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Chicken soup for the pole

She bandages their wounds. Gives them a shoulder to cry on. Stitches their G-strings - everything a good mother does. more

Expect nudity! And other things they teach you at the Census Bureau

If Hank Nalbantoglu takes one thing out of his stint as a Las Vegas census taker, it would be to keep your head up. Especially ... more

The Toughest Sheriff in America defends Arizona’s immigration law(5 comments)

Arguably the most polarizing figure in the immigration debate, he’s a sheriff who’s been under investigation for everything from civil-rights violations to using his office ... more

From the follow-up file: Calvin Leslie

Leslie’s company, C&L Property Management, finds single-family homes to “rent” to the homeless using county subsidies. more

Random photo of the week

Fresh Filipino shirts… more

Why Steve Wynn should—and shouldn’t—fear China(5 comments)

The Las Vegas media lately has spent a whole bunch of ink and digital space attacking and analyzing Steve Wynn’s suggestion that he might move ... more

Dream Zone

“I hid under the couch and saw that he had a gun.” more

Cutting class

With Nevada at 51st in the nation in “students’ chance of success,” it’s well past time to act. more

5 Things We’re Thinking About This Week

Betty White on the Strip, cell-phone offenses and odd Aria art. more

As We See It

Nightlife

Day and Night at the Palms

From the season opener of Ditch Fridays during the day to NKOTB and Z-Trip at night, summer has arrived for Vegas partiers. more

Lingerie and cocktail lust(1 comment)

“Girls want any excuse to dress up like sluts.” more

Nikki Beach arrives in Vegas: A first peek

With the uncorking of a bottle of Dom, Nikki Beach Vegas was officially announced Tuesday. more

Nu kid in town

Nu Sanctuary Lounge aims to be a little bit of Ibiza in Town Square. more

Nightlife

Arts & Entertainment

Emergency launch

Walking into artist Jerry Misko’s tiny, stylized gallery in Downtown’s new Emergency Arts, you’d never know that latex-gloved nurses once stitched wounds in the wee cube. more

Face the “MÜS.I.C.” and dance

They’re the newest stars of the Las Vegas Strip, but odds are you wouldn’t recognize even one of them if you bumped into them in ... more

Get cinekinky

Las Vegas is the ideal place for a film festival that celebrates sexuality in all its varied permutations. more

Kenny Chesney title quiz

See if you can tell the genuine Chesney wordsmithing from the very clever fakes. more

Three rowdy nights of Punk Rock Bowling

Thoughts on the scene, the banter and the bands at Punk Rock Bowling. more

Against blobjects

At first glance, the matrixial shapes filling the walls of Trifecta Gallery appear sterile and plastic more

Crystal Castles

On their self-titled second album, Canadian dance-floor terrorists Crystal Castles tone down the haywire 8-bit fireworks and banshee screeches of their debut. more

Broken Social Scene

Think of Broken Social Scene as the indie-rock Wu-Tang Clan. more

Gogol Bordello

Next to their raucous live shows, albums are hollow, pale imitations, and full-length No. 5 is no different. more

Court Yard Hounds

Even without Natalie Maines, secondary Chicks Emily Robison and Martie Maguire create an album that’s in many ways an extension of the Dixie Chick’s 2006 release. more

Kids these days

Get ready for a certain anti-drug PSA flashback. more

A&E

Screen

Hoodwinked

Starring Russell Crowe, the latest “Robin Hood” is all fury, no fun. more

Local, funny, late night

“If you took ‘South Park’ and ‘Fat Albert’ and forced them to have sex with ‘Malcolm in the Middle’…” more

Letters to Juliet

The good news is that Letters to Juliet is only the third-worst romantic comedy set in Europe released this year. more

The Good Guys

Fox hits the throwback well. more

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