Shock and Awe » vegas http://www.shockandawe.com Most Shocking News from Around the World Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:34:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Las Vegas strip may get colossal Ferris wheel (Reuters) http://www.shockandawe.com/las-vegas-strip-may-get-colossal-ferris-wheel-reuters/ http://www.shockandawe.com/las-vegas-strip-may-get-colossal-ferris-wheel-reuters/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:21:51 +0000 publisher http://www.shockandawe.com/las-vegas-strip-may-get-colossal-ferris-wheel-reuters/ Reuters – A 500-foot (152 meters) Ferris wheel, which would be the tallest in the Western Hemisphere, may be built on the famed Las Vegas strip, officials said.

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]]> http://www.shockandawe.com/las-vegas-strip-may-get-colossal-ferris-wheel-reuters/feed/ 0 ACLU Defends Christian Students’ Ten Commandments Posters (ContributorNetwork) http://www.shockandawe.com/aclu-defends-christian-students-ten-commandments-posters-contributornetwork/ http://www.shockandawe.com/aclu-defends-christian-students-ten-commandments-posters-contributornetwork/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:12:47 +0000 publisher http://www.shockandawe.com/aclu-defends-christian-students-ten-commandments-posters-contributornetwork/ ContributorNetwork – On Feb. 23, school officials at Floyd County High School in Virginia stripped copies of the Ten Commandments from students’ personally assigned locker doors.

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]]> http://www.shockandawe.com/aclu-defends-christian-students-ten-commandments-posters-contributornetwork/feed/ 0 ‘Strippermobile’ delivers Christmas donations (AP) http://www.shockandawe.com/strippermobile-delivers-christmas-donations-ap/ http://www.shockandawe.com/strippermobile-delivers-christmas-donations-ap/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 07:53:40 +0000 admin http://www.shockandawe.com/strippermobile-delivers-christmas-donations-ap/ AP – The “strippermobile” has made another run in Las Vegas, this time with properly dressed Santa’s helpers riding for a good cause.

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]]> http://www.shockandawe.com/strippermobile-delivers-christmas-donations-ap/feed/ 0 Doc dressed as Elvis revives Vegas marathon runner (AP) http://www.shockandawe.com/doc-dressed-as-elvis-revives-vegas-marathon-runner-ap/ http://www.shockandawe.com/doc-dressed-as-elvis-revives-vegas-marathon-runner-ap/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:41:03 +0000 publisher http://www.shockandawe.com/doc-dressed-as-elvis-revives-vegas-marathon-runner-ap/ AP – It wasn’t blue suede shoes but a pair of sneakers that led a San Francisco doctor dressed as Elvis Presley to a woman who passed out at a Las Vegas restaurant after a marathon.

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]]> http://www.shockandawe.com/doc-dressed-as-elvis-revives-vegas-marathon-runner-ap/feed/ 0 Nevada candidates to cut cards to break tie (AP) http://www.shockandawe.com/nevada-candidates-to-cut-cards-to-break-tie-ap/ http://www.shockandawe.com/nevada-candidates-to-cut-cards-to-break-tie-ap/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:26:20 +0000 admin http://www.shockandawe.com/nevada-candidates-to-cut-cards-to-break-tie-ap/ AP – Two candidates in a rural Nevada county will settle a tie in their primary race Las Vegas style. A Republican Nye County commissioner and his challenger tied with 381 votes apiece in the June 8 primary. They’ll cut cards in the next week or so to determine who moves on to the general election.

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]]> http://www.shockandawe.com/nevada-candidates-to-cut-cards-to-break-tie-ap/feed/ 0 Hard Rock President Found Dead (KLAS Las Vegas) http://www.shockandawe.com/hard-rock-president-found-dead-klas-las-vegas/ http://www.shockandawe.com/hard-rock-president-found-dead-klas-las-vegas/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:29:43 +0000 admin http://www.shockandawe.com/hard-rock-president-found-dead-klas-las-vegas/ The president of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has been found dead. Police say Andrew Kwasniewski was found dead inside his Las Vegas home. 8 News Now will have more details tonight at 4, 5 & 6.

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