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Las Vegas will host the National Basketball Association's All-Star Weekend in February 2007, multiple sources told the Review-Journal on Thursday.

Station Casinos Inc. said today it intends to build a residential high rise on eight acres of land next to its Red Rock Resort in Summerlin.

A casino could be located in some city neighborhoods where zoning currently prohibits such construction under a preliminary city plan announced this week.

A group of investors has abandoned plans to launch a Boston-to-Nova Scotia ferry service this summer, although they still hope to begin the trips in May.

While more hotel operators move toward a policy of changing sheets every other day for guests, some Las Vegas casinos say they have no plans to change the way they serve guests.

After the first six months of 2005, McCarran International Airport is on track to serve more than 43 million passengers for the year.

News Brief: The accident left Brown paralyzed from the waist down, and he is missing about 25 percent of his skull.

Nearly one of out every three Missourians gambled in the past year, according to new survey results released Tuesday.

The state Court of Appeals has ruled that slot machines seized from a home in Alamogordo that were not used for illegal gambling aren't subject to forfeiture by state regulators.

With half a year now in the books, Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport is well on its way to setting a 12-month passenger record for the second consecutive year.

A higher ranking U.S. District Court judge issued a ruling late on Monday that could bolster R&R Partners' case against California businesswoman Dorothy Tovar.

John G. Brokopp: Resorts is an experienced, quality operation with a strong track record in the two biggest casino markets in the nation.

Classic car enthusiasts can enjoy a free exhibition of magnificently maintained, exquisitely restored Studebaker vehicles at Boomtown Casino Resort in Verdi.

A grass fire threatened hundreds of homes in rural Madera County on Monday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

Despite two major unions dropping their membership from the national AFL-CIO, Nevada labor leaders said Monday they don't foresee any changes in the makeup of the statewide labor movement.

Ads touting the debut of the World Market Center furniture mart promised this week's inaugural Las Vegas Market would be 'the start of something big.'

News Brief: The new Resorts Atlantic City casino bar and lounge, 25 Hours, offers a European vibe and wildly shaken martini classics.

To usher in the summer in style, Bally's has completed a $11.5 million Tower Room renovation of 25 guest floors, 700 guest rooms, four floors of suites and corridor and lobby areas.

Jennifer Tilly is part of a growing number of celebrities who are drawn to poker as a way of escaping from their closely watched, over-scheduled lives.

State regulators ordered Foxwoods Resort Casino to shut down an Internet promotion Friday, saying it violated Internet gambling laws and illegally expanded gambling off the Indian reservation.