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Ninth Island: The Las Vegas-Hawaii connection
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - The most common explanations for why Las Vegas is called Hawaii's "Ninth Island" are silly, inadequate, devoid of historical perspective.
Says who? Two anthropology professors who studied what they call a "cultural phenomenon," that's who. The 50th state's bond with Las Vegas did not evolve from some Hawaiian affinity for…