Introduction Today, Las Vegas is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States and its citizens enjoy a good standard of living, with top-notch schools, a world-class university and many amenities that are never seen by the millions of tourists that continue to flock to this gambling reso...

Groom Lake, Dreamland, and Area 51 are all names describing different portions of a top-secret military base securely hidden in central Nevada. When the name "Area 51" is spoken, extraterrestrial life, atomic bombs, and stealthy aircraft are all things that come to mind. The real quest...

What is prostitution? Prostitution is the After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereo...

What role does the government have in legalizing or not legalizing gambling? State lotteries date back to Colonial America. In that time lotteries were used to pave streets and to fund other public work. However, in the 1870's, gambling scandals involving bribery of state and federal officials ...

The construction of Hoover Dam is considered to be one of America's finestengineering achievements. However the dam that rose from the floor of Black Canyonwas not only a structural accomplishment, it was a proposition firmly rooted inpracticalities. The necessity of such a dam had been obvious fo...