<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - sin-city</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/sin-city</link><description>Newsvine - sin-city</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:18:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:19:34 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>RI Supreme Court settles $8,500 Vegas loan dispute</title>
<description><![CDATA[What happens in Vegas shouldn't necessarily stay in Vegas, the Rhode Island Supreme Court said Friday as it ruled a Providence man who called a friend from Sin City to borrow $8,500 for gambling losses must pay it back despite an old law that says otherwise.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Klepper]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Klepper]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724056-ri-supreme-court-settles-8500-vegas-loan-dispute</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724056-ri-supreme-court-settles-8500-vegas-loan-dispute</guid><category>us</category><category>odd-news</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>loan</category><category>rhode-island-supreme-court</category><category>gambling-loan</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:26:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sgt. in Saudi military accused of Vegas child rape</title>
<description><![CDATA[A sergeant in Saudi Arabia's air force was jailed in Las Vegas on charges that he pulled a boy into a hotel room and sexually assaulted him the morning of Sin City's big New Year's Eve fireworks extravaganza.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Ritter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ken Ritter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16354795-sgt-in-saudi-military-accused-of-vegas-child-rape</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/04/16354795-sgt-in-saudi-military-accused-of-vegas-child-rape</guid><category>us</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>rape</category><category>charge</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>saudi</category><category>las-vegas-strip</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-year</category><category>sergeant</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Jan 2013 22:36:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57a9f54a-9452-4bf9-b003-6e80508e48cf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=57a9f54a-9452-4bf9-b003-6e80508e48cf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Mazen Alotaibi, 23,  a sergeant in Saudi Arabias air force who was arrested Dec. 31, 2012, in Las Vegas on charges that he pulled a teenage boy into Las Vegas Strip hotel room and sexually assaulted him the morning of the citys big New Year's Eve fireworks extravaganza. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6f885b2-7c41-4f97-9c86-a7a01f9df93b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6f885b2-7c41-4f97-9c86-a7a01f9df93b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This image provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Mazen Alotaibi, 23,  a sergeant in Saudi Arabiaís air force who was arrested Dec. 31, 2012, in Las Vegas on charges that he pulled a teenage boy into Las Vegas Strip hotel room and sexually assaulted him the morning of the cityís big New Year's Eve fireworks extravaganza. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Beyonce, Chili Peppers, among NYE lineup in Vegas</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sin City has another New Year's Eve planned with celebrity-studded bashes, exclusive concerts and a rooftop fireworks display billed as the nation's largest.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Dreier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hannah Dreier]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16220013-beyonce-chili-peppers-among-nye-lineup-in-vegas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16220013-beyonce-chili-peppers-among-nye-lineup-in-vegas</guid><category>us</category><category>year</category><category>vegas</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-year</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:50:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Death of music 'dealmaker' in Vegas ruled suicide</title>
<description><![CDATA[The death of a music dealmaker who helped bring Donald Trump to Las Vegas and tried to install Michael Jackson as the headline act at a themed casino was a suicide, the Clark County coroner ruled Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Dreier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Hannah Dreier]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15516805-death-of-music-dealmaker-in-vegas-ruled-suicide</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15516805-death-of-music-dealmaker-in-vegas-ruled-suicide</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>michael-jackson</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>donald-trump</category><category>sin-city</category><category>clark-county</category><category>treasure-island</category><category>las-vegas-area</category><category>jack-wishna</category><category>wishna</category><category>phil-ruffin</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:24:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lochte: Racing prince in Vegas 'the coolest thing'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Team USA's swimming golden boy says it was "the coolest thing" that Britain's Prince Harry challenged him to swim race at a Las Vegas pool party, but he's glad he missed the royal's Sin City controversy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/23/13434875-lochte-racing-prince-in-vegas-the-coolest-thing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/23/13434875-lochte-racing-prince-in-vegas-the-coolest-thing</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>race</category><category>vegas</category><category>harry</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>swim</category><category>sin-city</category><category>team-usa</category><category>prince-harry</category><category>swim-race</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:16:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Celebs recall early film favorites at CinemaCon</title>
<description><![CDATA[This week, Sin City looked a bit more like Tinseltown, as some 5000 folks from virtually all walks of the film universe gathered for the theater operators' convention known as CinemaCon.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Cidoni Lennox]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Cidoni Lennox]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11433302-celebs-recall-early-film-favorites-at-cinemacon</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/27/11433302-celebs-recall-early-film-favorites-at-cinemacon</guid><category>us</category><category>memories</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>cinema</category><category>cinemacon</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:12:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9d2697b-69ad-4940-a7b0-1b564b46100d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9d2697b-69ad-4940-a7b0-1b564b46100d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor-singer Tyrese Gibson speaks at a news conference to promote the Sprite Films competition among eight college filmmakers from across the United States, during CinemaCon 2012, the official convention of the National Association of Theater Owners, Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Las Vegas. The eight finalists' scripts will be produced into individual short films that will compete against one another in a contest determined by a combination of popular vote and a green ribbon panel. Looking on in the photo is finalist Qayoe Jones, a writer/producer from the Savannah College of Art and Design. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad0c4ef6-5168-4fff-86a4-9ea11d79d864.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="406" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad0c4ef6-5168-4fff-86a4-9ea11d79d864.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="122" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actress Jennifer Garner arrives at the CinemaCon 2012 Big Screen Achievement Awards to receive the Female Star of the Year Award, Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Las Vegas Sands Corp. 1Q profit jumps</title>
<description><![CDATA[Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino company run by billionaire chief executive Sheldon Adelson, said Wednesday it more than doubled its profits during the first quarter thanks to growth in Singapore and improvement at its properties in Sin City and Pennsylvania.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11395281-las-vegas-sands-corp-1q-profit-jumps</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/25/11395281-las-vegas-sands-corp-1q-profit-jumps</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>earns</category><category>sin-city</category><category>sands</category><category>las-vegas-sands</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:36:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ky., Ohio St stay firm as Final Four Vegas faves</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sin City casinos are sticking with Kentucky and Ohio State as Final Four favorites and still think the Wildcats have by far the best shot of winning the NCAA title.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10873577-ky-ohio-st-stay-firm-as-final-four-vegas-faves</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/26/10873577-ky-ohio-st-stay-firm-as-final-four-vegas-faves</guid><category>sports</category><category>ohio-state</category><category>final-four</category><category>sin-city</category><category>college-basketball</category><category>odds</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:07:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pac-12 moving men's basketball tourney to Vegas</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Pac-12 men's basketball tournament is moving to Sin City for the next three years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10671880-pac-12-moving-mens-basketball-tourney-to-vegas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10671880-pac-12-moving-mens-basketball-tourney-to-vegas</guid><category>sports</category><category>vegas</category><category>sin-city</category><category>12</category><category>college-basketball</category><category>tournament</category><category>pac-12-tournament</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8a9e2fd4-f10a-4656-bdea-19a14c0e0e27.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8a9e2fd4-f10a-4656-bdea-19a14c0e0e27.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott speaks about bringing the Pac-12 basketball tournament to Las Vegas during a news conference, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas will begin hosting the tournament in 2013. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4a18b55b-ee17-4ac9-a7d6-91d302403bc0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4a18b55b-ee17-4ac9-a7d6-91d302403bc0.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Flanked by Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events, left, and MGM COO and president Scott Sibella, right, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott speaks about bringing the Pac-12 basketball tournament to Las Vegas, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas will begin hosting the tournament in 2013  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ad857d0a-c506-4182-8ab0-bd517a36beba.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad857d0a-c506-4182-8ab0-bd517a36beba.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Basketballs float in a pool at the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel during a news conference announcing that the Pac-12 basketball tournament will be played in Las Vegas, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4730badd-86c4-4d88-a76f-a4ab1f031811.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4730badd-86c4-4d88-a76f-a4ab1f031811.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Flanked by Las Vegas Convention Center and Visitors Authority president and CEO Rossi Ralenkotter, far left,  Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events, left, and MGM COO and president Scott Sibella, right, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott speaks about bringing the Pac-12 basketball tournament to Las Vegas, Tuesday, March 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas will begin hosting the tournament in 2013  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jimmy Buffett one step closer to NV casino license</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jimmy Buffett is one step closer to sharing in the gambling revenue his Parrotheads deliver to his Margaritaville casino in Sin City.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10604370-jimmy-buffett-one-step-closer-to-nv-casino-license</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/07/10604370-jimmy-buffett-one-step-closer-to-nv-casino-license</guid><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>buffett</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>jimmy-buffett</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2012 01:15:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ali smiles as Wonder, others sing Happy Birthday</title>
<description><![CDATA[A casino owner paid more than a million dollars for boxing gloves Muhammad Ali used to defend his title. Samuel L. Jackson dedicated a rendition of "Stand By Me" to the boxer. And President Barack Obama told the icon in a birthday tribute that he inspired the world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10440469-ali-smiles-as-wonder-others-sing-happy-birthday</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/18/10440469-ali-smiles-as-wonder-others-sing-happy-birthday</guid><category>us</category><category>vegas</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>muhammad-ali</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>ali</category><category>sin-city</category><category>gala</category><category>us-news</category><category>by-me"</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:06:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/22265c6f-371f-454b-a9c6-b6ce58201e3d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/22265c6f-371f-454b-a9c6-b6ce58201e3d.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Leon Spinks connects with a right hook to Muhammad Ali, in this Feb.16, 1978 file photo taken during the late rounds of their championship fight in Las Vegas, Nev. The 24-year-old Spinks won the bout in a 15-round decision. Muhammad Ali lost just twice in his seven prizefights in Las Vegas over 19 years. Now, dozens of heavyweight celebrities are back in Sin City to laud a lifetime in the spotlight and join the icon known as &quot;The Greatest&quot; in fighting neurological diseases. (AP Photo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1c334ad1-9e33-49e1-8953-7cac9e0e45f3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1c334ad1-9e33-49e1-8953-7cac9e0e45f3.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - World heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, left, pounds challenger Muhammad Ali in the corner during championship fight in Las Vegas, Nev., in this Oct. 2, 1980 file photo. Holmes won when Ali failed to answer the bell to start the 11th round.  (AP Photo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/79bb8cb7-aa9a-4a2c-a9cc-60884f410a6f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/79bb8cb7-aa9a-4a2c-a9cc-60884f410a6f.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor and former mixed martial artist Randy Couture and Annie Stanley arrive at the Keep Memory Alive 16th Annual &quot;Power of Love Gala&quot; honoring Muhammad Ali with his 70th birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e8ad9051-8198-4350-be17-f23977a94770.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e8ad9051-8198-4350-be17-f23977a94770.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Former boxer Chuck Wepner arrives at the Keep Memory Alive 16th Annual &quot;Power of Love Gala&quot; honoring Muhammad Ali with his 70th birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c297dde4-b801-40da-8ff3-cc64eb41ee62.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c297dde4-b801-40da-8ff3-cc64eb41ee62.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor Tony Danza, television personality Larry King and sportscaster Charley Steiner arrive at the Keep Memory Alive 16th Annual &quot;Power of Love Gala&quot; honoring Muhammad Ali with his 70th birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b587ad49-dd2c-448c-842f-9d194f22eae6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b587ad49-dd2c-448c-842f-9d194f22eae6.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Television personality Larry King arrives at the Keep Memory Alive 16th Annual &quot;Power of Love Gala&quot; honoring Muhammad Ali with his 70th birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cd57dd7c-8372-47da-b5ff-f56542a236ba.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cd57dd7c-8372-47da-b5ff-f56542a236ba.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actor Tony Danza arrives at the Keep Memory Alive 16th Annual &quot;Power of Love Gala&quot; honoring Muhammad Ali with his 70th birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/07713623-7d74-46c2-8766-8e17d0a5fcba.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/07713623-7d74-46c2-8766-8e17d0a5fcba.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Musician Chris Isaak arrives at the Keep Memory Alive 16th Annual &quot;Power of Love Gala&quot; honoring Muhammad Ali with his 70th birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a093d213-a78f-4d20-b89c-5aa47b7831eb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a093d213-a78f-4d20-b89c-5aa47b7831eb.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Illusionist David Copperfield arrives at the Keep Memory Alive 16th Annual &quot;Power of Love Gala&quot; honoring Muhammad Ali with his 70th birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/67a7b0f1-41df-490e-8817-0da92ab8242d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/67a7b0f1-41df-490e-8817-0da92ab8242d.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Keep Memory Alive founder Larry Ruvo, Chef Emeril Lagasse and recording artist Sammy Hagar arrive at the Keep Memory Alive 16th Annual &quot;Power of Love Gala&quot; honoring Muhammad Ali with his 70th birthday celebration on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jeff Bottari)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Vegas museum highlights mob bosses, tommy guns</title>
<description><![CDATA[In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images showcases the mob's greatest hits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10403745-new-vegas-museum-highlights-mob-bosses-tommy-guns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/14/10403745-new-vegas-museum-highlights-mob-bosses-tommy-guns</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>mob</category><category>vegas</category><category>odd-news</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>attraction</category><category>mob-attraction</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:06:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/85b5f083-a120-4cff-838c-d788954f3901.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/85b5f083-a120-4cff-838c-d788954f3901.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Mob Museum is pictured on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. The Mob Museum opens in downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday  the 82nd anniversary of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the mass killing that saw Al Capone seize control of the Chicago mob.  (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e573755d-ec47-4ef0-b68f-24cb087eb67b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e573755d-ec47-4ef0-b68f-24cb087eb67b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Mob Museum is pictured on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas.  It's the second mob-themed attraction to open in Las Vegas in a year. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/af6245ac-4432-4eea-9513-4ddae2f06d8d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="354" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/af6245ac-4432-4eea-9513-4ddae2f06d8d.jpg" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ticket windows are pictured at The Mob Museum on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. The museum is housed in a former federal courthouse where a U.S. Senate hearing on organized crime was held in the early 1950's.  (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9d240045-fb03-4968-b43b-b3ddb12c8c58.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9d240045-fb03-4968-b43b-b3ddb12c8c58.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Reporter MaryAnn Martinez checks out The Mob Museum during a media tour on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas.  Sin City is honoring one of its earliest relationships with the grand opening of a museum dedicated to the mobsters that made this desert town.  (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c7d5e9d7-41a9-4ef1-ba85-749973151e91.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c7d5e9d7-41a9-4ef1-ba85-749973151e91.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A movie is projected on the original brick wall from the St. Valentine's day massacre at The Mob Museum on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas.  Sin City is honoring one of its earliest relationships with the grand opening of a museum dedicated to the mobsters that made the desert town. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fdb5d029-7c2b-44f3-8f49-00b0e56a42fc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fdb5d029-7c2b-44f3-8f49-00b0e56a42fc.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An exhibit featuring a target of the G men, Murder, Inc. is pictured at The Mob Museum on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas.  The publicly funded, $42 million Mob Museum represents a new height in Sin City's lawlessness devotion.   (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9865adea-7fe2-4848-bcd8-4e4704ec96a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9865adea-7fe2-4848-bcd8-4e4704ec96a7.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A carpet at The Mob Museum which features various organized crime groups is pictured  Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. Las Vegas has long been enamored with its gangster roots. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c236197a-b069-4288-bfe5-91976230c5ae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c236197a-b069-4288-bfe5-91976230c5ae.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the media enter an original courtroom in the building that houses the The Mob Museum on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. The courtroom was once the site of mob trials. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Presidential spotlight shines on a dour Nevada</title>
<description><![CDATA[In Nevada, people could once buy homes and feed their families with money earned from free-spending tourists who flocked to Sin City for relaxed gambling and liquor laws.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312830-presidential-spotlight-shines-on-a-dour-nevada</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/03/10312830-presidential-spotlight-shines-on-a-dour-nevada</guid><category>us</category><category>economy</category><category>nevada</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:14:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Auto dealers see sunshine after dark days</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/01/10287408-auto-dealers-see-sunshine-after-dark-days</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/01/10287408-auto-dealers-see-sunshine-after-dark-days</guid><category>auto</category><category>for</category><category>sin-city</category><category>dealers</category><category>clouds</category><category>hover</category><category>sunny</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:34:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120131-chrysler-dealer.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120131-chrysler-dealer.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The mood is clearly expected to be sunny when thousands of auto dealers fly into Sin City for their annual convention. But dark clouds hover at the horizon.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vegas casinos relying more on baccarat</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the days before the Chinese New Year celebration began this week, six high rollers sat down at the private baccarat tables one day at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and began throwing down wagers of $100,000 to $200,000 a hand. It was a scene hardly out of place these days in Sin City.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10239959-vegas-casinos-relying-more-on-baccarat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10239959-vegas-casinos-relying-more-on-baccarat</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>casinos</category><category>vegas</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>chinese-new-year</category><category>mgm-grand</category><category>baccarat</category><category>vegas-casinos</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:08:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fcb43945-1d59-4aa8-a187-b21ad59ad03b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fcb43945-1d59-4aa8-a187-b21ad59ad03b.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Baccarat dealer Ramiro Nepomuceno, right, shuffles cards while preparing a table for play at the MGM Hotel and Casino, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Las Vegas. There are generally more Asian gamblers in Vegas because of the Chinese New Year, and it means increased traffic at high limit baccarat tables. Though not widely known, baccarat is actually the most profitable table game for casinos which try to court Asian gamblers who tie luck and good fortune to the start of the Lunar Year. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0c599e88-8478-45e2-9bba-5e3553947584.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0c599e88-8478-45e2-9bba-5e3553947584.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A couple looks over the Chinese New Year display inside the Conservatory at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Las Vegas. There are generally more Asian gamblers in Vegas because of the Chinese New Year, and it means increased traffic at high limit baccarat tables. Though not widely known, baccarat is actually the most profitable table game for casinos which try to court Asian gamblers who tie luck and good fortune to the start of the Lunar Year. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e141b12f-47e7-49e3-a65d-51d2bfa14eb3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e141b12f-47e7-49e3-a65d-51d2bfa14eb3.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the Lohan School of Shaolin parade up and down Fremont Street while doing a dragon dance during Chinese New Years festivities, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Las Vegas.  There are generally more Asian gamblers in Vegas because of the Chinese New Year, and it means increased traffic at high limit baccarat tables. Though not widely known, baccarat is actually the most profitable table game for casinos which try to court Asian gamblers who tie luck and good fortune to the start of the Lunar Year. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/95666217-530b-4d5b-9ff3-e66c4ce3f9c5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/95666217-530b-4d5b-9ff3-e66c4ce3f9c5.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the Lohan School of Shaolin parade up and down Fremont Street while doing a dragon and lion dance during Chinese New Years festivities, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Las Vegas.  There are generally more Asian gamblers in Vegas because of the Chinese New Year, and it means increased traffic at high limit baccarat tables. Though not widely known, baccarat is actually the most profitable table game for casinos which try to court Asian gamblers who tie luck and good fortune to the start of the Lunar Year. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e8329f7a-cfe8-4540-9f24-de34e7c0a647.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e8329f7a-cfe8-4540-9f24-de34e7c0a647.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Baccarat dealer Ramiro Nepomuceno, right, shuffles cards as floor supervisor Sam Insyxiengmay looks on while preparing a table for play at the MGM Hotel and Casino, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Las Vegas. There are generally more Asian gamblers in Vegas because of the Chinese New Year, and it means increased traffic at high limit baccarat tables. Though not widely known, baccarat is actually the most profitable table game for casinos which try to court Asian gamblers who tie luck and good fortune to the start of the Lunar Year. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Helicopter tour sales slow in Vegas after crash</title>
<description><![CDATA[During a normal eight-hour shift on the Las Vegas Strip, Michael Denicoli usually sells enough helicopter tours of the Grand Canyon and Sin City to fill two or three choppers. But since a crash killed five people this week and made international headlines, tourists who walk by his booth are skipping the splurge of a few hundred bucks for a bird's eye view of the Hoover Dam and other sites.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/10/9350923-helicopter-tour-sales-slow-in-vegas-after-crash</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/10/9350923-helicopter-tour-sales-slow-in-vegas-after-crash</guid><category>us</category><category>crash</category><category>sales</category><category>tour</category><category>helicopter</category><category>grand-canyon</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>hoover-dam</category><category>michael-denicoli</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:17:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/50ea8bd3-f2f0-4914-9dc8-2cee5ce8edc8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/50ea8bd3-f2f0-4914-9dc8-2cee5ce8edc8.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tour booth operator Michael Denicoli sits next to his tour ticket booth as pedestrians pass by along The Strip, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in Las Vegas. During a normal eight-hour shift on the Las Vegas Strip, Michael Denicoli said he sells enough helicopter tours of the Grand Canyon and Sin City's neon lights to fill two or three choppers. But since a crash that killed five people on Wednesday made international headlines, tourists are passing on spending a few hundred bucks for the thrill of a bird's eye view of Vegas, he said.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cb703fbd-8150-4a4a-bc5b-43fe0418482b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="193" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cb703fbd-8150-4a4a-bc5b-43fe0418482b.jpg" width="120" height="58" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Sundance Helicopters aircraft lifts off from the flightline, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in Las Vegas. Sundance resumed operations Friday after one of its  tour helicopter crashed Wednesday killing four passengers and the pilot. As helicopter operators have tried to move forward with normal flight schedules since the crash made international headlines, passengers who've taken helicopter tours have openly thought about whether they'd do it again as they post pictures of their tours on Facebook and Twitter. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/15589453-0560-4e9d-9969-99d7bb8ae7fc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/15589453-0560-4e9d-9969-99d7bb8ae7fc.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brochures for helicopter tours are displayed on the countertop of a tour ticket booth along The Strip, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in Las Vegas. As helicopter operators have tried to move forward with normal flight schedules since a helicopter crash that killed five people on Wednesday made international headlines, passengers who've taken helicopter tours have openly thought about whether they'd do it again as they post pictures of their tours on Facebook and Twitter. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a77b782e-89ed-4817-bdc0-3fd3bb22c3d5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a77b782e-89ed-4817-bdc0-3fd3bb22c3d5.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A tourist tucks a brochure into his jacket as he exits a tour center, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in Las Vegas. As helicopter operators have tried to move forward with normal flight schedules since a helicopter crash that killed five people on Wednesday made international headlines, passengers who've taken helicopter tours have openly thought about whether they'd do it again as they post pictures of their tours on Facebook and Twitter. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7cd6c838-5007-446c-9653-84917afc674e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7cd6c838-5007-446c-9653-84917afc674e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tour booth operator Michael Denicoli sits next to his tour ticket booth as pedestrians pass by along The Strip, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in Las Vegas. During a normal eight-hour shift on the Las Vegas Strip, Michael Denicoli said he sells enough helicopter tours of the Grand Canyon and Sin City's neon lights to fill two or three choppers. But since a crash that killed five people on Wednesday made international headlines, tourists are passing on spending a few hundred bucks for the thrill of a bird's eye view of Vegas, he said.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Prince Harry rents Harley for first visit to Vegas</title>
<description><![CDATA[Those lucky enough to have a brush with Prince Harry during his first visit to Las Vegas say he was as down-to-earth as any other 27-year-old who appreciates a Harley, a night out with friends, and a cheap beer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Rindels]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michelle Rindels]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/22/8959417-prince-harry-rents-harley-for-first-visit-to-vegas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/22/8959417-prince-harry-rents-harley-for-first-visit-to-vegas</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>vegas</category><category>harry</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>prince-harry</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ba6ae6f2-08cd-4b5a-9980-7d21e8904702.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="437" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ba6ae6f2-08cd-4b5a-9980-7d21e8904702.jpg" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday May 30, 2009, Britain's Prince Harry  addresses guests at the second annual Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic polo match on Governor's Island in New York. The Prince  sipped a Corona during a Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas over the Nov. 19-20, 2011, trip and rented a Harley. The  British royal made a low-key appearance at a Scottsdale, Ariz., dealership on Friday, Nov.18,  2011.The vacation came as the prince is training on helicopters at an Air Force site near Gila Bend, Ariz. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8b0fa6c8-6d0e-47cf-9a9a-a03e80170509.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8b0fa6c8-6d0e-47cf-9a9a-a03e80170509.jpg" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE-- In this July 30 file photo Britain's Prince Harry leaves after the wedding between Zara Phillips and England rugby star Mike Tindall in Edinburgh, Scotland. Prince Harry sipped a Corona during a Cirque du Soleil show and rented a Harley during a weekend trip to Las Vegas. The vacation came as the prince is training on helicopters at an Air Force site near Gila Bend, Ariz. (AP Photo/Dylan Martinez, Pool, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sin City coroner inks deal for Discovery episodes</title>
<description><![CDATA[About 14,000 people die each year in and around Las Vegas. The Clark County coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of those deaths and conducts about 1,500 autopsies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Ritter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ken Ritter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/29/8534776-sin-city-coroner-inks-deal-for-discovery-episodes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/29/8534776-sin-city-coroner-inks-deal-for-discovery-episodes</guid><category>us</category><category>vegas</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>stories</category><category>coroner</category><category>clark-county</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:06:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8891b855-2496-4655-ac58-cf813603edc4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8891b855-2496-4655-ac58-cf813603edc4.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Forensic assistant Sue Miele returns a corpse to cold storage after taking x-rays of the body to help determine cause of death, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, at the Clark County Coroner's office in Las Vegas.  The coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of the14,000 people who die each year in and around Las Vegas.The official whose name goes on thousands of death certificates each year recently inked a deal with a the Discovery Channel for a series of TV episodes featuring the work of the Sin City coroners office.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f6e7ca97-987c-4c01-81c7-38b2abd78ed9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f6e7ca97-987c-4c01-81c7-38b2abd78ed9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Forensic techniciansSue Miele, left, and Brianna Kinard examine an x-ray of an unidentified corpse, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, at the Clark County Coroner's office in Las Vegas.  The coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of the14,000 people who die each year in and around Las Vegas.The official whose name goes on thousands of death certificates each year recently inked a deal with a the Discovery Channel for a series of TV episodes featuring the work of the Sin City coroners office.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/62e61ba7-1f99-4e6e-a7f3-c13ae1491112.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/62e61ba7-1f99-4e6e-a7f3-c13ae1491112.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Forensic technician Brianna Kinard checks for some tissue samples kept in a cabinet near the examining rooms at the Clark County Coroner's office, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in Las Vegas. The coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of the14,000 people who die each year in and around Las Vegas.The official whose name goes on thousands of death certificates each year recently inked a deal with a the Discovery Channel for a series of TV episodes featuring the work of the Sin City coroners office. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/161cfa9c-ee7c-4c6a-8add-6a95bca54203.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/161cfa9c-ee7c-4c6a-8add-6a95bca54203.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical examiner Dr. Timothy Dutra prepares tissue samples from a corpse for viewing under a microscope to help determine the cause of death, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, at the Clark County Coroner's office in Las Vegas.  The coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of the14,000 people who die each year in and around Las Vegas.The official whose name goes on thousands of death certificates each year recently inked a deal with a the Discovery Channel for a series of TV episodes featuring the work of the Sin City coroners office.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7b586f07-b0ff-4a51-bd2f-13d9774c5c72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7b586f07-b0ff-4a51-bd2f-13d9774c5c72.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Forensic technician Sue Miele, positions a corpse for x-rays, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, at the Clark County Coroner's office in Las Vegas.  The coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of the14,000 people who die each year in and around Las Vegas.The official whose name goes on thousands of death certificates each year recently inked a deal with a the Discovery Channel for a series of TV episodes featuring the work of the Sin City coroners office.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5e8d0086-181e-4644-8ae4-6835d076c2bd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5e8d0086-181e-4644-8ae4-6835d076c2bd.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Medical examiner Dr. Timothy Dutra discusses a case on the phone in his office at the Clark County Coroner's office, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in Las Vegas.  The coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of the14,000 people who die each year in and around Las Vegas.The official whose name goes on thousands of death certificates each year recently inked a deal with a the Discovery Channel for a series of TV episodes featuring the work of the Sin City coroners office.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/45c0aa8b-b6a2-4de3-95cd-8f8203f342ca.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/45c0aa8b-b6a2-4de3-95cd-8f8203f342ca.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Patches from different police departments and a portrait of Jack Klugman who played the television character of Quincy, a medical examiner, adorn the cubicle of an employee at the Clark County Coroner's office, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in Las Vegas.  The coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of the14,000 people who die each year in and around Las Vegas.The official whose name goes on thousands of death certificates each year recently inked a deal with a the Discovery Channel for a series of TV episodes featuring the work of the Sin City coroners office. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Stevie Wonder headlines NYE in Vegas</title>
<description><![CDATA[Music legend Stevie Wonder plans to headline in Sin City on New Year's Eve, playing to a ballroom crowd at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and to thousands of revelers on the Las Vegas Strip by video.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/26/8489324-apnewsbreak-stevie-wonder-headlines-nye-in-vegas</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/26/8489324-apnewsbreak-stevie-wonder-headlines-nye-in-vegas</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>wonder</category><category>stevie-wonder</category><category>vegas</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>las-vegas-strip</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>new-year</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:33:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Las Vegas still fumes over 2-year-old Obama remark</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has a Sin City problem that won't go away.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8469693-las-vegas-still-fumes-over-2-year-old-obama-remark</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/24/8469693-las-vegas-still-fumes-over-2-year-old-obama-remark</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>vegas</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>sin-city</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:55:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/27ec4597-02c1-49c8-b634-a420bd3dbd80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/27ec4597-02c1-49c8-b634-a420bd3dbd80.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama is greeted by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman upon his arrival at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9f1cf712-16a5-4ae0-aca6-c071785aadce.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9f1cf712-16a5-4ae0-aca6-c071785aadce.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama greets people after arriving at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/28278e4a-dd9b-41e4-a6c0-e78e0f59e8f2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/28278e4a-dd9b-41e4-a6c0-e78e0f59e8f2.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Obama, in Las Vegas during a three-day trip to the West Coast, announced new rules to help homeowners with little or no equity in their home to refinance their mortgages to avoid foreclosures. (AP Photo/John Locher)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/30faf36c-1a0c-4346-830a-9cbe09a8649d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/30faf36c-1a0c-4346-830a-9cbe09a8649d.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Secret Service agents watch as President Barack Obama meets with the neighbors of homeowners Jose and Lissette Bonilla in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/913e90b5-0c4a-4aa3-a817-94d5d2f44a80.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/913e90b5-0c4a-4aa3-a817-94d5d2f44a80.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks outside of the home of Jose and Lissette Bonilla in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f442955f-7ac8-44d2-9bd0-27c53d934ced.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f442955f-7ac8-44d2-9bd0-27c53d934ced.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama says goodbye to homeowner Lissette Bonilla after visiting with her family in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/572e083b-d39d-409b-a327-f4ee15ea0faf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/572e083b-d39d-409b-a327-f4ee15ea0faf.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama meets with the neighbors of homeowners Jose and Lissette Bonilla in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Obama is on a three-day trip to the West Coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP Newsbreak: Wayne Newton to open home to public</title>
<description><![CDATA[Las Vegas icon Wayne Newton said a yearlong effort to turn his sprawling Sin City estate, Casa de Shenandoah, into a tourist destination is almost complete.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cristina Silva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8393929-ap-newsbreak-wayne-newton-to-open-home-to-public</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8393929-ap-newsbreak-wayne-newton-to-open-home-to-public</guid><category>us</category><category>world</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>wayne</category><category>wayne-newton</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:05:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3a5c8d7a-7621-4449-80f6-96d902aa36bb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3a5c8d7a-7621-4449-80f6-96d902aa36bb.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 file photo, Wayne Newton shows some of the memorabilia in the Red Room during an interview at his home in Las Vegas. Newton said Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011 plans to open his sprawling Casa de Shenandoah estate in Las Vegas for public tours are almost complete. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Adults get life-sized sandbox near Las Vegas Strip</title>
<description><![CDATA[Las Vegas has seen its share of heavy construction equipment as it bulldozed its way through one giant casino project after another. But with the recession having gutted the construction industry, excavators and bulldozers near the Strip are being put to use as toys for thrill-seeking visitors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7568318-adults-get-life-sized-sandbox-near-las-vegas-strip</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7568318-adults-get-life-sized-sandbox-near-las-vegas-strip</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>city</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>sin</category><category>sandbox</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:08:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/db3ca05d-9173-4b28-be36-5652502607de.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/db3ca05d-9173-4b28-be36-5652502607de.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Heavy equipment instructor Ruben Segura directs Daniel De La Garza of Austin, Texas, at picking up a basketball with an excavator, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Las Vegas. For a few hundred dollars, tourists spend a few hours at Dig This pushing around dirt, 1-ton tires and rocks that dont move when you kick them. All it takes is a 10-minute classroom lesson and guidance from trainers through headsets. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/57defcef-0561-46f8-b077-867186255000.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/57defcef-0561-46f8-b077-867186255000.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Grayson Cox, of Austin, Texas, works on the controls of an excavator while learning to use construction equipment at Dig This, a life sized sand box for adults, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Las Vegas. For a few hundred dollars, tourists spend a few hours at Dig This pushing around dirt, 1-ton tires and rocks that dont move when you kick them. All it takes is a 10-minute classroom lesson and guidance from trainers through headsets. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d32c02d2-b96b-47a9-becb-b1d250417fd2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d32c02d2-b96b-47a9-becb-b1d250417fd2.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Daniel De La Garza, of Austin, Texas, dumps dirt while digging holes with an excavator, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Las Vegas. For a few hundred dollars, tourists spend a few hours at Dig This pushing around dirt, 1-ton tires and rocks that dont move when you kick them. All it takes is a 10-minute classroom lesson and guidance from trainers through headsets.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4667a0a0-e469-4a94-b2dc-1e5448a7603a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4667a0a0-e469-4a94-b2dc-1e5448a7603a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Heavy equipment instructor Ruben Segura directs Daniel De La Garza of Austin, Texas, at picking up a basketball with an excavator, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 in Las Vegas. For a few hundred dollars, tourists spend a few hours at Dig This pushing around dirt, 1-ton tires and rocks that dont move when you kick them. All it takes is a 10-minute classroom lesson and guidance from trainers through headsets. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Wynn 1st to take non-sport event bets</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Wynn Las Vegas on Wednesday became the first Sin City casino to take event wagers on a non-sporting event, with bets on the World Series of Poker main event.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7029673-apnewsbreak-wynn-1st-to-take-non-sport-event-bets</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7029673-apnewsbreak-wynn-1st-to-take-non-sport-event-bets</guid><category>us</category><category>world-series</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>bets</category><category>wynn-las-vegas</category><category>new-bets</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Jul 2011 23:55:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sahara in Vegas donating sign to Neon Museum</title>
<description><![CDATA[Owners of the closed Sahara hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip say they're donating one of the property's iconic signs to the Neon Museum, a collection of Sin City's historic markers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6969447-sahara-in-vegas-donating-sign-to-neon-museum</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/28/6969447-sahara-in-vegas-donating-sign-to-neon-museum</guid><category>us</category><category>vegas</category><category>las-vegas-strip</category><category>sin-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>sign</category><category>sahara</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:09:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/214b7d58-5ad0-4d9a-aae0-05d57ee90960.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="365" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/214b7d58-5ad0-4d9a-aae0-05d57ee90960.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE This  March 1, 2001 file photo shows the marquee of the Sahara Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Owners of the closed Sahara Hotel Casino on the Las Vegas Strip plan to donate one of the property's iconic signs to the Neon Museum.    (AP Photo/Laura Rauch) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Perry takes NHL spotlight from Sedins with MVP win</title>
<description><![CDATA[Corey Perry said he came to the NHL Awards in Las Vegas just to have fun with nearly three dozen family and friends, not expecting much despite his 50-goal season.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/22/6920444-perry-takes-nhl-spotlight-from-sedins-with-mvp-win</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/22/6920444-perry-takes-nhl-spotlight-from-sedins-with-mvp-win</guid><category>nhl</category><category>sports</category><category>awards</category><category>las-vegas</category><category>sin-city</category><category>zdeno-chara</category><category>corey-perry</category><category>nhl-mvp</category><category>nhl-awards</category><category>shea-weber</category><category>norris-trophy</category><category>detroit-nicklas-lidstrom</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:11:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b7e3407b-c00a-4354-82ea-76ad2deddd98.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b7e3407b-c00a-4354-82ea-76ad2deddd98.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vancouver Canucks Daniel Sedin is photographed on the red carpet before the 2011 NHL Awards, Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in Las Vegas. Sedin was awarded the Art Ross Trophy for the player who leads the league in scoring at the end of the regular season. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a8a2c55c-4aca-4482-b1f7-5fa116c388aa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a8a2c55c-4aca-4482-b1f7-5fa116c388aa.jpg" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Anaheim Ducks' Corey Perry poses with the league MVP Hart Memorial Trophy, following the 2011 NHL Awards at the Palms Casino &amp; Resort, Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Brian Jones)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>