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Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 (midnight)

Steve Wynn says in conference call with investors, “The landscape in Vegas is troubling.”
He then further shocked the group by revealing that water is wet and candy is sweet.
Nevada man charged with acting as attorney.
Hmmm ... wonder who’s going to represent this guy?
Swine flu forces change in UMC visitors policy.
The new policy is this: If you try to visit, you’re immediately sent for psychiatric evaluation, because you’re clearly insane.

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Lead Photo Random photo of the week

Forrest Grosz | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 (midnight)

"I can ride a bike with my old lady on the handlebars, on the handlebars..."

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Suggestion Box: Hey RJ, tell us something we don’t know

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 (midnight)

An R-J writer proclaimed that spiraling room rates are drawing a “trashier” clientele, one that—gasp!—brings coolers into rooms and apparently causes—double gasp!—room damage.

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Lead Photo Good ol’ Boyd

Steve Friess | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 (6 p.m.)

Since retiring as CEO of his corporation nearly two years ago, William S. Boyd has decided to “get back to what we did when we were much smaller, and that is get out to the properties, meet the people who are actually making money for us and servicing customers.”

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Lead Photo “Deep Throat” merchandise (use your imagination)

Nick Divito | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 (3:45 p.m.)

Las Vegas-based Arrow Productions, the porn house that brought you the most celebrated skin flick in the adult industry has rolled out a long line of merchandise to stuff your favorite pornophile’s stocking.

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Lead Photo Las Vegas appears to only be growing in intolerance

Stacy J. Willis | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 (3:27 p.m.)

Hello, rising wave of intolerance, I haven’t seen you in a while. I was tempted to believe that momentarily we had dispatched with the villainization of gay people; because, yawn.

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Lead Photo There’s a battle over the hump in Pahrump

Stacy J. Willis | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 (2:54 p.m.)

Pahrump—a town known for legal brothels and guns—is battling over the city’s image.

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Lead Photo Trucks don’t need no stinkin’ badges!

Scott Dickensheets | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 (2:40 p.m.)

Why does the Highway Patrol’s “badge on board” program—in which troopers ride shotgun in selected 18-wheelers and cite drivers who stay in blind spots, don’t allow for wide turns, etc.—focus on the cars?

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The Help Desk

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (midnight)

Las Vegas ranks seventh on Forbes list of Best Cities to Retire In.
Proving once and for all that Forbes lists are a result of putting all cities in a hat and just choosing at random.
Casino employees sue over second-hand-smoke exposure.
Can we change our slogan to What Happens in Vegas Has Real-World Implications?
Holly Madison says she’d like to be city’s mayor.
Hate to break this to you, Holly, but with the caliber of mayor up to now ... you’re extremely qualified.

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Lead Photo Random photo of the week

Zachary Bowie | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (midnight)

A little early, isn't it?

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Lead Photo Lettuce ladies and veggie dogs

Ken Miller | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (5:41 p.m.)

In an afternoon punctuated by false starts, ambulance sirens and skimpy green outfits, PETA, for better or worse, gave away hundreds of veggie dogs to an appreciative crowd at Stewart Avenue and 4th Street last Friday.

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Lead Photo The dog days of Dora To

T.R. Witcher | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (5:25 p.m.)

For animal-rights activists, Dora To’s business was an example of pet-store owners purchasing their puppies from puppy mills—breeders that, although they may operate legally, still do not take care of the animals they raise.

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Lead Photo Terror in the produce aisle!

Rick Lax | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (5:14 p.m.)

What would happen if you took Lizardman out of the Fright Dome, out of Circus Circus and off the Strip? What would happen if you took him, say, grocery shopping at Whole Foods on Charleston and Fort Apache?

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Amen Corner: Spaying and neutering opposition

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (3:11 p.m.)

You can’t imagine how relieved we were to hear that the city’s plan to make spaying and neutering mandatory is likely to face widespread opposition.

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Lead Photo A Wynn lose situation for Garth Brooks tickets

Steve Friess | Wed, Oct 28, 2009 (3 p.m.)

Wynn is devoted to socialism-lite right here in Vegas in the form of his jihad against would-be scalpers of the tickets for the first 20 Garth Brooks shows sold Saturday.

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A&E

Cirque reveals City Center show will be named “Viva ELVIS”
Today Cirque du Soleil revealed that the new show opening in December at Aria Resort & Casino at City Center will be titled Viva ELVIS.
Time to go for Wayne Newton?
Newton could be a great host of a Vegas variety show. But he prefers to keep his show focused on his singing and not on his legacy. The result is sad.
A Perfecto Halloween makeover
What’s blue and purple, nearly naked and doesn’t move for five hours? Weekly writer Deanna Rilling undergoing an otherworldly transformation.

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It was quite by happenstance that I came upon the beergarita, or perhaps it found me. I was blissfully unaware of the house-party staple’s existence until two glasses literally put ...
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