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OFFSIDE: A Mystery

Nominations for

It Didn't
Stay Here*

  • Isaac Bennett
  • Issac Bennett
  • Thomas C. Davis
  • Angela Dragicevic
  • Taylor Gilkey
  • Jonathan Hamm
  • Oliver Hamilton
  • Angelina Lazar
  • Arnold Gerald Leto III
  • Emmanuel Macron
  • Paul Morgan
  • Muriel Penicaud
  • Michelle Schneider
  • Amy Trapp
  • Donald J. Trump
  • Billy Walters

*-Folks and firms in trouble elsewhere for something that happened in Las Vegas

Nominations for

America's
Stupidest
Charities**

  • American Veterans Support Foundation
  • Association for Homeless and Disabled Veterans
  • Breast Cancer Research and Support Fund
  • Cancer Support Services
  • Center for Homeless American Veterans
  • Community Charity Advancement
  • International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO
  • King County Police Union
  • National Police and Troopers Association
  • National Vietnam Veterans Foundation
  • Public Safety Employees Union 519
  • Seven Sisters of Healing

**-Non-profits that have called asking for money despite a critical article by me on one of my blogs

LV ONLINE

Commentary/arts/ food/review

  • Classic Las Vegas (history)
  • Eating Las Vegas
  • In Old Las Vegas
  • Las Vegas and the Mob (history)
  • Las Vegas Moms
  • Living Las Vegas
  • Lollie's Shopping
  • New To Las Vegas
  • Reddit Las Vegas
  • Vegas Burger Blog
  • Vegas Eater
  • Vintage Las Vegas
  • Vital Vegas

For tourists

  • Cheapo Vegas
  • Eater Vegas
  • EDGe Vegas
  • Frugal Vegas
  • Hiking Las Vegas
  • Las Vegas blog
  • LV Online Entertainment Guide
  • Revews Of Vegas Hotel
  • Travel Vegas
  • Vegas 4 Visitors
  • Vegas 7
  • Vegas Fanboy
  • Vegas Seven
  • Vegas Skating
  • Vegas Tripping
  • We Know Vegas

Gambling

  • Beyond Numbers
  • Poker Listings
  • Rob's Vegas and Poker Blog
  • Stiffs and Georges
  • Vegas Casino Info
  • Vegas Parlay
  • VSiN

Museums

  • Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art
  • Boulder City Hoover Dam Museum
  • Burlesque Hall of Fame
  • Clark County Museum
  • Discovery Children's Museum
  • Erotic Heritage Museum
  • Hispanic Museum of Las Vegas
  • Hollywood Cars Museum
  • Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum
  • Las Vegas Natural History Museum
  • Liberace Foundation
  • Lost City Museum
  • Madame Tussauds Las Vegas
  • Marjorie Barrick Museum
  • Mob Museum
  • National Atomic History Museum
  • Neon Museum
  • Nevada State Museum
  • Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
  • Pinball Hall of Fame
  • Springs Preserve
  • Walker African-American Museum

News/opinion

  • Boulder City Review
  • Desert Companion
  • El Mundo
  • El Tiempo
  • Elko Daily Free Press
  • Ely Times
  • Henderson Press
  • Jewish Las Vegas
  • KBLR-TV (Telemundo)
  • KDWN-AM (talk/news)
  • KINC-TV (Univision)
  • KLAS-TV (CBS)
  • KNPB-TV (PBS Reno)
  • KNPR (NPR)
  • KNRV-TV (NBC Reno)
  • KNVX-TV (PBS)
  • KOLO-TV (ABC Reno)
  • KRXI-TV (Fox Reno)
  • KSNV-TV (NBC)
  • KTNV-TV (ABC)
  • KTVN-TV (CBS Reno)
  • KVVU-TV (Fox)
  • La Voce
  • Las Vegas Herald
  • Las Vegas Law
  • Las Vegas Review-Journal
  • Las Vegas Sun
  • Las Vegas Weekly
  • Laughlin Times
  • Mesquite Local News
  • Metro Police
  • Moapa Valley Progress
  • Muth's Truths
  • Nevada Appeal (Carson City)
  • Nevada Business
  • Nevada Legal News
  • Nevada Newsmakers
  • News4Nevada (Winnemucca)
  • Norm Clarke's Vegas Diary
  • Pahrump Valley Times
  • Ralston Reports
  • Record-Courier (Carson Valley)
  • Reno Gazette-Journal
  • Reno News & Review
  • Scarlet & Gray Free Press (UNLV)
  • Sparks Tribune
  • The Nevada Independent
  • The Now Report
  • Vegas Inc.
  • Watchdog Wag
So how hot right now is Las Vegas?
72°
clear sky
humidity: 16%
H 72 • L 44

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Phone: (702) 625-7189

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