegas shows
Country music power couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are heading to Las Vegas. They will be performing a 10-weekend run of shows at The Venetian ...
MGM posts loss, but revenue leaps on hotel, casino
MGM Resorts International on Tuesday posted a second-quarter loss double what Wall Street forecast, but that didn't rattle investors. They focused ...
Biden vows to protect care for veterans
Seeking to allay concern about looming cuts to defense spending, Vice President Joe Biden told veterans Saturday that their benefits will be ...
Obama, Romney see what they want in jobs report
Sputtering along, the economy is offering some hope but no illuminating help to voters who are mired in a weak jobs recovery and flooded with familiar ...
Romney: 'I have paid taxes every year'
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared Friday that he has "paid taxes every year — and a lot of taxes" as he rejected an anonymous ...
Romney calls for 1-year delay on spending cuts
Mitt Romney says Congress and the president should delay looming cuts in military and domestic spending for at least one year. The Republican ...
Romney: Jobs report 'hammer blow' to middle-class
Mitt Romney says the latest unemployment uptick is "another hammer blow to the struggling middle-class families of America." The Labor Department said ...
Mayweather released from Vegas jail after 2 months
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from a Las Vegas jail early Friday after serving two months of a three-month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic ...
Mayweather due for Friday release from Vegas jail
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due for release from a Las Vegas jail by the weekend after serving two months in a domestic battery case. Records show the ...
Obama, Romney neck and neck in vice-is-nice Nevada
They're called "the cooler crowd," and Las Vegas is greeting them with ambivalence: A stream of post-recession tourists ready for fun but watching ...
APNewsBreak: Vegas DUI case led to German fugitive
A fingerprint match in a Las Vegas-area drunken driving case led U.S. authorities to a German fugitive in a $100 million international fraud scheme ...
4 window washers rescued at Las Vegas Strip hotel
Four window washers were rescued by firefighters Wednesday after they were stranded for several hours outside the 35th floor of a Las Vegas Strip ...
California still dominates foreclosure scene
California is still dominating the foreclosure scene. California cities made up seven of the top 10 metro areas with the highest rates of new ...
Charities help pets when foreclosure victims can't
Carla Waller believes in promises. She was married for 37 years, held one job for 35 and never adopted a pet she didn't keep for life. Until now.
US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid ...
New Blue Man Group show opening at Vegas resort
A new version of the popular Blue Man Group show is opening on the Las Vegas Strip this fall as another one ends its run at The Venetian. Blue Man ...