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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Steve Friess / The Bulletin
May 11, 2008
LAS VEGAS — A few Fridays ago, George Maloof Jr. was driving out of town when he stopped to look back down at the mammoth bowl of glittering lights.
From that perch, Maloof was awed by the three slender towers of the Palms Hotel-Casino standing in the foreground of the Strip, all lit....