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There’s No Place Like Sin City for the Holidays

Baua Electric

We were back in Las Vegas for Christmas, and we were up $1.25. For better or worse, I have spent far more time in Las Vegas than in any other vacation destination, absorbing over the years a procession of fateful (or at least memorable) snapshots. “Break-even!” my father shouted. “I The world was ours. a pony haven.

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High-Speed Rail Finally Coming to the U.S.

Cars That Think

In late April, the Miami-based rail company Brightline Trains broke ground on a project that the company promises will give the United States its first dedicated, high-speed passenger rail service. The 350 kilometer (218 mile) corridor, which the company calls Brightline West , will connect Las Vegas to the the suburbs of Los Angeles.

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Local Motors debuts first self-driving vehicle using IBM Watson Internet of Things for Automotive

Green Car Congress

The vehicle, dubbed “Olli,” will be used on public roads locally in Washington DC, and late in 2016 in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. Olli was unveiled during the grand opening of a new Local Motors facility in National Harbor, MD and transported Local Motors CEO and co-founder John B.

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