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First it lost its financing. Now the Cosmopolitan project could lose its name.

Land transfer allows Laughlin leaders to develop master plan for 9,000 acres of desert property

Employees alleged deadline pressure at some sites on Strip.

En route to a victory in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold-em tournament, John Phan, with the cooperation of heads-up opponent Johnny Neckar, threw an interesting twist into play.

News Brief: Antique collecting couple have discovered a one-of-a-kind piece of gambling history: a gaffed roulette wheel.

News Brief: A former Silver Legacy cage manager was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in prison for stealing $343,000 from the casino in a sophisticated embezzlement driven by her gambling addiction.

By a 123-110 vote, Mandalay Bay guards rejected the International Union of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America.

Virgin America has partnered with Match.com to bring singles aboard the airline's "SuperFly" Wednesday night series for an evening of social networking and fun at The Venetian Las Vegas.

The death toll at Strip construction sites continued to rise Monday, this time at Boyd Gaming Corp.'s Echelon project site with the death of a 49-year-old carpenter who fell about 15 feet and suffered fatal head injuries after landing on his head.

Cox Business/Hospitality Network has launched its high-definition Video On Demand platform and wireless internet in the new Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.

An unstable construction crane at the $9.2 billion CityCenter shut down traffic on a one-third-mile stretch of the Strip and stalled work on a portion of the 76-acre site for nearly 11/2 hours Friday afternoon.

Western tourism boosters are doing something once unheard of in Las Vegas -- encouraging visitors to leave the Strip's posh gambling resorts and spend time in the great outdoors.

Harrah's installed six wireless touch-screen computer tables that will let bar customers perform a number of functions, including viewing and sending messages to customers at one of the other Microsoft Surface tables.

The Blue Man Group has been ordered to the bargaining table after an appeals court sided with federal labor officials and the Las Vegas union local that has been seeking a contract for stagehands at The Venetian show.

The cost of catching a cab in Las Vegas this summer may increase because of rising gasoline prices.

While we applaud Harrah's Entertainment for the organized and entertaining manner the World Series of Poker is run each year, we also think the event could be even more intriguing. Here's five games we would add to the mix if we were WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack for a day.

The slumping national economy has affected the bottom line of Nevada casinos much like what happened in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Gaming taxes associated with April 2008 casino revenues were $55.1 million, a 3.5 percent decline compared with $57.1 million collected for the same period a year ago.

"Raw Talent Live," a 75-minute, high-energy experience featuring interactive live performances of the next generation of World Dance with live, original music and exclusive, high-tech video illusions, will make its debut on the Las Vegas Strip at the Sahara Hotel & Casino in August 2008.

The head of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spoke Tuesday at a conference of safety engineers but avoided any discussion about a string of construction site fatalities.