August 24, 2009

Breaking: Michael Jackson’s Death Ruled a Homicide

News is just breaking on this story, but L.A. County coroner’s officials earlier found lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol after examining Michael Jackson’s body.  Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, told detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department that he had been treating Jackson for insomnia for about six weeks. He had been giving Jackson 50 [...]

August 24, 2009

Las Vegas is Epicenter for National Economic News

A new Time Magazine cover story is out that depicts Las Vegas as going from being the epicenter of extravagant consumption to now being in the deepest crater of the recession. 
Meanwhile, a report issued last week by Deutsche Bank said 81 percent of Las Vegas homes were underwater at the end of the first quarter [...]

August 24, 2009

Las Vegas Says No to High-Flying Dining on the Strip

It looks like there will be no high flying dining on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip. 
The Clark County commissioners last Wednesday denied a local entrepreneur’s request to move his Dinner in the Sky business there. Michael Hinden’s company hoists patrons 160 feet high so they can get a good look at Las [...]

August 24, 2009

Ashton Kutcher Graffitis Roof of Las Vegas Casino

Actor and bad boy Ashton Kutcher was caught spray-painting a picture on to the roof of a Las Vegas casino/hotel. 
The Spread star, who was visiting Las Vegas to celebrate stepdaughter Rumer Willis’s 21st birthday, painted a picture of a slot machine with the words ‘Lucky Me’ next to it on the roof of the Planet Hollywood [...]