Vegas Strip News Archive

30-Oct-2007

Something for everybody at Vegoose Music Festival (USA Today)
The crowd. Attendees were mostly teenagers and twentysomethings but ranged from toddlers to grandparents.The performers. Rage Against the Machine and Daft Punk headlined the shows Saturday and Sunday. The diverse lineup included hip-hop acts (Public Enemy, Cypress Hill), techno groups (Thievery Corporation, UNKLE), jam bands (Umphrey's McGee, Moe), metalheads (Mastodon, Queens of the Stone Age), ...

MGM MIRAGE Reports Record Third Quarter Results (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
MGM MIRAGE today reported record third quarter 2007 financial results, achieving diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.62, a 17% increase over the $0.53 per share earned in 2006.

Triads endemic in booming Macau: security expert (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A leading Asian security expert warned Tuesday of endemic corruption in Macau, saying triads had become part of mainstream society in the booming gambling centre.

Judge postpones 'Pacman' Jones evidence hearing in Las Vegas (KVBC Las Vegas)
A judge cited plea negotiations and postponed an evidentiary hearing for suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones in a Las Vegas strip club melee. At least for now, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Tony Abbatangelo shelved plans for a preliminary hearing.

Pacman hearing set for Nov. 27 (Fairview Observer)
An evidentiary hearing to determine if Pacman Jones will face trial in a Las Vegas strip club melee will be held Nov. 27, a Nevada judge said today.

Jones' Evidentiary Hearing In Las Vegas Postponed (News Channel 5 Nashville)
A judge cited plea negotiations and postponed an evidentiary hearing for suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones in a Las Vegas strip club melee.

MGM Mirage 3Q Earns Up on Rev, Insurance (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
MGM Mirage's third-quarter profit rose 18 percent as the world's second-largest casino company notched higher sales from its restaurants and other businesses outside gaming, and drew income from hurricane insurance recoveries.

Date set for Jones' Las Vegas hearing (The Tennessean)
An evidentiary hearing to determine if Pacman Jones will face trial in a Las Vegas strip club melee will be held Nov. 27, a Nevada judge said Monday.

MGM Mirage 3Q profit up on revenue growth, insurance recoveries (Las Vegas Sun)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - MGM Mirage Inc., the world's second-largest casino company, said Tuesday its third-quarter profit climbed 18 percent on revenue growth in non-casino operations and income from Hurricane Katrina insurance recoveries.

One person dead in crash on Las Vegas Strip (KTVN Reno)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - At least one person has died in a crash on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. The accident is near the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Four Seasons Drive -- near Mandalay Bay hotel.

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