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    Shrimp consumption in Las Vegas is more than 60,000 pounds a day -- higher than the rest of the United States combined; it would take 288 years for one person to spend one night in every hotel room in Las Vegas; about 150 couples get married in Las Vegas each day; to drive from Los Angeles, California to Reno, Nevada the direction traveled is northwest; Samuel Clemens took the penname "Mark Twain" while a reporter working for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada in 1862; the longest running show in Las Vegas is the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino -- it opened in 1959.

     

August 11, 2008 - The New York Times: Stocks Turn Higher as Oil Prices Fall PDF Print E-mail
ny_times.jpgTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS (8/11/2008)-- NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street extended its advance Monday as the price of crude oil fell briefly below $113 a barrel, easing investors' concerns about the impact of inflation on the economy.

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