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...Mecca and it isn't Lourdes, but Las Vegas is right up there among the holiest places in the world. In our hearts, we want to take foolish risks, pile food on our plates, dress like proles and shamelessly applaud lion tamers and dancing girls. Our lives are lies until we make the pilgrimage to Vegas and cleanse our souls...
...Jersey wants to be Las Vegas, but it falls short. Mike Tyson can tell you that. Kicked out of boxing for munching Evander Holyfield's ear in a prizefight at the MGM Grand on June 28, 1997, he asked forgiveness in New Jersey earlier this summer, but the devil entered him and cussed like a sailor...
...first, on Sept. 19, he will make the holy trek. He will seek salvation in Las Vegas. The fallen former heavyweight champ is scheduled to ask the Nevada Athletic Commission to reinstate his boxing license. It's the fight of his life, not counting his 1992 rape conviction, and if a random sampling of gamblers is any indication, he's going to win. Henry Beste, 41, an actor who lives here, explained it in two words: "It's Vegas...
...opened fire on two of show-biz-land's most beloved citizens. First there was the charming advice you told the New York Daily News you gave ROBERT DE NIRO, that he ought to do Shakespeare. "It's ridiculous for an actor that good to keep playing Las Vegas hoods. That's terrible," you said. Never mind that he's only actually played one Las Vegas hood. And then you opined that except for his roles in the movies A Few Good Men and Five Easy Pieces, all JACK NICHOLSON's parts were the same. "You can't just...
What's the latest in bipedal transportation? How about relatively affordable ($500 or less) "comfort bikes" with cushy seats, fat tires and--get this--automatic gears. At the Interbike show in Las Vegas this week, Shimano will demonstrate its new Auto-D electronic-shifting system on bikes from Bianci, Schwinn, GT and others. The digital derailleur always starts off in the lowest gear and automatically shifts when a rider pedals faster or slower. It even has a parking-mode feature that locks the wheels until you enter a secret code to release them...