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Dining Guide: 2012 Valentine's Day options in Las Vegas: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012; This Valentine’s Day, save yourself the heartache of presenting a burnt pot roast to your sweetie and just go out instead! Las Vegas has many tasty candy shops for delicious treats and a wide variety of restaurants serving aphrodisiac-inspired meals to make your Valentine’s Day special.
UFC 143 walk-in music: Ghosts, transformations and a dash of “Tubthumping”: Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012; UFC 143 proved to be about as controversial as they come and the music was equally interesting. With the obligatory, overplayed rap staples and a dash of classic rock, covers of classic rock and even a Portuguese pop hit, the playlist really covered the musical spectrum.
UFC 143: Where to watch in Las Vegas: Friday, Feb. 3, 2012; The UFC helps put the “super” in Super Bowl Weekend with an important fight card the day before the football championship is decided. Given the prolonged injury of Georges St-Pierre, Nick Diaz will take on Carlos Condit for the interim heavyweight championship.
Events guide: Super Bowl watch parties: Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012; Super Sunday could easily be renamed All-You-Can-Eat Sunday as local restaurants and bars pull out all the stops for their Super Bowl party spreads.
Chinese New Year: Dining and events guide: Monday, Jan. 23, 2012; The Year of the Dragon is upon us and Las Vegas venues are celebrating with lion and dragon dances galore plus special menus at local restaurants.
AVN 2012 afterparty guide: Party like a porn star: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012; This year the porn stars get their own weekend to rule the Strip, as the Consumer Electronics Show has already come and gone. Not that the tech geeks were much of a match for the adult entertainment industry’s biggest convention. Check out the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo by day and party like the porn stars by night … or at least with the porn stars.
UFC 142 Where to Watch guide: Friday, Jan. 13, 2012; The UFC returns to Brazil with UFC 142 featuring a championship bout between Brazilian featherweight belt holder Jose Aldo and American challenger Chad Mendes. With 12 Brazilians on the card, this should be an exciting fight night in Rio de Janeiro.
UFC 141 walk-in music: Not nearly as exciting as the fights: Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011; The UFC ended the year with a bang though the walk-in music seemed more of a whimper. Many fighters walked out to overused songs by AC/DC, Drake and Kid Rock though there were a couple of surprises.
UFC 141: Where to watch in Las Vegas: Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011; The UFC closes the year in a big way, a very big way. Don't miss a moment of the action.
Q&A with Arianny Celeste: Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011; Arianny Celeste, model and UFC ring girl, returns home to Las Vegas to host at New York-New York’s Rok Vegas on Friday night.

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UFC 106 walk-in music: Griffin changes his tune, secures win over Ortiz: Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009; Forrest Griffin changed up his signature song and earned a victory over Tito Oritz at UFC 106.
Las Vegas guide to Mexican Independence Day: Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009; Mexican Independence Day is just around the corner and concert venues and clubs around Las Vegas are bringing in the big guns to celebrate. Famous musicians like Marco Antonio Solis, Ricardo Arjona and Luis Miguel have come to croon and rock out. Comedians like Kiki Melendez, Polo Polo and Paul Rodriguez will have you laughing in the aisles and there is even bloodless bull fighting at the South Point. So don your sombreros and break out the red, white and green flags; it's time for a fiesta.
Labor Day guide to Las Vegas: Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009; Memorial Day is a distant memory and it’s not quite time for Halloween. That doesn’t mean it’s not time to party like a rockstar. As usual, Las Vegas is pulling out all the stops for a Labor Day Weekend chock full of concerts, DJs, barbecues and pool parties not soon to be forgotten.
UFC 101: Let's go to the (mix) tape: Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009; The musical cues used by UFC 101 fighters included a few gems.
UFC 101: where to watch and where to party: Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009; If you can’t afford the plane fare to Philly or aren’t satisfied with your lack of a home theater, Las Vegas bars and casinos are offering a plethora of viewing options for UFC 101 right in your own backyard, or close enough. The UFC is following up the historic UFC 100 fight card with another stacked ticket you won’t want to miss just because you’re not in Philadelphia.
The 'happiest mayor in the universe' celebrates another year: Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009; At the celebration of his 70th birthday, the “world’s happiest mayor” proclaimed he was now the “happiest mayor in the universe!”
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman closed the book on another decade and looked forward to the next one with a VIP pre-party at Gold Diggers at the Golden Nugget.
Before heading out to the Fremont Street Experience for a blowout bash with his extended Las Vegas family, Goodman partied at the Golden Nugget’s lounge.
Flight-styles of the rich and weightless: Saturday, July 18, 2009; One might argue that M&Ms are tastier when gobbled up out of mid air, Pac-Man style. Only a small number of people, besides astronauts, have ever had such an opportunity to try this in zero gravity. A select few boarded the specially modified Boeing 727-200 ZERO-G aircraft Saturday morning at the Signature Air Terminal at McCarran International Airport for the ultimate adult space camp adventure.
Music sets mood for UFC fighters' entrance into arena: Sunday, July 12, 2009; Can we get a little mood music here? Who knew a classical song would be the hit of the UFC 100’s walk-in music playlist? The music fighters choose to accompany their walk down the tunnel affects their mindsets and emotions and sets the tone for their battles in the Octagon.
A Las Vegas guide to watching UFC 100: Friday, July 10, 2009; UFC 100 is one fight card you will not want to miss. With championship bouts between heavyweights Frank Mir and Brock Lesnar and welterweights Georges St. Pierre and Thiago Alves, so much is on the line at this landmark event. As if that isn’t enough, you can watch Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping settle their score from their time as coaches on The Ultimate Fighter.
Las Vegas guide to the Fourth of July: Wednesday, July 1, 2009; This Fourth of July weekend will offer ample opportunity to catch fireworks on display throughout the Valley. Boulder City will be shooting them off at Veteran’s Memorial Park at 9 p.m. as part of the 60th annual Boulder City Damboree. Festivities at the Henderson Events Plaza will begin at 6 p.m. while Henderson’s Eldorado Casino will wait until 7:30 p.m.