A nude cabaret seems like an odd place to start a war.
It’s not unusual in a death penalty case to hear a defense attorney list the litany of sorry factors that supposedly turned his convicted client into a killer. Childhood abuse or a dysfunctional family life are two typical favorites designed to tug at jurors’ heartstrings.
Despite an earlier announcement that it would not issue any new “final” regulations after Nov. 1 except in “extraordinary circumstances” — and despite concerns raised by the nation’s bankers that the proposed regulations will be hard to obey and are not likely to work — the outgoing Bush administration appears to be racing to finalize rules to enforce a ban on Internet gambling before it leaves office.
A Gulf Coast hurricane and an emerging recession conspired to swamp Landry’s Restaurants Inc. in the third quarter, resulting in quarterly losses of $17.1 million, or $1.12 per share, for the parent company of the Golden Nugget hotel-casinos in Las Vegas and Laughlin.
A day before its 11:11 p.m. opening, the $662 million Aliante Station was abuzz with last-minute activity.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. told investors Monday it’s stopping construction on its $600 million Strip condominium tower and shelving some of its development plans in China.
The number of homes available for sale in Las Vegas has receded from last year’s peak and monthly closings have nearly tripled, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Monday.