Blog: Elsewhere

Victims of Vegas: The scars of growing up in the world’s playground

The students, as he observed, fit into stereotypes some outsiders have about …

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David Copperfield buys Las Vegas home for a record $17.5 million

Illusionist David Copperfield has paid $17.55 million for a Las Vegas home complete with a movie theater and nightclub — and made an old price record …

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The NHL is coming to Las Vegas because America is now a casino nation

The announcement that the National Hockey League had awarded an expansion franchise to a group based in Las Vegas was, to some, a shock. This was the first big league to …

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A hyperloop company is lining its pods with metal from Captain America

Earlier this month in North Las Vegas, a company called Hyperloop One carried out the first tests of the high-speed Hyperloop transportation technology …

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How aggressively will L.V. embrace e-sports betting? It depends on whether it’s a sport

The Gaming Policy Committee meeting designed to bring Nevada regulators, policymakers, and gambling industry stakeholders up to speed on esports appears to have …

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UNLV’s Zimmerman headed to NBA

This news is not surprising. Las Vegan Stephen Zimmerman Jr. was only expected to stay at UNLV for one basketball season before heading to the NBA. Projected as a first-round selection in the June draft, the 7-footer reportedly will announce …

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Pitt coach Jamie Dixon considering TCU job offer, not UNLV

Pittsburgh’s Jamie Dixon could be headed to Texas Christian University — and not UNLV — to become its new basketball coach …

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J.Lo turns Axis theater into her own block party

J.Lo, her nickname displayed in shapely form as the stage at the Axis at Planet Hollywood party pit, is nothing short of the new gold standard for star headliners in Las Vegas. …

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Adelson responds to speculation he bought Las Vegas newspaper

“I have no personal interest” in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson said Tuesday night, in his first public comments about the mysterious sale of …

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Buffalo Wild Wings’ Mountain Dew-flavored chicken wings could be from ‘Idiocracy’

In the latest proof that the culinary experts at every casual chain restaurant are actually stoners in basements, Buffalo Wild Wings …

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Donald Trump really doesn’t want me to tell you this, but …

I spent a long, awkward weekend with Donald Trump in November 1996, an experience I feel confident neither of us would like to repeat. He was like one of those characters in …

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Postal Service to newspapers: Stop taking pot advertisements

Newspapers in states where pot is legal are breaking federal law by accepting advertising from the marijuana industry, and the U.S. Postal Service may stop delivering newspapers with …

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After San Bernardino, everyone wants to be a ‘good guy with a gun’

Americans are dealing with mass-shooting anxieties in the most quintessentially American way: interest in concealed carry gun permits has exploded to unprecedented levels …

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Teen spends time in jail over sagging jeans

A teenager from Tennessee ended up spending two nights in jail for wearing his pants below his waist, according to …

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Michigan woman pouts after losing gun permit for shooting at shoplifters: ‘I will never help anybody again’

A Michigan woman complained after her sentencing that she was only trying to help when she opened fire at a pair of …

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