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Prime suspect sought in Las Vegas shooting, crash
Police are seeking a 26-year-old man as the prime suspect in last week's pre-dawn shooting and crash on the Las Vegas Strip that killed three people ...
26-year-old man named as suspect in Vegas shooting
The black SUV used as a getaway car in a pre-dawn shooting and crash that killed an aspiring rapper in a Maserati and two people in a taxi on the Las ...
Las Vegas seen as dangerous even as crime drops
Variously known as an adult playground and Disneyland for grown-ups, Las Vegas brands itself as a place where tourists can enjoy a sense of edginess ...
Rapper, cabbie meet violent end together in Vegas
Kenny Cherry was an aspiring rapper who moved from the Bay Area to Las Vegas to pursue his career. His music videos online show him cruising the Strip ...
Cirque gives clues to Vegas Michael Jackson show
Las Vegas is combining its love of mega pop-stars and over-the-top theatrics for a new Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil show opening this summer.
Police: Hotel altercation sparked Vegas shooting
Bullets were flying from a black Range Rover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light on the Las Vegas Strip. Beneath the neon ...
Correction: LAPD-Revenge Killings-The Ruins story
In a story Feb. 16 about the manhunt for former Los Angeles Police Officer Christopher Dorner, The Associated Press reported erroneously that section ...
Miss America returning to roots in Atlantic City
Miss America, Atlantic City's prodigal pageant, is coming home, and the spectacle that became synonymous with the New Jersey seaside resort is being ...
As others pull back, Vegas amps up gun promotions
One Las Vegas shooting range was selling "take a shot at love" packages that include 50 submachine gun rounds. Another offered wedding packages in ...
Correction: Prisoner Escape-Texas story
In a Feb. 12 story about the escape near Dallas of a prisoner being transferred from Florida to Nevada, The Associated Press erroneously reported that ...
Tyson hopes to show Indy his new personality
Mike Tyson the entertainer is coming back to the city that put him in prison. The boxer once dubbed as the "Baddest Man on the Planet" is settling ...
Vegas casino seeking Britney Spears residency
After weeks of speculation, Caesars Entertainment is confirming that it's trying to lure Britney Spears to Las Vegas for a recurring gig at the Planet ...
In Vegas, Abrams gives few hints about 'Star Wars'
A newly announced "Star Wars" sequel was on everyone's mind when J.J. Abrams took the stage Wednesday at a Las Vegas video game conference, but he ...
SUPER BOWL WATCH: Super indeed, Baltimore's joy
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...
Obama on immigration overhaul: 'Now is the time'
Declaring "now is the time" to fix the nation's broken immigration system, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined broad proposals for putting ...
Mayer's 'Rigoletto,' set in Vegas, opens at Met
For all the bright lights and razzle-dazzle of the Las Vegas locale, the most illuminating stretches in Michael Mayer's showy new production of ...
MBAs play poker in Vegas to win job at Caesars
Forget the firm handshake and networking chit chat. Business students who want a job at Caesars Entertainment need to work on their poker faces.
New events center coming to Las Vegas Strip
The Las Vegas Strip is already home to casinos that mimic the canals of Venice and the skyscrapers of Manhattan. Now Sin City is getting an events ...
Sin City Duke: Met moves 'Rigoletto' to Las Vegas
Diana Damrau recalled when she learned the Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Rigoletto" would be set in the glitzy Rat Pack-era Las Vegas of ...
Vegas officer, wife and son dead in murder-suicide
A Las Vegas police lieutenant, his wife and son are dead after an apparent double murder, suicide and arson at their home in Boulder City, authorities ...
Space station to get $18 million balloon-like room
NASA is partnering with a commercial space company in a bid to replace the cumbersome "metal cans" that now serve as astronauts' homes in space with ...
Vegas woman who couldn't stop growing dies at 34
As a teenager growing up in Las Vegas, Tanya Angus strutted along fashion runways. She was 5 feet 8 inches tall. But at the time of her death Monday, ...
Gun group chief says industry didn't cause Newtown
A trade show expected to draw tens of thousands of gun enthusiasts and manufacturers opened Tuesday on the Las Vegas Strip with the head of an ...