Two bombs in Vegas in one day...

Was it a full moon yesterday or something???





Explosion In Las Vegas Luxor Hotel Casino Parking Lot
By Homeland Security NTARC News | May 7, 2007


A device left in a casino parking garage exploded early Monday, killing a hotel employee who picked it up, authorities said.

The man was removing the device from atop a car when it exploded shortly after 4 a.m. on the second floor of a parking behind the Luxor hotel-casino, said Officer Bill Cassell, a police spokesman. He declined to describe the device, but said initial reports that it was a backpack were wrong.

Police said the blast was not a terrorist act but an apparent murder of a Luxor employee. No threat had been made against the Luxor, Cassell said.

“We believe the victim of this event was the intended target,” Cassell said. He said another hotel employee narrowly escaped injury when the device exploded.

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Pipe Bomb Destroys Las VegasTattoo Shop




May 7, 2007 07:12 PM PDT

Authorities say a pipe bomb was the cause of a fire that destroyed a Las Vegas tattoo shop in the early morning hours Monday.

The device went off around 2 a.m. at the Black Pearl Tattoo shop on Fort Apache at West Flamingo. This is the second time the business has been targeted in just seven months.

The first time was in October when someone set fire to the shop. The owner of the shop didn't want to show her face on camera for fear whoever targeted her business would go after her and her family.

And after Monday morning's pipe bomb explosion, the owners are starting to believe the same person is responsible for both fires. They got the call just after 2:30 a.m. Monday that their tattoo shop was on fire.

When they arrived fire trucks and fire fighters were surrounding the building and their business was destroyed.

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Anyway, I came into work this morning and there was a bird on my desk. A very cute scared little yellow bird. He wouldn't budge. He was a baby and so cute. I think he lost his mommy. From what I can tell he wasn't injured, but he wouldn't move. Eventually, the owner picked him up and put him outside. He's still there. I took him some water and dry oatmeal. Hopefully he'll get some courage and fly away eventually.

There is always something crazy happening in this place!!


UPDATE - I just went outside to check on my bird and he was dead! Now I'm all sad. I just thought he was scared - I really didn't think he was hurt. Now my day is yucky. I should just go home.