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The Salt Lake Tribune writes how Nevada and Utah are in a battle over where to get more water to meet their respective growth needs.

The Tribune writes "For now, the two driest states in the nation are in a quiet standoff, fitfully negotiating or scuffing lines in the sand. Eventually, though, the outcome of this tale of two pipelines, begun with an agreement struck 86 years ago to ...

The Independent, which is based in London, writes about the economic problems that have been affecting Las Vegas this year saying that the city's problems "all boil down to a single, unavoidable point: right now, far too little happens in Vegas, because not enough people are actually staying there."

The Indepedent Times writes, "The global slowdown, high petrol prices, ...

The Associated Press writes that unlike California's wildfires, which have been sparked by lightning, people have caused most of the major wildfires in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area.

Meanwhile, the Las Vegas area remains in a Red Flag Warning fire danger alert posted this morning by the National Weather Service. The warning lasts through 8 tonight.

The LA Times writes that the hottest parties in Las Vegas are no longer at the clubs, but by the mega-resort pools. Writer Enid Portuguez describes the scene at Mirage's Bare, the excluse adults-only pool:

"Loud music booms from within, and after paying a cover charge, you turn a corner and are instantly hit by a scene of bronzed ...

Kevin Iole, who covers boxing for Yahoo! Sports, says that last Saturday's win by Francisco Lorenzo over Humberto Soto was more of an acting win than a boxing victory. Lorenzo won by disqualification. But he was not awarded the WBC super featherweight title belt, because the instant replay shows the win came about "with an acting job the likes ...

The Kroger Co. expanded its voluntary recall of some ground beef products beyond stores in Michigan and parts of Ohio to its stores in more than 20 states on Wednesday, including Smith's grocery stores in Nevada.

The nation's biggest traditional grocer also urged customers to check the ground beef in their refrigerators and freezers for the date by which ...

The latest Indiana Jones movie, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," has an opening in 1957 that takes the aging Jones to the atomic testing area northwest of Las Vegas.

The ensuing blast — and the hero's escape — rekindles the memories of how mushroom clouds were a tourist attraction for Las Vegas some 50 years ...

Yahoo! Finance reports today that Tim Poster and Tom Breitling will be joining Wynn Resorts subsidiary Wynn Las Vegas as senior vicep residents of strategy and development.

The two men have together helped to promote the online travel industry with the development and ultimate sale of Travelscape to Expedia. This Las Vegas oriented travel company established a sales model ...

The Associated Press reports that luxury casino on the Las Vegas Strip says it is dropping a lawsuit against an NBA player's charity because it has been paid in full for a convention bill from 2007 All-Star Week.

Jennifer Dunne of the Wynn Las Vegas resort says the $50,000 debt has been repaid, clearing Alonzo Mourning Charities Inc. of ...

The Associated Press reports that a former New York police detective accused of moonlighting as a hit man for the mob has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing a false income tax return.

A U.S. District Court in Nevada also ordered Louis Eppolito to pay $102,000 in restitution.

Eppolito and another former New York detective were ...