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Rep. Shelley Berkley tells her colleagues: “Stop bashing Las Vegas.” She added, “Let’s pick on cities that can’t fight back—like Detroit!”

Las Vegas unemployment hits 10 percent. The economy is so bad, the Britney Spears impersonator at Legends is the actual Britney Spears.

International Magicians Society dubs Criss Angel “Magician of the Decade.” The society then went back down into its parents’ basement and blogged about who would win in a wizards’ duel—Gandalf or Angel.

Report: Michael Jackson living with his mother in Las Vegas for the last six months. Word has it that he’s also a member of the International Magicians Society.

Stand-up comedian Dan Pace to walk 2,400 miles from North Carolina to Las Vegas to raise awareness about rescue missions. If it ends up raising awareness of Dan Pace, hey, where’s the harm in that?

Las Vegas auto thefts decline by 31 percent. That’s because it’s hard to steal a car when a family’s living in it.

58.2 percent of Las Vegas homes now have negative equity. But according to feng shui experts, they have plenty of positive energy.