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Lead Photo What’s the county got against Barney?

Steve Friess | Wed, Aug 24, 2011 (2:10 p.m.)

Steve Friess defends Barney.

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Lead Photo Clark County could learn from Eureka’s fiscal responsibility

Steve Friess | Wed, Aug 17, 2011 (5:15 p.m.)

The Northern Nevada county knows how to manage its money. Find out how here.

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Lead Photo Renovation rundown: Reviewing the Plaza’s $35 million overhaul

Steve Friess | Wed, Aug 10, 2011 (3 p.m.)

It is difficult to recall a hotel-casino redevelopment in modern Las Vegas history that has received as much hype as the $35 million job taking place at 1 South Main Street.

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Lead Photo Weight Watchers magazine gets its first male cover model—and he’s from Las Vegas

Steve Friess | Wed, Aug 3, 2011 (3:50 p.m.)

The actual news in there is that Weight Watchers is finally highlighting the importance of weight loss for men.

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Lead Photo As he prepares to leave town, Steve Friess ticks down his Vegas bucket list

Steve Friess | Wed, Jul 27, 2011 (4:30 p.m.)

“The best is yet to come, and babe, won’t it be fine."

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Lead Photo For MGM Resorts, bad luck isn’t only in the cards

Steve Friess | Wed, Jul 20, 2011 (3:15 p.m.)

The flames devoured the roof at such a dramatic pace that the Monte Carlo seemed doomed.

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Lead Photo Janis Sartin has seen Vegas’ ‘Phantom’ 55 times … and counting

Steve Friess | Wed, Jul 13, 2011 (2:40 p.m.)

Find out what keeps this super "phan" coming back time and time again!

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Lead Photo Annie Duke’s new poker league favors skill over fluke

Steve Friess | Wed, Jul 6, 2011 (4:04 p.m.)

Weekly columnist Steve Friess looks into WSOP's new rival: Epic Poker League.

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Lead Photo When it comes to gay marriage, Nevada is a few states too late

Steve Friess | Wed, Jun 29, 2011 (1:40 p.m.)

Like most gay Americans not on the happy streets of Greenwich Village on Friday as the New York Senate deliberated whether to make my home state the largest and coolest state to recognize same-sex marriages, I sat with one eye glued to cable news coverage and the other avidly scanning the web.

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Lead Photo An afternoon with the Starkey Hearing Foundation changed Steve Friess’ life

Steve Friess | Wed, Jun 22, 2011 (1:21 p.m.)

Steve Friess will soon embark on a new adventure with the Starkey Hearing Foundation.

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Lead Photo Nevada’s Capitol ignores sin and our city, but we can change that

Steve Friess | Wed, Jun 15, 2011 (3:33 p.m.)

The Carson City building makes no mention of a few key state facts.

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Why AB 456 is a huge middle finger to Nevada’s education system

Steve Friess | Tue, May 31, 2011 (12:07 p.m.)

Forget watering down the test; this bill waters down the whole diploma.

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Lead Photo Terry Fator claims he was being controlled by his ex-wife; was he?

Steve Friess | Tue, May 24, 2011 (7:30 p.m.)

To hear the 45-year-old singing ventriloquist tell it, until quite recently he was a dummy.

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Lead Photo A personal account from one victim of the city’s real estate collapse

Steve Friess | Wed, May 18, 2011 (2:10 p.m.)

I’m not sure why it took so long to figure out how interminably badly this had all gone.

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Lead Photo Evan Glusman’s decision to hold out against Marriott turned out to be the right one

Steve Friess | Wed, May 11, 2011 (2 p.m.)

It would have been just so easy to take the ungodly fistfuls of money at first offer and run.

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A&E

Events guide: Memorial Day Weekend 2013
Memorial Day Weekend in Las Vegas means four days and nights of parties and club events; brace yourself.
Strip Scribbles: Axwell at Eclipse, Santana, ‘Being Oscar’ and Jerry Lewis
It’s more than 24 hours of nonstop activities, and that’s before the huge attractions open up for Memorial Day Weekend. The insanity began …
Photos: Criss Angel’s buried alive in cement stunt at The Mirage is …
Six hours before Criss Angel’s “Buried Alive-Cement Grave” stunt on the Strip on Wednesday night, his fan army of Loyals began to arrive. They …

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Cocktail of the Week May 15, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Golden Pillar: An architectural cocktail built for XS

This Sunday, XS nightclub celebrates the grand reopening of its after-dark pool party, Night Swim. Along with the bash comes a new offering of signature cocktails served by the pitcher, ...
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