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...Born March 25, 1958, in Roseville, Calif. Grew up in Nevada. With no help from her ex-husband, Ensign's mother once supported him and two siblings while working at a Reno, Nev., casino. His family moved to Las Vegas when Ensign...
...news blindsided official Washington: Senator John Ensign, a well-known social conservative and family-values advocate, admitted on June 16 to an eight-month extramarital affair with a married campaign aide. The Nevada Republican's sober confession, read before a pack of reporters in Las Vegas, doubtlessly dashed the hopes of many in the party who considered Ensign an emerging national leader. The 51-year-old even fanned the flames of presidential speculation earlier this month with a trip to the key presidential-primary state of Iowa. Beyond embarrassing the second-term Senator, the revelation opened him to charges...
...Owned Las Vegas' first 24-hour veterinary clinic and managed hotels before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. His political career was boosted by his well-connected stepfather, Michael Ensign, who ran the powerful Mandalay Resort Group...
...past, a bachelor party could commonly involve a black-tie dinner hosted by the groom's father, with toasts to the groom and the bride. The more recent traditions of hazing, humiliation and debauchery - often consuming entire weekends and involving travel to an exotic destination such as Las Vegas or its nearest available facsimile - became a staple of bad '80s sex comedies. (The 1984 Tom Hanks vehicle Bachelor Party hit the genre's perfecta, featuring beer, drugs, strippers, an ill-fated donkey and MTV video vixen Tawny Kitaen.) (Watch TIME's video "Beer Pong Strikes Back...
...male) strippers. Other couples, uncomfortable with the expectations of debauchery, celebrate their last night together in combined stag and doe parties - an idea that's grown popular as more couples live together and marry later in life. Bachelor parties are now as diverse as the bachelors involved, ranging from Las Vegas trips (losing teeth, dignity and sometimes the groom, as in The Hangover) to a casual party with friends and/or the fiancée. First and foremost, the event is an important step in saying goodbye to one's single life and relieving prewedding jitters. There doesn't even have...