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MGM Resorts tosses longtime Vegas freebie: parking

While many metropolitan cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York charge astronomical hourly fees for parking, it has been a tradition for hotels on the Las Vegas Strip to offer free parking to their guests since it was ...

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Casinos turn to feng shui to lure Chinese high rollers

As Asian bettors swell the ranks of the casino VIP, gambling houses are increasingly reflecting the ancient Chinese principles of feng shui in their design, from flourishes of red and gold in color schemes, avoiding exposed lightbulbs to incorporating the ...

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Transracial adoptees examine their roots through AAJA

Mei-Ling Hopgood was born in Taiwan and came to America after being adopted by a white family. She is a transracial adoptee – someone whose race differs from her adopted family. “Each adoptee has a unique relationship with their family ...

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Lack of major presidential candidates raises questions about UNITY breakup

Eight years ago, the nation’s minority journalist groups met together in one convention — UNITY — and welcomed a presidential candidate that accepted an invitation to speak: Barack Obama. This election year, there was no UNITY convention. NABJ and NAHJ ...

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Job that no one wants? AAJA president

When Yvonne Leow talks about the reasons why AAJA members should vote for her as president on Thursday at the national convention in Las Vegas, she doesn’t have to worry about losing the election. That’s because there’s no one running ...

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Nevada’s new rules for fantasy sports

Blackjack tables, slot machines and poker rooms fill Las Vegas’ world-famous casinos, but Nevada residents aren’t allowed to play one of the fastest-growing games in the country: daily fantasy sports. The state ruled in late 2015 that daily fantasy sites—where ...

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Meet the 2016 Voices Students and Staff

Student staff Peter Choi is a senior at Seattle Pacific University studying Journalism. He is from Seoul, South Korea. He is also passionate about current international events like foreign relations with North Korea. He hopes to see himself working as ...

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AAJA Asia chapter links local and international journalists together

The first overseas chapter of the AAJA garnered skepticism when it was first introduced twenty years ago, with only a handful of members. Since then, the AAJA Asia chapter has flourished.

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ACLU: Las Vegas police policy shows power of body-worn cameras

Despite tensions over recent police killings of black people, police departments across the U.S. have been slow to equip officers with a tool civil rights activists say can help avert future tragedies: body-worn cameras. “It’s happening, we always wish it ...

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Competition for Asian hires increases as new Asian-themed casinos being built

Casino executives on the Las Vegas Strip are bracing for competition with the opening of two new Asian-themed hotels, which they worry will make the fight for Asian-language speaking workers even more challenging.

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