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After attacks by Senator John McCain and others, this brand of combat was chased into the hinterlands and banned by court after court. Then, in 2001, Frank Fertitta III and his brother Lorenzo, entrepreneurs in the Las Vegas casino business, bought the tarnished name Ultimate Fighting Championship and rehabilitated the sport. Or, rather, remade it. Technically called mixed martial arts, ultimate fighting was given a set of rules (no more head butting) and a streamlined synthesis of fighting styles (so long, one-glove boxing!) rather than the old chop suey of contending martial-arts schools. A doctor was stationed...
...industry in the long term." In other words, even in one of the world's largest and most vibrant media markets, too many players may wind up chasing too few customers?and newspaper closures will be sure to follow. "People have come into newspapers thinking it's a casino," says Akbar. "It certainly isn't." If publications start cashing in their chips, perhaps the foreign investors now itching get into India will be glad that they weren't let in too fast...
SURRENDERED. HEATHER TALLCHIEF, 33, former armored- truck driver and one of the FBI's most-wanted fugitives, for a 1993 heist in which she ditched her co-workers at a Las Vegas casino and drove off with some $3 million; in Las Vegas. Her lawyer said she had been "brainwashed" by her boyfriend and handed over the money to him; he's still at large...
...Before Katrina this area was hardly forgotten. The Mississippi Coast had experienced an economic boom in the past several years. Real estate values were skyrocketing and major casino chains from Las Vegas were building resorts along the water. All of that is gone. The rich white vacationers from New Orleans have left. What remains is a desperate population of working class folk trying to piece their lives back together...
...better to make money off a casino than Danny Ocean himself? GEORGE CLOONEY and Rande Gerber (a.k.a. Mr. Cindy Crawford) are building a swank new Vegas hotel-casino, part of a $4 billion Barcelona-themed mini-city called Las Ramblas, opening in 2008. World-famous architect Brad Pitt may pitch in, but, says Clooney, "I'm not sure we can afford him. He spends time with Frank Gehry." In the meantime, Clooney is hard at work picking chefs ("I've been spending hours and hours eating") and setting the ambiance. The vibe will be a mix of "a James Bond...