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	Las Vegas, Nevada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Las Vegas was given its name by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas.
		Las Vegas' climate is typical of the Mojave Desert in which it is located, with very little rainfall, and extreme heat in the summer; highs of 105 °F (40 °C) are common from May to September, and for several days each year, temperatures may exceed 115 °F (46 °C).
		Las Vegas's incorporated population of 478,434 is an understatement of the city's recent population boom, as much of the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area is unincorporated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Las_Vegas (3066 words)

	Las Vegas, Nevada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Las Vegas is the original county seat of Clark County since 1909 http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/history/default.htm.
		Las Vegas is sometimes called Sin City due to the popularity of legalized gambling, availability of alcoholic beverages any time (like all of Nevada), various forms and degrees of adult entertainment, and legalized prostitution in nearby counties (Nevada law prohibits prostitution in counties which have large populations).
		Las Vegas has a desert climate with very little rainfall, and extreme heat in the summer; highs of 105 °F (40 °C) are common from May to September, and for several days each year, temperatures may exceed 115 °F (46 °C).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Las-Vegas,-Nevada.htm (2789 words)

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		Las Vegas was founded on May 15, 1905 when 110 acres (450,000 m²), in what later would become downtown, were auctioned.
		Las Vegas has a desert climate with very little rainfall, and extreme heat in the summer; highs of 105°F (40°C) are common from May to September, and for several days each year, temperatures may exceed 115°F (46° C).
		The Las Vegas Posse was a former Canadian Football League team that played at Sam Boyd Stadium, which was also home to the Las Vegas Outlaws during the one XFL football season.
	pardus.info /index.php?title=Las_Vegas,_Nevada (2732 words)

	Mayor biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the United States, mayors are usually elected by the citizens of a locality for a fixed term.
		In London, the Lord Mayor of London is now largely ceremonial, a post that should be distinguished from the elected Mayor of London.
		The longest serving mayor in the U.S. was Robert Linn, who served for 58 years as mayor of Beaver, Pennsylvania.
	mayor.biography.ms (399 words)

	Mayor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mayors may also function as the head of the city council, sometimes elected as mayor by the council rather the citizens, while day-to-day operations of the city are delegated to a professional city manager.
		In Canada mayors are usually elected at large by the citizens of a municipality for a fixed term.
		List of mayors of Washington, D.C. List of mayors of Akron, Ohio
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Mayor (575 words)

	Las Vegas, Nevada biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Las Vegas is the largest city in Nevada and a major tourist destination.
		Las Vegas is the county seat of Clark County, Nevada.
		This four and a half mile stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard is mostly outside the Las Vegas city limits, in the township of Paradise, Nevada.
	las-vegas.biography.ms (2395 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Las Vegas, Nevada
		Las Vegas is the county seat of Clark County.
		Las Vegas was given its name by Spaniards in the Antonio Armijo party, who watered there while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas.
		Las Vegas is sometimes called Sin City due to the popularity of legalized gambling, availability of alcoholic beverages any time of the day and night (like all of Nevada), various forms and degrees of adult entertainment, and legalized prostitution in nearby counties (Nevada law prohibits prostitution in counties which have large populations).
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Las_Vegas,_Nevada (2708 words)

	City Mayors: Mayor of Las Vegas
		Mayor Goodman was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
		The contest World Mayor 2005 aims to raise the profile of mayors worldwide, as well as to honour those who have served their communities well and who have made contributions to the well-being of cities nationally and internationally.
		We are looking for mayors who have shown that they have the vision, the passion and the skills to make their cities amazing places to live in, to work in and to visit.
	www.citymayors.com /usa/vegas.html (800 words)

	LAS VEGAS, NEVADA FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Las Vegas has been the county_seat of Clark County since its formation in 1909 http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/history/default.htm.
		The name Las Vegas is often applied to the unincorporated areas of Clark County that surround the city, especially the resort areas on and near the Las_Vegas_Strip.
		The center of gambling_in_the_US, Las Vegas is sometimes called ''Sin City'' due to the popularity of legalized gambling, availability of alcoholic_beverages any time (like all of Nevada), various forms and degrees of adult_entertainment, and legalized prostitution in nearby counties (Nevada law prohibits prostitution in counties which have populations greater than 400,000).
	www.beatlesfacts.com /Las_Vegas,_Nevada (2833 words)

	Las Vegas Weekly: Upfront 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Speaking to a crowd that included Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Joseph spoke in generalities about the need of a post-Sept. 11 world to learn to live with and understand each other.
		He didn't mention Beefeater gin, his tonic of choice, despite reports that Oscar is mulling over the idea of becoming a pitchman for the booze, with the intention of giving his salary to the needy.
		Some of the most well-heeled businesspeople in Las Vegas attended, as well as County Commissioner Dario Herrera--"we're poor and come not to be served but to serve"--who's likely to win a seat in Congress next year.
	www.lasvegasweekly.com /2001_2/11_08/news_upfront3.html (488 words)

	Las Vegas Mercury: Backstory: The importance of being Oscar
		Las Vegas Mercury: Backstory: The importance of being Oscar
		The Nevada Ethics Commission held that he shouldn't have aided his son's business by hosting a party at a national mayoral conference.
		The list of Las Vegas mayors begins with Peter Buol, who won office partly because he seemed to be involved in every business in town.
	www.lasvegasmercury.com /2004/MERC-May-20-Thu-2004/23904711.html (836 words)

	Las Vegas...America's Most Humane City?? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Las Vegas is a city built on vision and thinking 'outside of the box'.
		Thanks to a progressive new non-kill policy, Las Vegas is well on the way to becoming the first major city in America to stop killing adoptable dogs and cats.
		Las Vegas has taken a big step in the right direction with this effort, now hopefully other major cities will follow suit.
	www.prophetsplace.com /lvdogs.html (902 words)

	List of mayors of Las Vegas, Nevada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This list of mayors of Las Vegas, Nevada has been compiled from public domain documents provided by the City Clerk.
		¹ 05/12/1941 - 05-26-1941, Herbert Krause served as intermin Mayor when John Russell was removed from office on 5/12/1941.
		02/01/1922 - 05/16/1923, W.H. Dentner apponted Mayor Pro Tem, Mayors office was vacant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Las_Vegas,_Nevada (152 words)

	Oscar Goodman biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Oscar Baylin Goodman (born on July 26, 1939) is a lawyer and the Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada.
		He was admitted to the Nevada Bar Association in 1965 and he served as Chief Deputy Public Defender in Clark County, Nevada from 1966 to 1967.
		The Nevada Ethics Commission opened an investigation on April 14, 2004 and on May 13, 2004 the members of the commission became deadlocked and as a result no action was taken against Mayor Goodman and the investigation was closed.
	oscar-goodman.biography.ms (506 words)

	March 2000 - Richard Reed - Insider Viewpoint of Las Vegas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the old days of Las Vegas, the seasoned resident veterans thought the Hacienda was way out on the end of the Strip.
		As the nucleus of the Las Vegas casinos continually edging southbound on the Las Vegas Strip, a new type of casino is prominently emerging in the Las Vegas horizon.
		For years, casinos like Jerry’s Nugget in North Las Vegas was considered the outcast because they were on the correct street, Las Vegas Blvd., but way far away from the other casinos (one mile).
	www.lasvegasprintbrokers.com /reed/mar2000.html (945 words)

	Las Vegas Weekly: Talking Smack, What the hell, right? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mayor Oscar Goodman was in his office talking about Abraham's visit, and his own missed opportunity.
		List is a lobbyist for the Nuclear Energy Institute.
		List's line: There's no stopping the dump, so let's bend over, take it and get as much money from it as we can.
	www.lasvegasweekly.com /2001_2/12_20/columns_smack.html (575 words)

	Las Vegas, Nevada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A concerted effort has been made by city fathers to diversify the Las Vegas economy by attracting light manufacturing, textiles, banking, and other commercial interests.
		Although winter snows are frequently visible on the mountains surrounding the valley, it rarely snows in Las Vegas itself.
		The Las Vegas Thunder played in the now-defunct International Hockey League for six seasons, from 1993 to 1999.
	www.free-download-soft.com /info/vegas.html (2459 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: Betting, dump top lawmakers' list
		The lawmakers said they are bracing for the possible re-emergence of a bill that would ban betting on college athletics in Nevada sports books, and they could again take on the plan to create a temporary nuclear waste dump near the proposed permanent storage site at Yucca Mountain.
		And Nevada lawmakers are not aware of specific plans afoot to reintroduce the measure, but they are wary of the industry's unpredictable allies in Congress, they said.
		Nevada is the only state that offers legal betting on college games.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2003/jan/06/514477744.html (930 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Of Rats and Men: Oscar Goodman's Life from Mob Mouthpiece to Mayor of Las Vegas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Goodman's success in a string of attempted prosecutions from Philadelphia to Las Vegas made him "Public Enemy Number One among federal mob prosecutors," who wondered how close he was to the operations of the Mob.
		Of Rats And Men: Oscar Goodman's Life From Mob Mouthpiece To Mayor Of Las Vegas is the inherently fascinating biography of Oscar Goodman, a man who deliberately became a pre-eminent defense attorney for alleged gangsters for 35 years.
		Scared me! While it is obvious the attention-seeking mayor was generous in his interviews with the author, Smith kept me up nights as he interpreted what Goodman would have us believe with his [author's] own extensive background knowledge and investigative prowess.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0929712986 (713 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Washoe County, Nev.
		This site only lists about 5,000 cemeteries where politicians are known to have been buried (the number grows gradually as more research is done).
		It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in 1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven.
		The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/NV/WA.html (1062 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A mayor (Latin maīor "better") is the politician who serves as chief executive official of a municipality.
		In Germany the corresponding title is Bürgermeister, in Italy sindaco, in Bohemia starosta and in Spain, a term derived from a Moorish post, alcalde.
		List of mayors of Washington, D.C. See also:
	pardus.info /index.php?title=Mayor (409 words)

	Las Vegas, Nevada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Las Vegas is sometimes called Sin City due to the popularity of legalized gambling, availability of alcoholic beverages any time (like all of Nevada), various forms and degrees of adult entertainment, and legalized prostitution in nearby counties (Nevada law prohibits prostitution in counties which have populations greater than 400,000).
		The building of Hoover Dam (October 9, 1936), which provided power and a major source of tourism.
		The University of Nevada, Las Vegas fields Division I athletic teams.
	www.punweb.com /article/Las_Vegas,_Nevada (3078 words)

	City Mayors: Homeless in US cities
		City Mayors reports widely on urban transport issues and and features the world's greatest metro systems.
		City Mayors selects and features products, services specially and new technologies designed and produced to improve the living and working environment of towns and cities.
		Michael Stoops, Director of Community Organizing for the National Coalition for the Homeless, told City Mayors that there needed to be an end to the patterns of discrimination we have seen repeated in many of these cities, year after year.
	www.citymayors.com /society/homeless_usa2.html (1172 words)

	Las_Vegas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Las Vegas is the original county seat of Clark County since 1909 [2] (http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/history/default.htm).
		Recent figures place the population for the Las Vegas metropolitan area at around 1,950,000 people (2005 estimate [3] (http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1119224192andmen=gproandlng=enandgln=xxanddat=32andsrt=npanandcol=aohdqandgeo=-1049604)), the fastest growing in the United States.
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	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Las_Vegas (2798 words)

	The Phish.Net: By Phish Fans, For Phish Fans
		Though there's no official news yet, one site is now listing 3/7/06 s the release date for the Brooklyn 2004 DVD.
		Among the many Trey postshow gigs certain to be announced for this upcoming tour, don't miss the one featuring The Phix on Saturday, November 26th, just a mile or two from Trey's show at the Fillmore, and the band's annual Thanksgiving benefit for the Mockingbird Foundation!
		Recommended Music List: database of albums and artists recommended by other Phish fans, with hundreds of entries.
	www.phish.net (3004 words)

	Las Vegas, Nevada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		List of current and former capital cities within the United States
		Encyclopedia Articles which Refer to This City (Possible Matches)
		List of dental schools in the U.S. List of television stations in Nevada
	www.worldhistory.com /locality/US/NV/Las-Vegas-Nevada.htm (78 words)

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