New To Las Vegas by William P. Barrett
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Occasional observations, musings and commentary from William P. Barrett, a well-traveled newcomer. Consider this blog a modest public effort to explore the essence of Las Vegas and its environs
New To Las Vegas by William P. Barrett
2w ago
Turn those dangerous traffic violators into a reality show
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New To Las Vegas by William P. Barrett
3w ago
American Breast Cancer Coalition PAC is up to its old tricks
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1M ago
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1M ago
Threatened release dates back to 2012 incident in Wynn Las Vegas
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1M ago
Tourist's account of getting stung in Strip hotel gets wide attention
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1M ago
Perp is POSC PAC, operating as Police Officers Support Committee PAC or National Police Officers Alliance PAC
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New To Las Vegas by William P. Barrett
2M ago
Beauty and lack of cell phone service added to the natural, non-artificial experience
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New To Las Vegas by William P. Barrett
2M ago
League and Nevada poorly serve their constituencies
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2M ago
Recycling firm has to post notice that "stolen items" aren't accepted
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New To Las Vegas by William P. Barrett
3M ago
The one-liner is in terrible taste, but absolutely too funny to ignore. It’s found in the newly published Borgata, Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia (Volume 1), by Louis Ferrante, an ex-Mafioso himself. He describes the 1947 assassination of Las Vegas mobster Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel, shot from a rifle nine times in the head at point-blank range while reading a newspaper in the living room of his girl friend’s Beverly Hills home.
“With Siegel’s blood and brains all over the newspaper,” Ferrante cracks, “it can be said that the Los Angeles Times got the story first.”
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