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Kicking off 2013 the Las Vegas way

Before the Metropolitan Police Department blocks off Las Vegas Boulevard and revelers take over the Strip and Fremont Street, party organizers are putting the finishing touches on their New Year’s Eve fetes.

Champagne sales expected to pop for New Year’s Eve

It was Thursday around lunchtime – more than five days before New Year’s Eve – and Lori Andrewnovitz was already hunting for her favorite Champagne at a Total Wine & More store in Las Vegas.

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Nevada’s wealthy households make 27 percent of charitable donations

Philanthropy continues to be the key factor in the fiscal health of dozens of nonprofit organizations in Las Vegas and statewide. Although high net worth households faced a significant reduction in wealth during the recession, they managed to give hundreds of millions of dollars to support health care, the arts and education.

Right-to-work works out just fine for Nevada labor

The future of the American labor movement may lie just off the Strip, inside a squat building huddled in the shadow of the Stratosphere.

Model train display brings back memories

June Sirota leaned in close and bent her head sideways waiting for the telltale, clackety-clack sound of a model train coming down the tracks toward her.

Plenty of Las Vegas glitter, but where’s the holly?

The city that has grabbed international prominence by building scaled-down versions of prominent skylines, dancing fountains and shopping malls styled after Venice and ancient Rome has never figured out what to do with Santa and friends and shown little interest in trying.

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