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How the Dazzling Las Vegas Strip Rose Up From the Desert

In 1829, a group of explorers led by Spanish merchant Antonio Armijo moved west toward Alta California through the arid Mojave Desert-the ancestral lands of the Southern Paiute people. A young scout named Rafael Rivera discovered a particularly verdant area full of grassland irrigated by a natural spring; this lushness soon inspired the place's…
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Popular Mississippi casino planning multi-million dollar remodel, new president says

Packing a bachelor's degree in marketing fresh from the University of Louisiana-Monroe, Brandon Dardeau headed to Las Vegas and a job in the casino industry. In those days, a degree didn't impress as much, he discovered. He started at the reservation call center - earning about $10 an hour - rather than in his dream position of casino host. That he…
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Popular Mississippi casino planning multi-million dollar remodel, new president says