Presto! Tamed tiger owned by magic act escapes, winds up roaming Las Vegas streets

October 8th, 2009 SUV hits 9-year-old on Las Vegas Strip sidewalkLAS VEGAS — An SUV that ran up on a sidewalk on the Las Vegas Strip hit a 9-year-old California boy, causing life-threatening injuries. Las Vegas police say the vehicle apparently went onto the sidewalk and crashed into a fire hydrant Thursday morning across the street from the Mandalay Bay resort on the south end of the Strip.

October 5th, 2009 Canadian man mauled by tigerTORONTO — A man who broke into the Calgary Zoo overnight and scaled a fence around a tiger exhibit is hospitalized with serious injuries to his arms after he was attacked by a tiger. Zoo spokesman Grahame Newton says two men, both 27, broke into the zoo at around 1 a.m.

September 21st, 2009 CA man sought in shooting death of son in VegasLAS VEGAS — Authorities are looking for a California man accused of fatally shooting his 31-year-old son after the son failed to drive him and others straight home after a night out in Las Vegas. Clark County prosecutors obtained a warrant Monday charging 53-year-old Jerry Pough Sr.

September 14th, 2009 Ga. woman escapes just before train hits minivanLITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. — A Georgia woman says she jumped out of her minivan just before an Amtrak train slammed into it.

September 11th, 2009 HANOI - A tiger leapt out of its enclosure and killed a gardener at a private zoo in southern Vietnam, a police officer said Friday. The tiger jumped over a two-metre-high fence and attacked three gardeners late Thursday at the Dai Nam Zoo in Binh Duong province, local police chief Thang Cuu Long said.

August 17th, 2009 Las Vegas tourism to hire a terrorist analystLAS VEGAS — Tourism officials in Las Vegas plan to hire a terrorist intelligence analyst in part to assure conventioneers that they will be safer in Las Vegas than if they meet in other cities. The board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority approved about $480,000 in funding for the next three years for the position.

August 1st, 2009 Las Vegas Sands declares quarterly dividendLAS VEGAS — Casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. says it plans to pay a quarterly dividend of $2.50 for each share of its preferred stock.

July 31st, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A tiger that appeared in a Las Vegas magic act made an unscheduled disappearance and roamed the city's streets before being recaptured by its owners, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported Friday. The paper said that the feline escaped from the Fernando brothers Magic Act and ran loose through a northwest Las Vegas neighbourhood.

July 24th, 2009 Police: Vegas toddler shot by 4-year-old brotherLAS VEGAS — Police say a 2-year-old girl is in critical condition after being shot by her 4-year-old brother at a Las Vegas home. Police spokeswoman Barbara Morgan says officers were called about 8:30 p.m.

July 14th, 2009 Welcome to Vegas? Famed sign tagged with graffitiLAS VEGAS — A Nevada landmark has been tagged. The famed "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada" sign greeting visitors to the vacation destination has red graffiti scrawled across it.

July 3rd, 2009 Tropicana Las Vegas emerges from bankruptcyLAS VEGAS — Tropicana Las Vegas has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with new owners. Toronto-based Onex Corporation and former MGM Mirage President Alex Yemenidjian acquired a majority stake in the Las Vegas hotel-casino this week, as it completed its yearlong bankruptcy process.

May 29th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh government will soon set up a special force to protect the tiger reserves in the state, a forest department official said Friday. "The Special Tiger Protection Force will be set up in the state following the directives of the NTCA (National Tiger Conservation Authority)," the official quoted Minister of State for Forests Rajendra Shukla as saying.

May 3rd, 2009 Magic's Lee not traveling with team to BostonORLANDO, Fla. — Starting guard Courtney Lee will not travel with the Orlando Magic to Boston as he recovers from surgery on his fractured sinus.

May 2nd, 2009 Magic's Lee cleared to play, but will miss timeORLANDO, Fla. — Starting guard Courtney Lee has been medically cleared to play but is not expected back for the Orlando Magic anytime soon as he recovers from surgery on his fractured sinus.

April 27th, 2009 Sands declines commment on report about Macau saleLAS VEGAS — Casino company Las Vegas Sands Corp. is declining comment on a Hong Kong newspaper report that it could sell the first foreign-owned casino in the Chinese island of Macau under a lease-back arrangement worth $1.3 billion.