Casinos across nation wager on matching Vegas’ success

Published November 25, 2010

Casinos across nation wager on matching Vegas’ success
By SALLY VALLONGO SPECIAL TO THE BLADE LAS VEGAS – Once an Indian encampment, then a Mormon settlement, later an oasis for railroaders, this glittering global tourist destination in Clark County, Nevada, has become a draw for some 36 million visitors a year. What they leave behind in this Mojave Desert Xanadu added up to $ 35 billion in 2009, according to statistics formulated by the University …
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Families of Brockton area addicts feeling hopeful after major drug raid
Sandra Milton doesn’t blame anyone else for the 2008 heroin-overdose death of her son, Stephen Pacheco, at age 23. The Brockton woman realizes her son made a bad choice to use drugs and was responsible for what happened to him. But she has no sympathy for the 25 alleged heroin dealers arrested Thursday in a massive drug raid in Brockton and six other communities.
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