Extravagance still has a place at WSOP

During the height of the poker boom, the Rio Convention Center was filled with crazy hats and outlandish outfits during the World Series of Poker’s Main Event.

Rapper Flavor Flav runs afoul of Las Vegas fireworks law

Flavor Flav’s yearslong battle with neighbors over his annual Fourth of July fireworks show might be at an end after Las Vegas police slapped the rapper with two citations Friday night.

‘Transformers’ tops ‘Tammy’ on weak July 4 weekend

The Fourth of July went off like a dud at the box office, as the Michael Bay sequel “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and the Melisa McCarthy comedy “Tammy” led the weakest summer holiday weekend in at least a decade.

High hopes for casinos in Japan

Don’t say “sayonara” to casinos in Japan quite yet. Japanese lawmakers are just taking a summer break.

 
Shark bites man near Southern California beach

A swimmer was bitten Saturday by a juvenile great white shark that grew agitated trying to free itself from a hook a fisherman had thrown into the water off Southern California’s Manhattan Beach Pier, officials said.

Ruins all that remain of once-bustling Hamilton

Ghost towns are scattered all across Nevada. A few of them are still sparsely inhabited, but most are completely abandoned.

U.S. moves toward opening skies for commercial drone use

The U.S. air safety regulator is drafting rules to permit small drones to be used for commercial purposes, a step toward allowing remote-control planes and helicopters to be deployed for everything from TV news coverage to monitoring crops.

Traveling magician show successful

The billboards make them look like magic’s version of “The Avengers.” And they fight their way out of a basement like superheroes, too.

Backlash stirs in US against foreign worker visas

There is growing pushback from Americans who argue the H-1B visa program has been hijacked by staffing companies that import cheaper, lower-level workers to replace more expensive U.S. employees — or keep them from getting hired in the first place.

Against the odds: Chaparral senior faces more than academic obstacles in diploma quest

James “Bubba” Dukes’ need is great as he struggles to earn a diploma at Chaparral High School. The obstacles faced by the football player and teen father aren’t just academic — his push to graduation is impeded by family and financial woes that have him trying to keep his family intact and off the streets.

18-year-old scores full-time gig in Frankie Moreno’s band

Not many musicians start their career by first performing in a show near the Strip, and not many are hired while they’re still in high school. Both are true for 18-year-old Faith Lutheran graduate Alec Zeilon.

Best seat for fireworks? The window

There are Las Vegas moments. And then there’s this: Those with window seats on the right side of the plane saw Fourth of July fireworks above the Strip and across the valley, a lightning storm and the colorful lights of the High Roller, the world’s tallest observation wheel.

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