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WASHINGTON — In what could be one of the hardest blows to the al-Qaida crime family since they muscled their way to the top of the gaming industry, the group’s No. 3, Moe “Mustafa Abu al-Yazid” Greene, is believed to be dead, killed by a rival Las Vegas faction, an attorney with the U.S, Anti-Crime […]
LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT
is the new tourism and business slogan.
Sadly, it sounds somewhat stilted–despite the intended meaning.
One would have expected to have found the slogan in the last century.
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While there are complaints about its meaning,
there are other, more problematic slogans.
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Images:(Buster Brown) via memoriesandnostalgia.com; (explosion) rosscairn.gnn.tv via blog.wired.com; (Ragnar) fearthegooberzilla.com via gooberzilla.wordpress.com (Missouri) […]
October 9, 2008
States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal
By IAN URBINA
Tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law, according to a review of state records and Social Security data by The […]
Sun Jul 13, 11:09 PM ET
SALT LAKE CITY - The creator of a calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated Sunday after a disciplinary meeting with local church leaders in Las Vegas.
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That Provo hair-do should count for something.
I substituted Brigham Young’s face
for that of the original model
in case his appearance
would slow the pace of […]
Where do they put all of those patients?
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Image: Original Photo c. Lee Bennett, Jr./ATPM.com
More Nevada Surgery Clinics to Be Cited
March 8, 2008
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY – 12 hours ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A statewide inspection of outpatient surgery centers like the one believed to have spread hepatitis C to its patients has uncovered dangerous practices at four other clinics, a health official said Friday.
The state swore to quickly inspect […]
January 19, 2008
New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist
Fear and Voting in Las Vegas
By GAIL COLLINS
LAS VEGAS
Today, Nevadans go to the polls to take part in their presidential caucuses, a political tradition so historic that nobody had ever heard of it before.
As a headline in The Las Vegas Review-Journal understated: “Format creates state of confusion.”
You will remember these […]
Marc Cooper
The Huffington Post
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Bill Clinton Ignites Ruckus Inside Casino Caucus
January 19, 2008 06:05 PM
Las Vegas, NV - Just minutes before local voters entered one of the controversial casino-based caucus sites at the Mirage resort Saturday morning, former president Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to personally lobby voters on behalf of his wife and to […]
Upset Over Canceled Fox Debate, Kondracke Attacks ‘Left-Wing Liberals’ As ‘Junior-Grade Stalinists’
On Saturday night’s episode of Fox News’ Beltway Boys, co-host Mort Kondracke blasted the decision by the Nevada Democratic Party to pull out of a Fox News-sponsored presidential debate.
O’Reilly Compares Nevada Debate Opponents To Nazis
Tonight, Bill O’Reilly attacked the “radical movement” that […]
It seems as if the Nevada Highway Patrol caught the fugitive from the FBI’s TEN MOST WANTED list. I wonder if any of W’s faith-based federal funds had helped these folks and their prophet.
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