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4 hrs ago | Hotel Interactive

Aston Hotels & Resorts Announces New Hires

Aston Hotels & Resorts is proud to announce the following additions to its team: Michael Markarians has been named Aston's regional director of sales for corporate, government and group travel.

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Hawaii Travel, us Travel, THQ, Video Games, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Kaanapali, HI

8 hrs ago | Local 15

Criss Angel axes second death-defying stunt

Illusionist Criss Angel arrives at the 2011 NHL Awards at the Palms Casino Resort June 22, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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12 hrs ago | RV Business

RVDA Touting 'Vendor Training +plus' Benefits

Industry suppliers are encouraged to take advantage of a new way to reach RV dealership staff for extended product and service training through Vendor Training +plus . According to a press release, the day-and-a-half-long program will be launched at the 2013 RV Dealers International Convention/Expo, Sept.

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17 hrs ago | Dansville-Genesee Country Expres

Morning Minutes: May 23

$250,000: Amount the Primm Valley Resort and Casino in Las Vegas paid in 1988 for the stolen Ford Deluxe Bonnie and Clyde were shot in.

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21 hrs ago | WNDY-TV Indianapolis

Charismatic Las Vegas moba

Oscar Goodman ran Las Vegas for 12 years with a showgirl on his arm and a martini in his fist.

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Wed May 22, 2013

WJZW-FM Washington

Second Annual Rock'n'Blues Fest Tour to Feature Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Ten Years After & More

The Edgar Winter Band and Rick Derringer will return to take part in the second annual edition of the Rock'N'Blues Fest tour, which will feature a variety of veteran artists who showcase the merger of rock 'n' roll and the blues.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Ten Years After, Rock-N-Roll, More, Blues, Canned Heat, Las Vegas, NV, THQ, Video Games, Alvin Lee

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Daily iPhone App: Las Vegas! brings Ravensburger's dice game to the iPad

Las Vegas! is a popular dice game that Ravensburger put together last year. It's not exactly the most complicated board game on the block , but it's fun for families especially, and provides a nice relatively casual mix of luck and skill.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Ipad, Video Games, THQ

CBS News

Former Miss America might challenge McConnell

Miss America 2000 Heather French Henry is introduced at the 2010 Miss America Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino January 30, 2010 in Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: THQ, Video Games, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Kentucky

WBUR-AM Boston

Mass. Audio Geeks Bring Bumpin' Speakers To Vegas Dance Clubs

This weekend, a swanky new dance club opens at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, but the bumpin' high-end speakers there were made by a bunch of low-key audio geeks in a quiet Massachusetts town.

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, THQ, Las Vegas Travel, Video Games, Inventions, Science / Technology

Tue May 21, 2013

The Standard

Asia's largest gaming expo in Macau

Casino industry leaders met in the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau on Tuesday for the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day fair of gambling innovations at the glitzy Venetian Macau hotel.

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The Las Vegas Sun

Terrible's Casino to be renamed Silver Sevens

Terrible's Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is changing its name and getting rid of its famous cowboy sign.

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National Ledger

Vonn, Tiger Poker Tourney - Woods and Girlfriend Lindsey at $10K Buy In Charity Event

Tiger Woods and new girlfriend Lindsey Vonn looked to be having a great time at a recent charity poker tournament.

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Myrtle Beach Online

Charismatic Las Vegas mob lawyer mayor pens memoir

A former mob lawyer, he promoted his city and himself with antics that lent credibility to his self-given title of "Happiest mayor in the universe." Now, two years into a semi-retirement, Goodman has written a memoir about his career representing figures out of Martin Scorsese films, his three terms in office and his continuing role as Sin City's ... (more)

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Mon May 20, 2013

ESPN

Geale to make middleweight defense in U.S.

Middleweight titlist Daniel Geale, the No. 1 active fighter in Australia, will come stateside to make his fifth defense when he faces England's Darren Barker on Aug.

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Related Topix: Verona, NY, Video Games, THQ

CSP

NATO Show 2013 Recap

NATO is calling the 12th Anniversary & Trade Show held at the Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, the organization's, "best show yet." With more than 100,000 stores represented and nearly 400 booths on the show floor, this was the biggest and most successful trade show and conference for NATO to date.

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Related Topix: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), World News, Video Games, THQ, Food and Drug Administration

The Las Vegas Sun

'APPRENTICE': Penn is second, raises $1 million

Penn Jillette had his reservations about returning to Donald Trump's boardroom on "Celebrity Apprentice." After being treated to an ignominious firing by Trump last year during Season 5, in which he finished seventh, Jillette was biting in his criticism of the show and Trump .

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Related Topix: All-Star Celebrity Apprentice, Entertainment, Television, Penn Jillette, Celebrities, Donald Trump, THQ, Las Vegas, NV, Video Games, Teller

Canada NewsWire

Multi-Platinum Artists And One-Of-A-Kind Music Festivals Create Las Vegas' 2013 Summer Soundtrack

With performances from country superstar and multi-platinum rock band Journey to hosting one of the largest electronic dance music festivals in the country, Electric Daisy Carnival , Motor Speedway , June 21-23, is Insomniac's 17th Annual EDC .

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Patch.com

Hollywood Casino Sends 2 to Poker Championship

Two poker players at Hollywood Casino Perryville are headed to a national championship in Las Vegas.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Examiner.com

Jabbawockeez Unveils New Theater and Mural at Luxor in Las Vegas

The new custom-built, 850-seat Jabbawockeez Theater at Luxor Hotel and Casino on the Atrium Level was unveiled at a press conference along with a tribute-themed mural by performance painter David Garibaldi .

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The Wichita Eagle

Summer movie preview: Heroes, hangovers and zombies will heat up multiplexes

The summer movie season is starting earlier and earlier, with "Iron Man 3" already having officially kicked off this year's blockbuster bonanza in early May.

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Related Topix: The Hangover Part III, THQ, Video Games, Comedy Movies, Wedding Crashers, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms