With ‘Oppenheimer’ and radiation, Las Vegas stakes its claim to nuclear tourism

Sin City long has feasted on atomic bombs

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How extreme heat helped make Las Vegas

Air conditioning turned extreme weather into another tourist attraction

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‘The Green Felt Jungle’–scandalous exposé that utterly defined Las Vegas–turns 60

Best-selling book by Ed Reid and Oval Demaris has stood the test of time

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It isn’t news Las Vegas COVID-19 death rate was so high

This blog has been writing about that for years

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Not first time Las Vegas casino table game allegedly played on despite stricken patron

Recent lawsuit recalls incident recounted in the 1963 book “The Green Felt Jungle”

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Forbes 400 members in Las Vegas rise 50%–to three

Six years ago, there were three times as many

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Wide coverage of reporter’s murder reflects Las Vegas reputation

Local citizenry has only itself to blame

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez continue grand Las Vegas wedding tradition

Bennifer do their part for the Nevada economy

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Bugsy Siegel murder 75 years ago changed Las Vegas forever

His death at age 41 opened up gambling mecca to other mobsters and their financiers

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Why the Las Vegas body-in-a-barrel story got insane worldwide publicity

Image plus well-known history of long-ago mob connections probably played a role in vast media interest

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What’s buried here, stays here: the few famous graves of Las Vegas (Part 4)

Benny Binion and Nick the Greek join the list

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Overlooking Las Vegas, the mystique–and myths–of Mount Charleston

Sitting as it does in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada, less than 300 miles from Mexico, the immediate Las Vegas area has pretty mild winters, with no snow most years. Except for this: A scan of the mountainous horizon … Continue reading

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What’s buried here, stays here: the few famous graves of Las Vegas (Part 3)

Moe Dalitz and Phyllis McGuire make the list, but most others with Mob ties went elsewhere

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Las Vegas hospital co-founded by casino skim mobster loses appeal of big Medicare overbilling claim

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center is on the hook to the feds for nearly $20 million.

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What the second victim of Robert Durst says about Las Vegas

Susan Berman was the only child of a casino mobster, and loved it

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What’s buried here, stays here: the few famous graves of Las Vegas (Part 2)

Entertainers Tony Curtis and Redd Foxx make the list

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What’s buried here, stays here: the few famous Las Vegas graves (Part 1)

Sonny Liston, Bo Belinksy and Pancho Gonzales are among those with a fatal attraction for Sin City

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COVID-19 pandemic still hits Las Vegas worse that U.S.–just like 1918 Spanish flu

Per-capita death rate is 13% worse than the national rate

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Las Vegas hospital accused of big Medicare overbilling was co-founded by mobster linked to casino skim

Moe Dalitz was an original partner in Sunrise Hospital

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Pandemic has killed more Las Vegas folks per capita than rest of U.S.

Death rate is 7% worse than the country’s

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