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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    A mural on the wall of the circulation building off <em>The Kansas City Star</em> in 2006, in Kansas City, Mo.
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    'KC Star' Apologizes For Past Racist Coverage, Wants Others To 'Get The Poison Out'

    Dec 22, 2020
    The Kansas City Star noted it "disenfranchised, ignored and scored generations of Black Kansas Citians" for much of its 140 years of existence.
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    The Two-Way
    An artist's rendition of a star cluster in the Orion Nebula, using both visible-light and infrared-light visualizations.
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    VIDEO: Take A Trip Through The Orion Nebula, A Baby Star Nursery

    Jan 12, 2018
    The constellation Orion is home to a busy, glowing nebula. Data from telescopes has been used to create a three-minute, three-dimensional tour around its colorful caverns and bright star clusters.
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    The Two-Way
    An artist's rendition of the HD 7924 planetary system — just 54 light-years away from Earth — shows newly discovered exoplanets c and d, which join Planet b.
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    Welcome To The Neighborhood: 2 Super-Earths Discovered

    Apr 29, 2015
    Astronomers using telescopes in Hawaii and California have found two exoplanets orbiting a star a mere 54 light-years away. The discovery is important for two big reasons.
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    Danny Gans

    Feb 02, 2010
    Shortly before he died, Las Vegas impressionist Danny Gans completed an autobiography. We talk with his children Amy and Andrew Gans about their life with their father and how they've dealt with his untimely passing.
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    Nevada Yesterdays

    Jan 26, 2010
    The "Elvis" connection in Las Vegas is legendary. Senator Richard Bryan tells us how it all started.
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    Elvis and Vegas

    Jan 11, 2010
    And today Elvis Presley would be 75 years old. That means there's no better time to hear again Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Geoff Schumacher's take on the King in Las Vegas.
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    Tony Curtis

    Jan 04, 2010

    Actor Tony Curtis tells us about his new book "American Prince: A Memoir" released in October and his experiences growing up and in Hollywood.

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    Bill Cosby

    Jan 01, 2010
    He's been amusing Americans since the 1960s with his stand-up routines, television shows and innumerable guest appearances on the talk show circuit. He's coming to Treasure Island this Saturday for one performance.
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    Rick Faugno

    Dec 31, 2009
    Broadway singer and dancer Rick Faugno is about to launch his one-man show, "Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced)" this Sunday at the Southpoint Hotel and Casino. This weekend's show is already sold out but Faugno gives us a preview in a special music edition of the show, taped in Studio One.
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    Elvis and Vegas

    Dec 15, 2009
    CityCenter's Aria Hotel is about to reincarnate Elvis Presley. He's the focus of the latest Cirque De Soleil show.
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    Garth Brooks Tickets

    Dec 11, 2009
    Garth Brooks and Steve Wynn have made it very clear to would-be profiteers that they will not tolerate people profiting off the shortage of tickets for the country megastar's Las Vegas concerts. Wynn Las Vegas has instituted an elaborate procedure to ensure that only genuine concertgoers buy tickets and we talk to writer and blogger Steve Friess about the new plan to stamp out scalpers.
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    Chazz Palminteri

    Oct 05, 2009
    Actor Chazz Palminteri is bringing his classic one-man show to the Venetian this week. We talk with him about growing up in New York, his acting career and the variety of roles he plays in the show.
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    Bill Cosby

    Sep 05, 2009
    He's been amusing Americans since the 1960s with his stand-up routines, television shows and innumerable guest appearances on the talk show circuit. He's coming to Treasure Island this Saturday for one performance.
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    Bill Cosby

    Sep 02, 2009
    He's been amusing Americans since the 1960s with his stand-up routines, television shows and innumerable guest appearances on the talk show circuit. He's coming to Treasure Island this Saturday for one performance.
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    Las Vegas Loves Michael Jackson

    Aug 25, 2009
    This weekend some of the leading performers on the Strip and across the valley will join together in a tribute concert to Michael Jackson. We talk with co-producer Erich Bergen and Rick McEnaney of the Clark County School District's Partnership Office.
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    Rick Faugno

    Aug 21, 2009
    Broadway singer and dancer Rick Faugno is about to launch his one-man show, "Songs My Idols Sang (And Danced)" this Sunday at the Southpoint Hotel and Casino. This weekend's show is already sold out but Faugno gives us a preview in a special music edition of the show, taped in Studio One.
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    Don Rickles

    Aug 20, 2009

    Don Rickles, the longtime comic known for his biting insults, has died of kidney failure. He was 90.

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    Lance Burton

    Aug 19, 2009
    We talk with Master Magician Lance Burton, who's been the headliner at the Monte Carlo since the hotel opened in 1996. He recently signed a six-year contract extension, meaning he'll be the headliner until at least 2015.
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    Changing Entertainment Trends

    Jun 02, 2009
    Review-Journal columnist Doug Elfman joins us to discuss the changes and trends in entertainment and how we will be affected.
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    Entertainment Roundtable

    May 14, 2009
    Doug Elfman, entertainment columnist, LVRJ Steve Friess, freelance journalist, Vegas Happens Here ... on what Strip entertainment we have to look forward to as summer approaches.
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    Las Vegas Entertainment Scene

    May 11, 2009
    Richard Abowitz, staff writer, LV Weekly and columnist, LA Times ..
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    Remembering Danny Gans

    May 04, 2009
    Terry Fator, ventriloquist, comedian, and singer Norm Clarke, columnist, LVRJ Jeff Scheid, Chief Photographer, LVRJ ... with their thoughts on Danny Gans, who passed away Friday morning.
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    Entertainer Danny Gans Dies

    May 01, 2009
    Chip Lightman, Danny Gans' Mgr Doug Elfman, entertainment columnist, LVRJ Steve Friess, freelance journalist, Vegas Happens Here Mike Weatherford, entertainment reporter, LVRJ John Katsilometes, columnist and entertainment writer, Greenspun media ..
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    Christopher Kenny

    Feb 05, 2009
    Christopher "Edie" Kenney, performer
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    Burlesque PerformerTempest Storm

    Jan 02, 2009

    Tempest Storm , burlesque dancer

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