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Las Vegas Strip Comedian Brings Celebrity Touch To Museum Outreach | Forbes

My latest for Forbes looks at how one of my favorite places, the Natural History Museum, is getting the word out: Las Vegas is famous for its casinos, of course, and its nightlife, restaurants, and Cirque shows. But Jeff Civillico, the Las Vegas Natural History Museum’s new celebrity ambassador, would like you to think of […]

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The hit that could have sunk Las Vegas | The Mob Museum

In memory of the 60th anniversary of perhaps the most famous failed mob hit in history, I wrote a blog piece for the Mob Museum: On May 2, 1957, Frank Costello thought he had problems, but he had no idea. He was appealing a five-year prison sentence for federal income tax evasion (for which he

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If a red flag is flying, brazen bold against the blue…

Taking a minute from the grind of analyzing the April Nevada gaming revenues, I figured I’d post this story, which surprisingly hasn’t really been picked up by the Vegas blogosphere. From KLAS: The Raelian Movement is announcing plans to build a UFOland in Las Vegas where visitors can attend a Happiness Academy and see a

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