Vegas Strip News Archive

31-Aug-2007

Crucial witness in Las Vegas bombing seeks release from custody (Las Vegas Sun)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - An illegal immigrant jailed as a material witness since her boyfriend was killed in a Las Vegas Strip parking lot bombing in May is asking a judge to let her go free.

Dick Pacific Construction Co, LTD and the Developers of Pinnacle Las Vegas Form Joint Venture to Complete ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PITTSBURGH----DICK PACIFIC CONSTRUCTION CO, LTD a subsidiary of the 85 year old Dick Corporation of Pittsburgh, PA and PINNACLE LAS VEGAS, LLC have entered into a joint-venture agreement to complete development, construction and eventually operate the 1,100 unit, $740 million condominium-resort project known as PINNACLE on 12 acres situated less than two miles from the famed Las Vegas Strip and ...

Macau casino aims to surpass Las Vegas Strip (Charleston Daily Mail)
MACAU -- With the crash of a champagne bottle against a gondola, Macau's Venetian casino opened today, dwarfing anything in Las Vegas and big enough, its operators say, to shift the magnetic north of the gambling world to this small city in southern China.

Accused bombers plead not guilty in fatal Las Vegas Strip blast (KTVN Reno)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nicaraguan and a Panamanian pleaded not guilty today to murder and other charges in a fatal pipe bomb explosion that killed a Mexican man outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino.

Casino aims to change Chinese gambling enclave into resort city (The Journal News)
The glitzy casino that opened Tuesday with a bottle of champaign dwarfs anything on the Las Vegas Strip, big enough, its operators say, to shift the magnetic north of the gambling world from Nevada to this small city in southern China.

Accused bombers plead not guilty in fatal Las Vegas Strip blast (Las Vegas Sun)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nicaraguan and a Panamanian pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder, attempted murder, bombmaking and bomb possession charges in a pipe bomb explosion that killed a Mexican man outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino.

Suspects in fatal Las Vegas Strip blast admit no guilt (Pravda Ru)
A Nicaraguan and a Panamanian pleaded not guilty to bomb explosion charges. A judge set a trial date of May 27 for accused bombmaker Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, 27, of Nicaragua and a co-defendant who has used names including Omar Rueda-Denvers and Alexander Perez.

GRAND AM (DAYTONA) - 2007 Season-Ending Party Scheduled During SEMA Show at Bally's (The Auto Channel)
Following the success of Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve Champions Banquets in Las Vegas, the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series is now heading to the famous Vegas Strip for its 2007 season-ending celebration.

China opens world's largest casino (CNN.com)
MACAU, China (AP) -- Casinos such as the Wynn and Sands have already helped this southern coastal Chinese city surpass the Las Vegas Strip as the world's most lucrative gambling center.

Accused bombers plead not guilty in fatal Las Vegas Strip blast (KSBY San Luis Obispo)
Associated Press - August 30, 2007 2:54 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nicaraguan and a Panamanian pleaded not guilty today to murder and other charges in a fatal pipe bomb explosion that killed a...

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