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An Indian tribe wants to build a grand, $1.5 billion, Las Vegas-style casino resort on a swath of land overlooking San Francisco Bay — a spot more than 100 miles from its tribal lands.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, vulnerable in home-state polls but without a big-name opponent so far, takes the stage Tuesday with President Barack Obama at a Las Vegas-style fundraiser billed as "The Good Fight."
Under pressure from Indian tribes, federal regulators announced Thursday they're retreating on attempts to make sure electronic bingo machines at tribal casinos can't masquerade as Las Vegas-style slots.
Cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan — the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday scrapped plans for Britain's first Las Vegas-style supercasino, and he is considering a rollback on round-the-clock drinking and tougher drug laws.
Macau's highest-level official ever convicted of corruption was sentenced to 27 years in prison Wednesday for taking contract kickbacks in the construction boom that's turning the Chinese gambling enclave into a Las Vegas-style vacation destination.
Aiming to rein in the booming Indian gambling industry, the government is trying to make sure electronic bingo machines at tribal casinos can't masquerade as Las Vegas-style slots.
Beating the odds-on favorites Blackpool and London's Millennium Dome, Manchester was chosen Tuesday as the site for Britain's first Las Vegas-style supercasino.
Wannabe singing stars on "American Idol" have been known to cringe whenever judge Simon Cowell speaks. Would-be magicians and other Las Vegas-style entertainers could soon become just as nervous if the acid-tongued Cowell finds a judge as outspoken as himself for a new talent competition.
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