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Girl Crush du Jour: Devon Aoki

Jun 01, 2009 - There's something about Devon Aoki. The Japanese-German-English model and actress (2 Fast 2 Furious, Sin City) doesn't really look like anyone else, and at 5'5", she's one of the shortest models around. I haven't seen her in any of her movies, so I can't speak to her talent, but I'm captivated by her look. - 11 Comments

Obama's Sin: LV Mayor Wants President to Apologize For Dig

Feb 11, 2009 - Thanks to increased scrutiny Goldman Sachs has moved a three-day conference from Las Vegas to San Francisco. See, on Monday President Obama dissed Sin City to his town hall audience, saying: "You can't get corporate jets, you can't go take a trip to Las Vegas, or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer's dime." Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman wants the president to apologize for his "outrageous" statement, which could cause a dip in tourism. - 38 Comments

Front Page: Las Vegas Hits The Snow Jackpot

Dec 18, 2008 -

A rare snow storm has hit Las Vegas, leaving more snow than the city has seen in decades, and grounding most flights in and out of sin city. The National Weather Service has called the storm a "significant historical event." — Las Vegas Review Journal
A former Rwandan Army Colonel has been convicted of genocide by the UN court in Tanzania, after the court determined he masterminded the 1994 mass killings of the Tutsis and moderate Hutus. - 13 Comments
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Helping the Environment Is in the Bag?

Mar 26, 2008 - A report just released shows that the US set a record for recycling plastic bags in 2006. Up a whopping 24 percent, the record high validates a growing national recycling trend sweeping the states. Of the 812 million pounds of plastic recovered, tons will become usable goods like decking. - 19 Comments

Are Amish Girls Are Expected to Forgive Rape?

Jul 17, 2008 - Think the Amish are gentle, peace-loving folk? Or haven't you given the faith much thought since Amish in the City? If your experience with this quiet faith stops with Witness, here's another look. - 48 Comments

When in Dubai . . . Don't Have Sex on the Beach

Jul 10, 2008 - A British woman working in Dubai faces six years in jail, after Dubai officials caught her allegedly having sex on beach. Dubai may be the Las Vegas of the Middle East, but it's no sin city. The thirty-year-old businesswoman has been charged with sex outside marriage, indecent behavior in public, being drunk in public, and assaulting a police officer. - 46 Comments

Vegas to OK Prostitution — The Pope's "Secular Challenges?"

Apr 17, 2008 - Yesterday the Pope praised America as a nation where strong faith and religious beliefs live harmoniously with secular society. His remarks, delivered at the White House as part of his first trip to the US, came with a caveat addressed later to the bishops: The US is battling a "subtle influence of secularism" that threatens to derail the righteous. He said:Is it consistent for practicing Catholics to ignore or exploit the poor and the marginalized, to promote sexual behavior contrary to Catholic moral teaching or to adopt positions that contradict the right to life of every human being from conception to natural death? - 118 Comments

Debate Rebate: Democrats Gamble in Vegas

Jan 16, 2008 - Now that they're all friends, (sooo over the race thing,) and on a first name basis, the Democrats were free to talk policy at last night's debate. While it seems like debates are supposed to help highlight each candidate's unique qualities, this slot machine came up cherry, cherry, cherry. All three support universal health care, ROTC/increased military recruitment, and energy independence — and all three oppose the war. - 27 Comments