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Model Katie Price and her boyfriend Alex Reid have married in Las Vegas, a spokesman for the couple has said.

The pair tied the knot in a "private, simple" ceremony at 1600 local time (midnight GMT) on Tuesday.

Price, 31, and cage fighter Reid, 34, who won reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother last week, have been dating for about seven months.

They said in a statement: "We are very much in love and look forward to the future together."

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A US airliner en route to Las Vegas was diverted to Denver after a passenger tried to open an exterior door on the plane, officials say.

They say the United Airlines flight from Washington with 134 people aboard landed in Denver on Saturday evening and police detained the passenger.

The man had reportedly consumed alcohol before and during the flight.

Flight 223 then continued to Las Vegas, where it landed safely several hours later, the officials say.

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X Factor judge Simon Cowell plans to take the ITV talent show format to Las Vegas as part of a global internet venture, he has told GQ magazine.

The 50-year-old is teaming up with retail tycoon Sir Philip Green - who he says has "show business in his blood" - for the project.

Cowell said the pair planned to stage two shows a week which fans could watch online on a pay-per-view basis.

The pair are currently in talks with a major venue in Las Vegas.

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Michael Jackson’s personal doctor bought anaesthetic Propofol in Las Vegas and had it sent to Los Angeles, newly-released court papers show.

Search warrant records show Dr Conrad Murray bought it in May at about the same time he was hired by Jackson.

The coroner investigating Jackson’s death has ruled it was homicide, primarily caused by Propofol.

Dr Murray admits administering the drug to Jackson on the day he died - 25 June - but denies any wrongdoing.

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Couples will soon be able to tie the knot in a Las Vegas-style chapel near Blackpool Tower after development plans were approved.

The chapel is part of the £14m Tower Festival Headland which will create a 20,000 capacity performance area.

The urban regeneration company, ReBlackpool, was granted planning permission for the wedding venue by Blackpool councillors.

The three-storey building includes a ceremonial hall and registrar office.

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Las Vegas Sands, the hotel and casino operator, has announced increased losses between July and September as US punters spent less during the downturn.

The company made a loss of $123m (£74m) during the period, almost four times the $32.2m loss it made a year earlier.

It also said increased income taxes contributed to the bigger loss.

Despite the loss, overall revenue rose by 3.2%, to $1.14bn, helped by strong spending by gamblers at the company’s Macau casinos in China.

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A 19-year-old Norwegian is $20,580 (£12,200) richer - in real money - after sweeping the board at the World Monopoly Championships in Las Vegas.

Bjorn Halvard Knappskog, playing with the iron, beat rivals from 41 countries to take the prize money - equal to a game’s bank reserves.

It took him just over 40 minutes to beat the battleship brandished by Geoff Christopher of New Zealand.

He said he was "the most surprised you could ever be" after his victory.

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The state of Nevada has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the US.

But even though there are more than 14,000 homeless people in Las Vegas, it is easy to spend a weekend in Sin City and never see signs of a crisis.

Most tourists take in Vegas from the interior of a casino - slot machines, blackjack tables, cocktail waitresses in impossibly tiny outfits.

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